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‘The Silver Question and the Trade Dollar. As anticipated for some time, the prepa rations for replacing the present small cur rency with the subsidiary silver coin are about completed. All aub-treasury offices have been supplied with a portion each of the $12,000,000 sliver in the control of the Georetary of the Treasury. No order for its distribution has been received, but it is daily expected. It is generally supposed that ea silver in quoted as below par compared with grown backs, ite circulation will be retarded by the didticulty of exchanging it for green becka in aciounta greater than There is no foundation for such a belief. All the silver in the country can be readily ex changed for greenbacka at par. By iesuing greenbacks at the breaking out of the war silver was driven out of circulation, and, until fractional currency was issued, sub stitutes of various kinds were circulated til they became an enormous and intol erable nuisance. For twelve years the currency han held its place, but it had done its work and is no longer needed. Iota said that if $20,000,000 is spent by the Cited Satew for silver, it will demone tize gold and drive it from the country. ‘This ‘s an error, for the bonda the govern acent would serve for the bullion would be fully equal to silver in all exchange operat ions. There will always be found auffici ent gold for the purpose when the country is ready to resume specie payments. Even ‘Mr. Holman, of Indiana, whose resolution against the axing of a time for the resump tion of specie payments was voted down by 153 to 112, in in favor of this visun of sub sidiary coin, atating the expence of reprint ing fractional notes to replace worn out and useless ones would be saved, and that the government would gain in addition the afference of value. Mr. Sherman, as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has at different times entertained different views on this and other financial matters. At the previous seasion his bill was a compromise, by using a remote date, between those who demand ed redemption and the ixlationials. In November, 1875, he was in favor of author ising “ail holders of bonds of the Laited . He now considers resumption, economically speaking, would be easy enough, although a year ago he considered it a complicated r 4jacetion to be met at a later ima. Another, and perhaps and unexpected obstacle, came up in the Senate March 31. At was the trade dollar. This coin was es tablished principally for trade with China, intended to supersede the Mexican dollar, and has met with favor. Something less than ten millions of them have been coined and nearly all have gone out of the coun try. When it was determined to change subsidiary either for fractional currency it Was found the Refined Statutes, section 585, contained a provision which would embarrass the operation because it provid ed that a liver coin should be a legal tender to the amount of #5. The didoulty is dest stated in the language of Senator Sherman who desired to except the trade dollar. as Sherman—The trade dollar contains grain sine of standard silver. The dollar are whl contains 112% cen at silver. inage contains SS grains in two abate adusts, bs trade. dollact was 2 dollar coined simply for the benefit of mer- Chuate in the foreign trade, to compete with the Merloan dollar, which was a more valu able dollar than our legal tender dollar. It was never intended to slor na denied der. Now the result in, as silver ban, below Leee of gold, far below former lue, ieee as their silver bullion to the mints, sod on the law ao it now stands require it to be into trade other aa then Pee them as a legal tender, silver being now depre custed below it a legal standuce, if Mr. Sherman ares eaid, I will say further that the trade dollar is inawed at the request of private persons. ‘When any holder of silver bullion deshes to exchange it for trade dollars, he can take it to the mints and ask that it be coined into trade dollars; and then he sells them ,or uses them in the foreign trade, while the other silver coins of the Uniad States are a at the pleasure of the United States, and only for their benefit, and whatever profit is derived from the other coins he is derived by the United States, and not by private individuals. But the trade dollar 14 mere article of merchandise. The ‘Committes on Finance have considered the apie fully. ‘will read the section under which the tras bie Hire in is aned. I will read, stret, section #15, in regard to the silver coin of the United States: “The silver euiny of the United States shall be a trade dollar, 4 half dollar, or fifty cent piece, a gparten dollar, or twenty vo cent piece, a dime, or ten cent piece; and the weight of the trade dollar shall be graina troy; the weight of the half dol ee eecee: grains and one-half of a rerie dollar 9 ae the dime shall ed i agore and one-fifth of the fe, spell of said eat a Or, redaved ee two to half dollars of the ordinary contain 385 grains. ‘The trade dollar in ‘called only under the eens stated in section 120, which now read: “Any owner of ailver bullion may deposit the same at ny, mint to be formed into bars or into of the weight of 420 grain troy, of this title ae trade jollars, and no of ailver for other mer be, from imne to the, established by the tor of mint.” ‘The subsidiary coin is coined only by the United States in and seated an aro de not to be made a legal cane. There TELS quiet ‘The profit of converting ake into coin should go to the United States. That of the trade dollar goes to private persons. Being porched by them, the United States in deprived of control over its oviaage. ‘Mr. Cockrell wished to see silver a legal tender for greater sums than $5. Mr. Mer rimen, until Mr. Gherman explained, did not know the difference between the trade dollar and an ordinary dollar. Mr. Bogg, after having “subsidiary silver coinage” explained to him, took sn sotive part in the discussion, considering the diffi culty lay in the absence of « law fixing the relative value of gold and silver, and that by the act of 1873 silver had been demonet ied. If the relative value was fixed, the, was satisfied a slver coin could be used ad vantageously. He ulen desired the amount of tender to be raised above $5. Heanid: Thee, saeiens =y ao it involves ® a Aoita now, sciseinas ea con end NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN. NEW ORLEANS, RS Pe TERME: $12 PER ANBUM, WHOLE NUMBER 2778. Hear eget a ciara te fe being 20, they then ‘can make gold and ail ver a legal tender without any limit what ever. If all the States wars to make silver a legal tender equal to gold, it would be come the legal tender for the United States, and it would not be competent for the fed eral government to restrain the action of the States. It therefore involves a grave constitutional question, besides a financial mate , have thought a great deal upon this subject, and I am able to see any good reason why silver should not be a legal tender to a very large amount, say S100, i I need great many good reasons why i 10, and be 6 Mr. Sargent was doubtful as to the proper extent of the tender; but the government should control the coinage. It redeemed abraded coins because of the profit of coin t ing. In the trade dollar it had no margin but simply stamped the bullion of other parties, Heath said: That which we are trying to remedy in this matter is a local rea ene:ase arisen amon it ol 8 Pacific coast. They have ih ther bends, which they have bought of the government, pay ling gold for, come millions of silver sub sidiary coinage. They are not able to procure ao dolut of that silver subsidiary coinage , from the government except by paying its full value in gold. The government came in them, and while providing for a trade dollar which was to facilitate our commerce with China, declared it should be a legal tender for 85; that ia to say, it put it in s . When, read altogether, euc j could this go in to the condition of the sub sidiary silver coinage, without remember ing that this was not a natural coin of the vernment, that it put no seigniorege cu t at all and made no profit on it. Iteeply stampe it, for the accommodation of partica who have silver bullion, to give it cur rency in China. As soon a this was discovered, threw bullion in immense quan into the mints minta to have it coined in the trade dollar form; they threw it out on the market, and therefore began depreciating the willions of subsidiary silver coinage which men had paid gold for and were ‘ueing in all th e vocations of life. The result was that complaint came from workmen that they were paid in this depreciated silver coin~ age; they could not pay their bills with is to the amount of over $5. We are bit finding the eeds of a depreciated currency where we stood for hard currency all the way along. The difficulty was in giv ing the legal tender quality to an article which was not coined on government ac count, and the amount of the coinage of which the government can not regulate. In reference to the subsidiary silver coinage the government has the power in its is to regulate it, to preach that not more than a certain amount shall go out, and only under conditions that keep it equal for business purposes with gold. 1 By law there has been no silver dollar s ince 1305. It was discontinued since 1853, but the power to issue it remained till the later date. It was dropped because incon venient in alze and form for ordinary coin age and ordinary basiness, in this it was suggested by Mr. Jones that the reason why it was dropped was because silver was at a premium at that tme, and there was no inducement to coin it. Mr. Sherman stated there was a bill to provide for a dollar equal to two half dollars, but had nothing to do with the question of the trade dollar, which was worth ninety-five or ninety-six cents gold. He proposed the dollar to be exactly equal to two halves, four quarters, ten dimes, etc. Mr. Jones said: In order to monetize silver, or declare the double standard, or carry out the views of the Senator from Missouri, it would be necessary to have a bill that should be har monious in all its parts. This measure was enacted only to protect the people of the Pacific coast, who are on a good basis, from severe aberrations in the price of silver. They have been obliged to use a subsidiary or small coinag4 to make change with. In that small coinage the two half dollars contain but 385 grains of silver: the trade dollar contains 42 grains of silver, but for the reseen that the two half dollars were necessary and very convenient and portable, and were made of legal alee to the amount of wee fae amount that was necessary to make the can, of that community, sufficient of this dabeoid coinage could be paid for gold and a ata parity with gold because it coat gold and ‘Was necessary to make change with, and it did not disturb the relations between the retail and wholesale dealer of the Pacific cower. The trade dollar was made when it was two or three percents premium over gold, but by a dectline in silver the trade dollar now in worth ninety-two, ninety three or ninety-four centa in gold. By hav ing the trade dollar a legal tender for $5, the full amount that the subsidiary coins are now a legal tender for the effect is to degrade the two half dollars that had cost the citizen there $1 in gold, and upon which he was doing business. It degrades that subsidiary coin to the bullion value of the trade dollar. _ The half dollar is as pure, nine-tentha fine, as the trade dollar, but is not helt as heavy. The two half dollars contain 385 grains of standard silver. A half dollar, a poring it were made on the basis of trade dollar, would contain 21) graine of standard silver. Therefore I say that, silver having fallen in value, the business of that community being done on a coin basis, and you allowing per sone to buy silver and themselves take it to the mint, the effect is to destroy the value of the four or five millions of subsidiary coins already purchased from the govern ment for gold at their nominal rate, dollar s for dollar. It reduces the value of all sub sidiary coins to the present bullion value of silver, and therefore disarranges the trade between wholesale and retail ceaters, much to the inconvenience of the people of that coast, shal eare neither the one thing nor the other. They are on a gala for transactions and on a silver basin at a scientific relation having been es tablished on government between gold and silver for the subsidiary coin. If the trade dollar is made legal tender an injury is done those who pay gold for subsidiary silver coin. Mr. Jones contradicted the proposition of Mr. Bogg that ‘there could be no rise in silver if you established the relative value by law based on a certain purity of coin ege,” in the following remarks: Mr. Jones, of Nevada—it will sbate to my friend that under the double standard in France three times in fifty years did the relative value of gold and silver change. Why! Because the legal tender value of in the country was greater than the iron value, and therefore silver went out vice versa. So it wan three different vr. Boxy — That was owing to the tact legal tender capacity chi 5 x de ct See teal 16 wi . The market value ‘of bullion a oa, be cause of the great expense and the time necessary for subsidiary coinage ape imatea. Nobody » “etc pe unant woul d dollar for two silver alt dollare if dollars. There were pone coined in point s of fact, but the law did authorize the coin age of silver dollars until 1873. Now there is no law no cainage of silver dollars, excepting it be the dollar. A call for the regular order out of the debate. The bill stgled the ‘silver bill” came up again April 10. By unnanimous consent the bill was amended by striking out the third and fourth sections, and passed, the follow ing presenting it a featurea as sent to the House: ‘That there be and hereby is appropriated . out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated the sum of 6165,000 to provide for engraving, printing and other expenses of making and issuing United States notes, and the further sum of $13,000 to provide for the engraving and printing of nations bank notes, to be distributed under the Secretary of the Treasury. 1 Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treas ury is hereby directed to issue silver coins of the United States ot the denomination of ten, twenty, twenty-five and fifty cente, of standard value, in rederoption of an equal sount of fractional currency, whether the cum be now in the treasury awaiting re demption or whenever it may be presented for redemption, and the Secretary of the ‘Treasury may, under regulations of the Treasury Department, provide for such redemption. «and issue by subvella tion at the regular cub-treasuries and public depositories of the United States until the whole amount of fractional currency outstanding stall be redeemed, and the fractional currency re deemed under this got a banl be held to be a part of the sinking land provided for by existing law, the interest to be computed thereon an in the case of bonds redeemed, pfter the acts relating to the sinking up .The dispatches from Washington an nounce that the bill, as amended by the Senate, paused the House of Representa tives, and on]; awaits the signature of the President to become @ law. Funding Board. The board of liquidation met yesterday mprning Present—Governor Kellogg, Lieutenant Governor Antoine, Speaker Estilette, Au ditor Johnson, Secretary of State Deslonde, and W.C. Hlack, Esq. president of the Cotton Exchange. Absent—Tressurer Duboclet and Fiscal Agent Oglesby. 4 A discussion on a resolution to burn 20 more canceled bonds ended with a deter mination to solders to the regular method as heretofore practiced. The following obligations were funded: 20 bonds, levee, act Bo. 22, 180 ino 9 Co are 450 66 vent ‘pay certain debts, act Sa, 13, free, BSNS 0 Texas Penitenriaryed Cus pon... Couzens. Total, sundry coupe: Sundry certacates... Tot . Warrants, act No. 1? last Warrants, act No 5, 1368... Warrants, net No. 3,127 Warrants, act No. 35, 1570. Warrante, act No. 2, 1270. Warrants, act No 62, list! Warrants, act Mo. 16, 16:3,, Warrants, aet No. £ 4, 1374.. Intareat coupons Minceaneau: Total. — Total amount funded 1s, ee] 825,060 Oo a) 1K 523.2001 40) ‘S100 0 . ae te sila elo an 0 em ar e971 Bean 61483 4 S150 10,500 iit ‘S00 a) 7000 Me S40 9 100 1 450 1 510 00 ins 0 Tays 00 6h Board of Health, The adjourned meeting of the Board of Health was held last evening. The minutes of the previous meetings were read. The reports of the sanitary inspectors were read, as follows: Dr. 3. 8. Herrick, of the First District, reporta an abatement in small pox: the or dinance relative to schools being strictly enforced. Scarlet fever has also subsided, but a mild type of measles has become al most epidemic. Inspections 14tomiza tions 7, cases of amull-pox 7, vaccinations of children 6, miscellaneous 21. Dr. J. T. Newman, of the Second District, says it is remarkably healthy, except for messes of a mild type. Lonpectiona 730, disinfections “, fumigations 7, cases of small-pox 3, vaccinations 3. Dr. Gustave Devron, of the Third Dis trict, states the health to be fair, except for small-pox, which continues in spite of every efort to arrest it, there being four teen deaths. Inspections 1162, fumigations 34, cases_small-pox ‘17, vaccinations 41, cer tificates 77. Dr. Joseph Holt, of the Fourth Diatriot, reports the presence of mousles and a con tinuance of scarlet fever. Inspections 810, | eee 4, fumigations 4, cases of. 5 Dr. BA. Bayley, of the Sixth District, states the general health with some malarial fever, but no deaths. A favorable statement of McDonogh School No. 6 is made. Inspections 266, fumigations 3, cases of entall-pox 6, vaccinations 49, certifi cates 99. Dr. §. L. Henry, of the Seventh District, report a reasonably good health, with a few cameos of rubiola and scarlatina. Inspec tions 156, vaccinations 34. Dr. George K. Pratt, of the Fifth Dis trict, reporta; Inspections 383, fumigations 4, cases of small-pox 4, vaccinations 6. A special report on the Gretna police station is submitted, stating it is in a most filthy condition, with roof, tumbling ceil ings, cells used for horse stables, and the BS @ pool of stagnant, decomposing fluid A communication was received from the City Council, dated April 12, announcing that at a special meeting of that date the Council had unanimously re-elected the following gentlemen members of the Board of Health to serve the current year: Dr. Polix Gaudet, Dr. J.J. Finney and Dr. Y. R. Lewonnier. A letter was read from the secretly of the American Social Science Association asking opinions as to the different methods of housing masses of the people, particu larly with reference to the relative morute of tenement buildings and separate small cottages, in accordance with a resolution recently adopted by that organization. A number of nuisances were ordered abated in the usual way. The board then adjourned. Sedine is guaranteed to cure any case of Ghirls and fever. Scheol Beard. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of School Directors was held that bvening. Present—Hon. H. C. Dibble, president; Superintendent Boothby, and Meeara, Bourges, Dumont, Glaudia, Hartzell, Heath, Longstreet, Marks, Pinchback, Rey, Tracy and Waples. The credentials of Mesars, James Long street, P. B.S. Pinchbeck, H. L. Rey and T. , Tracy, reappointed, and those of Moesera. CL. Walker and Paul Trevigne, appointed members of the board, were pre sented, and they were invited to seats in the board. The treasurer reported the following bal- Apoca: Tas of litt, nor Carrollton, SORRE ereenagerete ‘Out of the tax of 1576 the March roll has been paid, amounting to $37,581 35. Reports from standing and visiting com mitteses were received and laid over to come up under unfinished business. Mr. Marks, chairman of the Committee on Finances, reported a number of bills fa vorably, amounting to $5276 o, and alec resolutone that a suficient amount be ap propriated for March and April, the presi dent stating payment could be made before the next meeting, and that $259 be appro priated for the Keller school rent for Janu ary, February and March, and that $210 be placed on the roll monthly according to the lone. Sarererarerrarea AS The report and resolutions were adopted. The committee on schoolhouses reported repairs made on the Clio, Jackson Bars’, Bienville, Robertaou, St. Philip and Live Oak Boya’ achoola. A number of communications and appli cations were received and referred. A communication from a committee of the Teachers’ Resosiation, inclining a peti fon and resolutions, was received. By them a series of preambles, stating the an noyance directors experience from teachers applying in vacation for positions; the Practice in other cities to elect at the close of each aesson; that time should be allowed to week employment elsewhere; that appre hension of losing their situations deprive teachers of wnjoyment of their vacation; that some teachers will be prevented from visiting the centennial by the necessity of remaining to secure their situations, and presented with the following revolation passed at the meeting: Fesolved, That the president appoint a committee of five, of which he shall be a member respectfully petition the School making them to elect their teachers before the close of the precent session. Mr. Longstreet offered a resolution in conformity with the petition of the Teach ere’ Association, which was laid out for executive session. The sum of $5, on motion of Mr. Du mont, was appropriated to secure a repre sentation of the examination of scholara and state of education in Louisiana at the centennial. Mr. Dumont moved that $1 be appropri ated for the repairs of the Berlin School. The president announced the following Visiting committees for April: First Distret—Messia. Hartzell, Dumont and Walker. Second Distriot — Besars, Pinchback, Bourges and Lynch. 4 Third District—Meaars, Waplea, Trerigna and Rev. Woorth District — Meters, Marks and Tracy. fifth District—Mr. Stampy. Sixth District—Meters, Longstreet and Glandin, Seventh District—Mr. Manicot. On motion of Mr. Hartzell Mra. E. T. Stamps was appointed portreit of the Mc Donogh ccioul No. fi, wt a salary of $5 per month. The election of officers being in order, Mr. Marka occupying the chair; Hon. C. C. Dibble was peelenterk president; Hon. A. J. Damott, vice president; H. A. Corbin, secretary, and Charles Moore, assistant secretary, by resolution of Mr. Glaudin. On motion of Mr. Tracy the division superintendent was authorized to appoint a porter for his office and the pension room of the board at a salary of 81 per month. ‘The board then went into executive sea son. After executive session, the resolution of Mr. Longstreet on the petition of the Teachers Association was laid over to the next meeting. 1 The following assignments and appoint ments were ordered by the board; Miss M.S Brown, third assistant of the Marshal School, vice Misa O'Rourke, dis missed. Miss Mary Kace, third assistant Web ster School, vice Miss Vansten, resigned. Mrs. 8. Cooney, assigned temporarily as first assistant Paulding, in place of Mrs. H. Smith, ou 6 of absence. Mrs. M.E. Taliaferro assigned tempora rily to Washington No. 2 aa first assistant, in place of Mise Crafts, on leave of absence. iss Hathorn to act as aupernumerary in place of Miss Taliaferro in Jefferson No. 2 Miss A. Maillot, promoted to second assist ant, Barracks School. Miss L. Keyes, promoted to second asniat ant, Broadway 1. Mr. Warren Easton, principal of the St. Philip School, in place of Mr. Andry, trans fer to the Miro School andear Miss M. A. Nahar, principal; Mrs. M- A. Baby, first assiatant, boys; Mrs. M. F. Bap tiste, first sesiatant, girls; Miss K. Kally, second assistant, boys; Mra. L. G. Aucoin, second assistant, girls; Miss L. Wall, third sasiatant; Mra. C. Gould, third assistant; Misa N. Chateau, third assistant; Mra. M. , Washington, third assistant; Mise K. Gren non, third assistant, were assigned to the 1 McDonagh School No. 6. Mrs. E. C. Earhart, of the Jackson to School, was granted leave of absence May 5 without pay. The board then adjourned, Impostant CHANGE OF SCHEDULE Oo” THe Easteen Ditts:on oF THE ‘ MosiLe Live —Will be in affect on and after Sun day, the sixteenth instant, when fast ex press trained carrying the United States mail and reat Southern express, will leave the foot of Canal street at 6:15 A. M. and 5 P. M., with palace care peasy through via Atlanta to Washington Baltimore, and via Nashville and Louie ville to Cincinnati, making but one change, with double daily connections to the Cen tennial Grounda, New York, Boston and other Eastern and Western cities. This change of schedule will enable the traveling pelts to reach wanking Bal timore, Philadelphia and New York on a business day in advance of any other schedule now in existence, and with more comfort and safety than ever before ot hor through tickets and palace car ac commodations call on W. H. Field, corner of camp and Common street)opposite City Florine cures difficult or some a itrnation. J erst To any case of fever use kernina, COURT RECORD. WEDNESDAY, april 12, 1876. The following is a corrected list of ap pearances of April | United States va. —E. Fehrenbach.—Con are to defraud the United States; Ed ward Pebrenbach, surety, Henry Pobjiman; Paul Bruce, sureties, James Lewin, Joseph L. Mon; W. M. Todd, surety, John W. Madden; C. W. Wills, aurety, E. Girardey; John McWhirter, own recog nizence. United States va. W. Hammond, T. W. Eaton and John McWhirter, own recogniz ances; C. W. Wills, surety, Henry New man. United States vs. P. Hannan.—Falee gauging, etc.; own recognizance. United States vs. Dennis O'Brien, John McWhirter and C. W. Wills; own recogniz ances, United States va. Landry accused. The defend, below named, who are now under bond to answer to certain in dictments found against them in the Cir cuit Court of the United States for the dis trict of Louisiana, prior to the seventh day of April, 1876, hereby waive any objection which they might urge by plea on abate ment to the qualifications or array of the grand jurura who found the said indict mente, provided they have not been and — not be reindicted for the same of fences. John A. Walab, DP, Harnar, John McWhirter, Alfred Cowan, TL , Piareon, D. M. Carey, James Gerard. nited Stavesoa, P. Carney —Two cases, Verdict not guilty. AFPRARARCES, United States va. KE. Fehrenbach —O jo b piracy to defraud the United States,two Karetendick, two cance; surety, F. M. Zeigler, United States vo. 5. W. Hammond —Same FLA. Behan: John Thorn, surety M. L. Navra; Alexander South, own recognizance. Ex parte Secretary of War ve. Mrs. C. Poussin.—Application of James H. Ken my. and Auguste Chevellier dismiased. Defendant recognized an the owner of the land expropriated, and the $1200 deposited in the treasury to be to her. Heire of James Gallierve. succession of Jemea Gallier, Jr.—James Gallier, Jr., and his wife perished on the Evening Star, in 1866. He left by will certain property to her. It was for the jury to decide if Mrs. Gallier lived after her husband, thus taking the legacy,or dying firet,it lapsed. The succession was settled subject to the rights of Mrs.Gallier. The jury returned a ver dict for the defendant, thus determining that Mrs. Gallier survived her husband. United States wasundly accused —Con spiracy to defraud, etc. A number of the parties defendant pleaded that the grand jury were incompetent; that nine were dis charged, the foreman included; and, there fore, no grease that fire fared and expressed an opinion upon ten formed and ex] an opinion upon evidence there submitted, and could not by reseen thereof sit upon the present panel of grand jurore;” that twelve members did not assent to the indictments, and the nig nature of the foreman, Silas Weeks, was placed on the indictments without their concurrence, contrary to the United States Revised Statutes, section 1021, and that the grand jurors could not read English, Supreme Court. State va. Charles Morgan.—Appaal writ of error taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. Raperter District Court. State _ve. New Orleans Gaslight Com pany.—Tax suit on capital of 45,000,000, Judgment for dirt. Malek A. Southworth vs. Sheriff et al— Petitioner, with C. E. 5, Thomas L. Macon and Nicholas J. Hoey, allege that a lot in the Sixth District has been assessed in their names, i fieri facias has been issued issued for taxes, and the pro will be vold: that their rights are qualified to those of the State, that they were not served with process, and the writ does not properly describe the pray ; that by act No. :il of 1871, ne comuimers, thay selected it for the vite of a State House, such that since then it has not been subject to taxation. Injunction isened on bond of $1000. Temple 8. Couns vs, John W. Cannon.— Sut dismissed, cooperiar (Criminal Court. Arthur Gastinel, Eng.. Breaidin, Stateya, B. Nelson.—Indicted a for setting fire on February 25 to the University building, corner Baronne and Common streets. There being no evi dence whatever, the acting Attorney Gen eral entered anollegai. Y. ‘Whitaker, ig. State vs. Laura Seepenmanster | Accused was indicted h 30 for having atabbed Sam Joseph on the eighth of Feb ruary, at the corner of Treme and Conti streata, who died of tetanus February 18. ‘The trial proved a clear case of institiable I homicide, cell defense. The Acting Attorney General stated as to the jury, the presiding attorney also, when the jury retired at after half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty. After the verdict was rendered Judge Whitaker censured the jury for the unnecesary delay, as they were bound to return the verdict without leav ing their seate. Judge Braughn also commented upon the action of the juror. It seems that one of the jurora was of the opinion that a verdict of carrying con cealed weapons against the accused, who had a pocket knife, ought to be rendered. This had caused the delay. Fires District Court, MISTRIAL. John Gwinn, petty larceny, PLEADED GUILTY. 1 Thomas Leach, assault and battery of | ‘apsault. Aseault snd battery—J. J. Walker, two cases; William Rivers. CONVICTEd. Dennis Bowgard and Albert Lubetner of aseaut and battery; Antoine Koocks of petty larceny. BOLLE PROSEQUI ENTERED, Tim Beban, of assault and battery. Ywurth District Court. Widow P. Maciss vs. Octave Anfoux- Judgment for $6000, with eight per cent in r ates from June 12,872, on promissory note. INFORMATIONS. Charles M. Conrad vs. Joseph Pattelt. James Jackson, intervenor.—Plaintif and rent both claim landlords’ lien and 6 on defendant's chattels for rent intervention dismissed, except as to article a never in the house of Conrad. The Revenue Cutter. Yesterday the revenue cutter John A. Dix, E. A. Freeman commander, came out of deck completely repaired. She has had her bottom newly char and a new wheel placed on her. Today she will take in coal and be pi for a cruise, either on her regular station, to sound Lake Pont chartrain, or proceed at ones to the Rio Grande, Appelatinate. Governor Kellogg has made the follow ing appointments: Jd. W. Knobloch, notary public for the parish of Lt T. Collette, justice of the peace, and C. Cannon, constable, for the fh ward of Plaquemines. paca Hoan Ape Bay a toket taka. pare Hue , April 29.
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