THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN.V O L U M E I .— N o . 14. NEW ORLEANS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1874. PRICE—FIVE CENTS.

THE HIGH WATER.

The Breaks in the Levee.

Tour from Canal Street to Camp Parapet—Our Danger.

A Imjvc this the recent repairs have render, son, State Engineer, expressed the opinion e l the levees in a better condition. The j that the only way to save the city of New bend here also assists in throwing the hear- j Orleans from inundation was to iest volume to the other side. Willow j Cut the Levee

Grove, where the coal boats are landed, was j at the Story planta ion, below the city, s-cure, aud Sedgwick Hospital from showed j some twenty-two hnndred feet, to allow the

It is useless to disguise the fact that the Tire sent high stage of water has caused a feeling of great anxiety throughout the community. Although the city proper is protected above by a levee running from the river to the lake, there are many points in­side of this line where the river front can not be said to be entirely without weakness, The public have been apprehensive of Hood ever since the river commenced to swell to such high proportions, and now it has become the chief topic of conversation So much has this feeling increased that those living in the suburbs have already content plated what they would do in case of such a disaster.

Two representatives of the Bulletin yes­terday afternoon entered into an inspection of the levies from Canal street to Camp Parapet, in order to give to the public their present condition, and to satisfy the demand for everything relating to the

P ro b a b ility o f a Crevasse.

At no time since the Sauve break has the city been so seriously threatened, and if the night pass without any extensive break, we may consider ourselves fortunate.

Starting out from the foot of Canal street, we first repaired to the Harbor Police Sta­tion for the purpose, interviewing Capt. Lawlor,who’in response to our inquiries con­cerning the present condition of the river at this point, reported that it had reached the high water mark of 1871, varying at times one inch above and below. It is on a level with the wharves in this vicinity, entirely covering the apron.

About Lafayette street the water is flow­ing over the wharves in many places, and in front of Morgan’s depot, having worked its way inside the wharf, has reached the very edge of the railroad track, bathing the ends of the crossties, and presenting to the eye a large and unbroken sheet. On the hay landing, the

W a ler la C om ing T h rou gh

the cracks, and rising so as to necessitate the immediate and active removal of all the hay and forage about the place. Floats and drays are in active demand at this time, while the rabble and the motley crowd, tor lack of more remunerative work, are busily engaged in waging a relentless war of ex­termination upon the myriads of unfortu­nate rats, roaches, and other vermin in general, which have lied from a watery grave to meet with no better fate.

When we reached Erato street we fonml several gangs of men earnestly at work in throwing up little levees, in anticipation ot the approaching danger.

At Robin and at Race streets the water is stead i I j- flowing in a wide-spread sheet over the levee into the gutters, swelling the tide of these to an alarming extent.

The railroad along the levee front, in the neighborhood of Orange street, is well

Under W ater

in several places, and in case of a slight rise will be rather embarrassing to car travel.

Up to this point of our investigations we were accompanied by Mr. ft. R. Chovally, Superintendent of the Wharves, who kindly lent his services in showing ns objects of interest about the levee, and in indicating to us those points at which a break was most likely to occur.

At the foot of Jackson street the levees are high and in good condition, the water being several feet below the wharves.

The levees at Washington street are strong, and equal to the emergency.

Throughout the day the heavens were overcast with dark clouds ; there prevailed a strong south wind, afterwards changing to a soutliwester, lashing the water into swell­ing waves, and furiously dashing them with with great violence against and over the embankments, thereby greatly

In creasin g the D an g r.

At nightfall a heavy rain set in. lending its efficient assistance to the work of de­struction.

From this up to the old Stock Landing, here and-there weak places were observed, but no danger is anticipated here.

Proceeding up, we examined the front at the foot of Louisiana Avenue. Hjre we found a height of about three feet above the water, the earth compact and no evi­dence of the water's action. The fall had a revetment of planking, which served mate­rially to break the force of the waves. As we passed the ice works we noticed the heavy rollers dashing over the embankment but not materially affecting its stability. The wind was

B lo w in g « Gale.

and several who had crossed to this side in boats, were compelled to remain. Some­times the spray would rise some eight feet in height and drift away in a cloud of mi­nute particles. A number of workmen w ere busy repairing here and there the threat­ened spots, whilst nervous citizens of the immediate neighborhood looked on, evident­ly fearing the approach of night and the waves’ action.

At Constantinople street the danger was more serious. The full sweep of the wind drove the water violently against the banks, and as the facing was not entirely covered with planking, here aud there cracks were visible; traspiration water percolated through and was carried off by the gutters, but aside from this, it was evident the hands a t work along that portion of the line would have their hands full if the wind kept up At the foot of Jena street, a like weakness was visible. The current sets in here and iis action assists the insinuating force of the river’s serpent tongue.

no signs of- weakening. All along the bank at Greenville, now and then, low spots were passed, where the water forcibly threw its spray over, but beyond this no immediate damage was discovered. As we approached Carrollton it was evident from

The Excited Crowds

on the bank that the Hood was considered threatening. It is here that the united ef­forts of wind and current assailed the levees, and the strain upon them was very great, and, to those who could appreciate the real condition of affairs, the scene was bordering on the grand.

The river rolling in high billows, surging angrily against the restraining shores, the sky laden with flying send aud the whistling wind, all made the picture not uulike some sea study. Arriving at Carrollton we put up at the hospitable manor of Dan Hikock, where Administrator Turnbull had j ist ar­rived from his tour from above. He had been away from his office all yesterday,Re- voting his time to averting the flood. We accompanied him at about 4 P. M. on his rounds. About two squares above the hotel the first work was reached, and busy arms were driving stakes, rauiiug dirt and strengthening the spot which was evidently about to give.

The ground had been undermined by the waves, and about two-thirds of the width of the levee caved away. The employees, un der Mr. Turnbull, had driven a revetment of planks outside the break, and were euer getically filling in with earth. Men, women and children lined the river, gazing wist­fully out at the

R ap id Current and liaa liin g

waters, now and then turning to the labor of the men at the break. The levee at this point is fully fifteen feet above the road, and in certain places the gardens of those who reside on the front road abutt against the foot. Here the water insinuated itself through the earth, and trickled down the paths, making the prospect for the comin crop exceedingly doubtful.

A number of visitors from New Orleans were gathered around, amongst whom were many ladies, who viewed with curious gaze (lie labor of the men. After leaving the break near Carrollton, we proceeded up until we reached the old Preston property. Here, although there was a wide batture, there was a sign of breaking; but after a few minutes’ labor it was closed. Mr. Turnbull's (ducky little mare “ Gip” pulled us through a perfect slough of despond, and after some severe tests on the buggy springs, we ar­rived safely at Parapet. The long reach ol the river carries the current directly against the levee here, and it was evident every exertion was needed to prevent further danger.

At this point we found the most serious weakness in the embankment. Opposite Win. Tacke’s place a crawfish hole through the levee had allowed a stream to run through. This was fortunately discovered in time, and the hands of the city, together with the neighbors, speedily perfected a re­vetment around the dangerous spot aud prevented

A D eluge on Our C ity .

Above this, and opposite the front of the Parapet, some four or five breaks had oc­curred.

When we arrived on the spot, the exer- tiousof the workmen had effectually stopped the water from running through. A stage was placed upon supports and the hands were engaged in wheeling dirt to till the spaces around the new revetments made by the hands. The heavy beat of the waves against the front told plainly that here was the spot needing the support of labor in this exigency.

For a distance of about two hundred yards above and below the action of the water has been such as'to

U nderm ine, in M any P laces,

the levee. Here and there a cavity of three or four feet would be made by the waves without any sign of its existence on the surface of the levee. Those who live in the mmediatc neighborhood of Parapet evi­

dently appreciated the great danger in which they were placed, and here and there knots were gathered together with ax and mallet ready to assist the hands in case of emergency. No one could regard the anxious faces of the wijmn and chib reu who reside in the neighborhood, without a feeling of sympathy for their position, which they seemed to cousider forlorn.

Attracted by natural curiosity, there were (uite a number of the beautiful belles of the Crescent City assembled on the levee top, evidently interrested in the excitement of the threatened disaster. The hands engaged in closing this break were in charge of Mr. Bradley, an engineer of the .Jackson Rail­road, who, in order to protect the line of the company, had been energetic in his work on the river front. Within half a mile of Para­pet there are some six dangerous spots. A number of these had been boxed on the out­side, and dirt tightly rammed in.

The O ther Side o f th e R iver.

A reliable report from Gretna states that Wednesday night, at the Orange Grove, some three-quarters of a mile above the ferry landing, a small break occurred, which was soon closed. Above this, at Mr. John Sal- vants, another break was discovered, but repaired before any damage was done. The front at Millaudon's plantation showed sev- seral weak spots, but owing to the careful supervision of those on the place, no serious damage ensued.

At the old Sparks place, opposite Sedg­wick Hospital, on Tuesday night quite a large break was repaired after much exer- tiou, and at present the danger here is great. At about 8 o’clock last evening, Jeff. Thoinp-

water a speedy exit. The Levee Company were to become responsible for the damage caused by this act, but Kellogg refused to take upon himself any action in the mat­ter, and to-n ght it will be presented to the Chamber of Commerce. There can be no doubt that by that time the danger will have beeu passed.

A dispatch received about 7 P. M. from E. L). Frost, Superintendent of the New Or­leans, Jackson aud Great Northern Railroad, to Gen. Thompson, asked for the immediate shipment of five hundred bales of straw to Kenner, advising him at the same time that New Orleans would he under water in the morning if haste was not used. Prepara­tions were accordingly made to meet this de­mand. At 1*:10 P. M. the river was two inches and one-tenth higher than ever known before.

Bel#w C an al Street.

At Ursulines street, all the afternoon, the water has been running over the track into the gutters, and at the Stone coffee-house, below the lower Cotton Press, the presence of the city gangs saved a disastrous over­flow. A break here, some two feet in width) occurred but was speedily closed.

From the above it will be seen that our city has been placed

In Great Jeopardy

by the present flood. The danger has not yet been passed, but we hope that the exer­tions made by the city authorities wili serve to postpone such a disaster. We are much indebted to the courtesy of Adminis­trator Turnbull for his kind attention in assisting us in our peregrinations above Car­rollton. He has been hard at work all of yesterday in making the rounds of the dan­gerous spots within the city’s limits. And more than this, he has extended his jurisdic­tion, in order to save the city, up to Parapet.

Later.

A serious break, about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, occurred at Beauregard’s planta­tion, in St. Bernard parish, below this city, which at the present writiug has re­ceived no resistance.

The levee has caved in for about twenty- five feet in width and some feet in depth. The water is fast flowing in towards the old Mexican Gulf Railroad, aud promises t j be serious if not soon attended to.

The next twenty-four hours will tell the tale for New Orleai.s, aud as the wind about 10 P. M. subsided we sincerely hope we may pass the trial successfully.

Billiards.

Third Night of the Tournament.

Quite a respectable audience was assem­bled at the Crescent Hall Club Room last evening, to witness the games between Mag- gioli and Miller, in French caroms, aud Coste vs. Hoa in the American caroms. The former game was won by Mr. Miller in 45 innings, by a score of 200 against 127. Ap­pended is the

SUMMARY.Two hundred points, French caroms, be­

tween Maggioli and Miller, played on a 5x10 Griffith table, at the Crescent Hall Club Room, on Wednesday evening, 8tli

April :Largest Runs—Miller, 20, 23, 31. Maggi­

oli, 10, 20, 26.Average — Miller, 4 16-46. Maggioli,

2 37-45.Umpires—For Miller, Chas. Quade ; for

Milggioli, Arthur Coste. Referee, Louis Abrams.

Time of Game—1 hour and 45 minutes.Then came the

F our B a ll Game,

in which there was shown the most ex­pert play on the part of both contestants) Messrs. Hoa and Coste. In the tenth inning Mr. Coste was 56 points ahead of his oppo­nent aud kept so until the twenty-second inning, when the sturdy Albert put in a most brilliant run of 63 points, which sent him ahead of Coste 41 points, the game then being Hoa 254, Coste 213.

After this Coste s emed to drop off con­siderably. and this gave to Hoa renewed courage, when he added to his string two consecutive runs of 26 and 36, which cul­minated in a grand victory for Hoa, which will be shown by the following

SUMMARY.American caroms, 300 points up, between

Hoa and Coste, played at the Crescent Hall Club Room on the above date, on the same table as the three ball game; won by Hoa in twenty-five innings, by a score of 300 to Coste’s 224. Time of game, one hour aud fifty miuutes.

Largest Runs—Hoa 26. 28, 29, 36, 63; Coste—18, 19, 22, 37. 40.

Average—Hoa 12 ; Coste 9J.Referee—D. C. Moïse.To-Dight, April 9th, Mr. H. Miller will

play Mr. Albert Hoa the three ball game, and John Miller will be pitted agaiust. Mr. Chas. Quade in the Americau four ball game.

On Sunday night Mr. H. Miller will play Frank Maggioli for a stake of $100, giving Mr. Maggioli 10O points iu 500. The game will coine off at the Crescent Hall Club- Room, as no tournament game will be played ou that night.

The Bete .Voir of the Sixth

District.

The Longshoremen and the

Sailors.

The Palace of Pat Clark.

Nothiug short of the pencil of a Doré or the pen of a Walter Scott, could properly present to the mind of the reader any ade­quate conception of the picture which is pre­sented at the corner St. Charles Avenue and Constantinople street. It is not precisely such Si picture as Scott would have chosen to inspire his muse, nor would Doré be apt to select just such a spot to immortalize by his genius; but there is no accounting for the tastes of poets and artists. They are generally over nice and fastidious, and can­not be expected to have the faintest glim­mering of journalistic talent or what is commonly called newspaper sense.

To our mind, the little cottage of Pat Clark, the charming one-story villa—which could be plainly seen from any point of view, were it not for a cow stable on one side, a picket fence on the other, and a cor­don of solemn-looking cows standing up to their knees in mud around it—possesses rare interest.

It is the abode of a gentleman who has by his unflinching < o trage, marvelous energy, lofty contempt for city ordinances aud gal- *aut defense of his homestead from numerous assaults on the part of the myrmidons of the law, has earned for himself a name, and become one of the magnates of the city. There are various stories about the number of people living iu Pat’s palace, and of the number of cows, horses, pigs, dogs, geese, guinea fowls, chickens, etc., iii his spacious yard, which is an ordinary sized lot.

The number of cows, however, may he in­ferred from the fact that Pat runs an exten­sive dairy, and in the morning, when the ani­mals are driven out, or in theevening, when they are driven in, there is but little room •or any thing else on St. Charles Avenue. They flounder around in the mud, strag­gle over the only banquette iu the neighborhood, and having caught something of Pat’s energy of character and contempt for ordiran es, rush around unchecked as their own sweet will suggests.

The street in front of Pat’s door is not often disturbed by the sound of vehicles, as it is a perfect quagmire, made so by the cattle- and if an unfortunate horse once gets iu he has tobe hauled out with ropes—lusky if he conies out alive.

Strange as it may seem, the people in the neighborhood, jealous no doubt of Pat’s suc­cess in life, have persisteutly fought him and tried to have his dairy moved. City or­dinances have been passed expressly to move him, hut he violates the ordinances, snaps his fingers at the Council, and mount­ing guard over his muddy and odorous do­main dares the officers of the law to come and take him. Several city Councils have tackled him, the neighbors have gone for him in divers ways, aud lastly the Board of Health assaulted him, but Pat circumvent­ed them all, aud to-day laughs in his sleeve at their many failures. He is almost .is great a litigant as Mrs. Gaines, and so far has always triumphed over his adversaries.

The enemy, however, are about to move again. This time they will present him to the Mayor as a nuisance, and good lawyers think that before an assault of that charac­ter, properly made and vigorously followed up, he would be bound to go under. There is not the shadow of a doubt about the nuisance; it appeals to the eyes and assails the olfactories of every one who passes. We shall watch the contest with interest.

Those Algiers Warrants.

Caleb being probably as anxious to get into the lions' den at Madrid, as Daniel was glad to get out of it, it is safe to infer that barely more than time enough for the inter­change of customary civilities was consumed in thé interview reported between Cushing and Sickles in Paris last week.

Outstanding legal tenders, 1382,000,000.

In the transfer of the assets of the town of Algiers to the treasury of the city of New Orleans, after the annexation of Algiers, there were some $5000 or $6000 of metro­politan warrants turned in uniudorsed, and a gentleman wrote to the Bulletin, a day or two ago, asking if the warrants were still in the treasury. We published the query ; and yesterday we received au anonymous com­munication which intimates very strongly that those warrants had undergone some very curious manipulations.

Without placing much stress upon this in­sinuation, we would suggest to the com­mittee empowered to examine the books of the Department of Finance to see if the war­rants in question are safe a id sound.

A DISGRACE TO THE JUDICIARY.

( 'h icago Times, April 6tli.]

Judge Durell is certainly doomed to im­peachment, unless he resigns at once. His case came up incidentally iu the House on Saturday, and an expression of opinion hy Gen. Butler showed that it is only a ques­tion of time when the impeachment shall take, place. The Judiciary Committee has agreed to report articles of impeachment, and Gen. Butler undertook on Saturday to get up his bill providing for the suspension from office and pay of judicial officers during the time their trial is going on. He called attention to the fact that there were three judges accused, aud that it was alleged that one of them—meaning Durell—would re­sign as soon as he could fix up the matters in which his friends were interested.

He also alluded to Delaliay, who had held court for months, sometimes beastly drunk, after articles had been presented to the' Senate. The matter was postponed, the debate being somewhat abruptly ended, as follows :

Mr. Hoar—I would suggest to my col­league to set this bill down for some future time. It involves very grave constitutional questions.

Mr. Butler—I am willing to name any day that will be convenient—say two weeks from to-day.

Mr. Morey—I object.Mr. Butler—Well, that will not save Du­

rell.Mr. Morey—If you want to impeach Du­

rell, do it directly, not indirectly.Mr. Butler—I do not want to do it indi­

rectly. You will have enough of it before we get through.

Instead of evading the question, as the leading journals of this city do, regarding the abomination passed by the Kellogg Legislature, prohibiting sailors from vol­untarily loading or unloading the vessels to which they belong, it would seem more manly and conciencions on their partto enlighten the longshoremen as to the rights of all men, and particularly as to the absurdity of the act which the Legislature has passed ostensibly in the interests of the longshoremen.

It was but a cou|de of days ago that a longshoreman addressing a policeman on the righteousness of the cause of his fellow workers, exhibited, in pioof thereof, an iron­ical article published in the Pic., which the longshoreman interpreted to be a justifica­tion of the act of the Legislature.

We believe that it is time to undeceive the longshoremen iu this matter, and that the entire press should join in denouncing the infamous act, than whom none better than those who framed it and voted for it and Mr. Kellogg who signed it, knew that it was illogical, illegal and not worth the paper on which it was written.

The object of the passage of this act was nothing else than an attempt to steal the good opinion of the sturdy workmen on the levee in favor of the usurping government. It was passed and signed simply as a party measure, aud will not hold water before any court presided over by a sane judge. In New York and other Eastern cities it is claimed that the crews of vessels do not encroach upon the rights of longshoremen. This is true, but for an excellent reason.

The trips from the Transatlantic seaports to those cities are much shorter than they are to New Orleans. The sailor who ships, let us say, from Liverpool, gets an advance of one and a half mouths’ pay, and gener­ally reaches New York before he has worked out his advance, and no sooner does the ves­sel touch the pier at the point of destina­tion, than he jumps his ship and leaves the work of unloading it to the longshoremen Here it is quite different. When the vessel arrives it is invariably indebted to the sailor, who, from motives of commendable policy, unloads the ship and then receives his dues.

Whether he works for a smaller compen­sation than the longshoreman is a matter entirely beyond the power of correction by force or legislation on the part of individu­als or legislative bodies, aud what is more important, he has as much right to engage in unloading his vessel as he would to open an oyster shop or rum shop in opposition to those already established on the levee. It js useless to say on the other hand that the longshoremen have equally as much right to combine and form themselves into associa­tions and to agree in refusing to work for such masters of vessels as employ their crews iu port.

But here the longshoremen’s right ceases, and they must have discovered by this time that not even Mr. Kellogg’s police will coun­tenance any interference on their part with the sailors. We are well aware of the fact that the more intelligent workmen on the levee understand the situation thoroughly) but there are others, especially the colored laborers, who, less intelligent, and with lit­tle or no education, believe that the legislature is all powerful, and cau give them rights to the detriment or exclusion of their fellow beings.

It is true that ourso-called Legislature has managed, under the solemn cover of law, to rob the people of many of their rights and properties; but there is yet some little stren, th iu the Constitution of the United States, which will prevent its being over­ridden by the delusive acts of the Dryades street mob, vulgarly known as Ktllogg’s Legislature. _____________

A Smothered Report.

We, in common with the public at large, have been waiting very patiently for a re­port from the committee which was ap­pointed by the Kellogg Legislature to examine the books and accounts of the Auditor. We have waited until patience has ceased to be a virtue, ami now, iu the name of an anxious and alarmed people, we demand that report. It should have been given to the world long ago, but Sen­ator Harris and Representative Wands have, so far, hidden it away successfully, aud the prospects are that a search for it will be a tiresome, troublesome, and perhaps expen­sive affair.

In the language of the motherly old Pic., “ the mysterious insinuations, the open al­legations, the whispers, the hints, and the complaints,” about that report are bewilder- iug. and not at all calculated to heighten the opinion already entertained in regard to Mr. Clinton. We demand that Messrs. Harris and Wands produce that report at once, they have smothered it long enough, and members of their own party are now calling for it.

It may be that the report will prove con­clusively that Clinton is the faithful officer and honest man that some few of Kellogg’s retainers believe him to be—we say it may be, but we will uotvouch for it.

Bat, gentlemen, the report.

C in c in n a ti D em ocratic a t L ast.

According to the latest telegraphic report, the Democratic majority in Cincinnati will be about 5000, in a vote of 28,000. Good for Id Cincinnati.

In view of the closing of the saloons in Phil­adelphia. the saloonists now display over their bars, on Saturdays, neat little placards containing such maxims as these: “Never put off- nutil to-morrow what you cau do to ­day ; ” “A wise man provideth for to-mor­row.”

The Attorney General ami the Levee Company.

Kellogg’s Bank.

As was stated in this morning’s Bulletin, it was the intention of Attorney* General Fields, to ask for an injunction against the Levee Company to restrain them collecting taxes, ete. We learn, however, this morn­ing, that in consequence of infort îation re­ceived from members ot the new Board of Directors of the company, the Attorney General will stay proceedings.

The new board allege that the stock­holders have spent vast amounts of money out of their own pockets to build levees, but that they have been badly crippled by their inability to procure from the State the funds collected for and belonging to them, and it is even ^insinuated that money which should have been paid tliq company, and used for building levees to protect the State from overflow, has been poured out like water to support the usur­per, Kellogg, in his positiou.

It is shrewdly suspected that this levee fund Las been the main source fiom whence the Kellogg Government has drawn its sup- illies, and that but for the money collected from the people of Louisiana, to construct barriers against the Mississippi, the Kellogg concern would have been swept into oblivi­on even as the swift current of the Missis­sippi sweeps out the drift wood at the pass­es into the Gulf.

Of course the directors of the Levee Com­pany cannot control Kellogg aud Clinton and cannot make these worthies hand them over funds which they need for their own purposes, but we can say to the present board of Directors that they have an im­mense responsibility resting upon their shoulders and the people of the entire State will hold them to a strict accountability for their actious.

If Mr. Kellogg and his man Friday have been the parties mainly responsible for the terrible calamity which has befallen the State, through neglect of the levees, the fact should be made to appear plainly.

Soup House to be Opened.

We learn from Mr. Blanchard, Secretary of the Administrator of Police, that the soup-house which has been established by the city, in the building formerly occupied as the House of Refuge, aud which is under the immediate supervision of Administrator Brewster, will be opened on Friday next, the luth inst., when as many of the poor and destitute as apply will be furnished with one good meal and lodging for the night.

This is a very praiseworthy step on the part of the city authorities, aud will be pro­ductive of more real good than all sermons and tracts in Christendom.

The very best way to convert the poor and the criing is to appeal to their stomachs rather than their minds, and it is a nice question, which we will leave the divines to discuss, whether the shortest cut. to a man’s mind or conscience is not via his stomach.

However that may be, we are pleased that the city Fathers have given this substantial evidence of sympathy for the poor and. needy. _____________

The committee of Administrators ap­pointed to investigate the charges against Mr. Schneider have not as yet made tkeir report, but will probably do so t>morrow.

A toy balloon set loose by a Cincinnati gentleman, with his card attached, made a voyage of thirty miles in two hours.

We beg to remark to a Western lady who has recently fallen heir to $2,000,000, that she is the prettiest girl we ever heard of. And what a fall was there, my countrymen ' — Roch enter Democrat.

Sir Garnet finds himself confronted with a banquet at every turn. Can it be that he has survived the fevers of Africa only to be killed by indigestion and gout at the lianas of his grateful countrymen ?

There’s nothing like persistency. John Couch was married in Philadelphia the other day to a girl who had refused him eighteen times. She wanted to see if lie really loved her.

During a recent freshet in Connecticut, an editor telegraphed another at the scene of action, “ Send me full particulars of the flood.” The reply came, “ You will find them in Genesis.”

The case of Mr. M. M. Simpson was de­cided this morning by Judge McArthur, and the gentleman was honorably dismissed as entirely free from the charges prelerred against him. The well known character of Mr. Siin;ison, as a man of integrity and high moral sentiments, bad led the public at large to anticipate the present result of the trial. Immediately upon the decision of the suit, affidavit was filed against the prosecu­trix for perjury.

The clans are gathering in the State Housa preparatory to effecting some adjustment of the present split in the Radical camp. It is evident there will soon be some new coarse of action marked ont, and tempting baits are to be held out to weak-kneed Democrats.

It is said that a Boston woman has attend­ed no less than forty-nine funerals during the present year. That woman will prob­ably never feel that she has had enough of funerals until she shall have had the pleas­ure of attending her own.

Parties having B ack T a x k s (C it y , St a t e ob Parish) to pay wlU do well to engage Mesum. Barnett a Caxxack, Broken, Ko. 12 Cabondelet Street , to settle them, which thev are prepared to do, allowing the moet liberal rate of discount. Alec, city, school, State and pariah warranta bought aa sold.