NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN.SIN0LE C0FIE8: FIVE 0EST8. O F F I C I A L J O U R N A L O F T H I S T A T E O F L O U I S I A N A . TEEMS: $12 00 FES ASMUM.

VOLUME V ll-N O . 10?. NEW ORLEANS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1ST3. WHOLE NUMBER 1949.

FOE SALE.________P O K H A L E .—STEAM TUGBOAT VULCAN AS X* the now lies in Red river, nearlv opposite Loco Lancing, together w ith engine, boiler and all t r; board OI her. She lies on a sand hank, and is h0v> - early o r q u ite out of water. Her b<*iler?s

press ire, eleven ami a half feet long and sixty* $ ! jnehes diameter: e vl:iid« r eighteen by eighteen inches. Apply to Crescent City Ice Company. No. si ( amp etreet, a •*

FOR RENT.

1*O R R E N T — STOKE NO. 1.5 CHARTRES titi-eet, between «. u f.oitboiise ami B.er.viile.

Apply on til** jireiuMeb. au 1 * *w

MISCELLANEOUS._____y O T H E ... ....... ................. NOTICK.

A number of blank coroner’s jury s a r r a u l i bar- .L« been abstracted Horn w f office ami 1 av.uR lie* n I. <d I.p with flctlctio .» nanus. 1 warn th e public , t puxe iiasing the same.

J. N. FOLWRI.L. M. P.,• oroner K.rgt, F ourth, Fifth and S.xib Lnatrivti.U'.jl-l It

t^O TICK .......................................NOTICE.Pursuant to the provisions of an ac t of Congress,

appioved March l!;73 authorizing the construe : on of a 'midge across the Mississippi river, a t St. lo-iis. Missouri, bv the #r. Clair and Carondelet Lndge Companv. the aforesaid company hereby gives Lo:i« e to all concerned th a t they will, on or before tlie ten th day of July next, submit to the Secretarv of Mar, tor bis exam ination and ap­proval. a design for asuspeT sion bridge, consisting «t two channel spans of six hundred feet each, and two end tp .n s of three hundred feet each, with an e> vat ion of one hundred feet above low w aler mark. They will also file a map giving the proposed location of the bridge, the topography or the hanks f t the river a* high and ’ow water, the direction of the cu rren t at all stages, and the soundings showing accurately th e hed of the stieam and lurnisbing such otliei information as may be required lor a full ar.d satisfactory under* •Lauding of the subject hv the Secretary of War.

By order of Board of Director* s t the St. ClaiS Hud Uarondele; Bi.uge (• mpanv.

M li KN DERSON, Secretary.?t. Louis, Mo., June IX>, »yl2 30t#

p p l P K A ....................S K I N * .................S U K *

* * iOSEPH e . WILKINSON. JR..Dealer c

B M n . . k i n a a n il F u r* . M * m , W o * I , S a l . io w . l i e . ,

f , . Dt Pater* •t.rect. near tbe Ciittom'ioaie, N e . Cilt&n* Lcraieieua.

l ib e ra l advancem ent made *n vonr.gmreLTn 1a>« ly _______

|£ IA * l« tli’PB ffALLEVVypofraphlrn! ink World,

COLLINS a JOCBDAN,Froprieti.ra and M anufacturer*

N*r afler !<> »ba trade of the Mississippi “ a“ fT RISTIStt INKS of every va»i*tv and guaranteed uulitv. at Northern price*.JlauuhactuiiuK works. Tangipahoa, Louisiana. Dualuen* aiffica. >'o. 1* Gravis* atreet. New Of- ana. iny‘23 lv It2p

tU E V T O K lI iA N S , R I D R I V E S

* U A N D T N O k

ALe x $ n d b ;* l in ■ ow v n it k . s t a t m b a il

COAtHEE *

A fen so rd Poart; wi:t leave Red R iver landing .Louisiana. EVERY 8VNDAY. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, a t i P. M. *r. th e arrival of the packet! R aTIE. FRANK PARGOr. and NATCHEZ from F ew Orleaita. forSim sport. M oreauvillt. Manama, RarltBTtlle. Evergreen. Chenevvil’e, Lecompt. a r ­riv ing at AieXaudiia a t 1 A. M. neat morning. tnak- In* close eonnecti*:i w ith stage* for Natclntochee, Aouiatana. Fan Augustin* and Nacogdoches. T;-xa*.

The mail leaves Rad Hive* Landing DAILY lor We above place*.

ap27 bin P. H. PETERSON, Proprietor.

MARSHAL’S MONITIONS.

William V* l.fvint r«. Bsuisi*ana—No. 10,272.

IN THE UNITED STATE* DISTRIC T COURT.District of Louisiana.—In obedience to km ad*

•u ira .ty w arrant, to me directed in the above en- tailed suit. Hiiavs seized and Taken into my posses* •.on—

t h e «tk a m sh ip Lo u isia n a , r.ow iiiwied by •TiLiars T. Levine for the causes set forth .n the . eel now pending ia tb s D istrict Court of the United States.

And I do hereby c ite and admonish tbe owner or •w n e n thereof, and all and every person o r persona having or pretending to have any light, title ov in ­terest in or to the same, to bo and appear at a dis­tric t court of the United States, for the district aloiesaiil. to h« hidden at the city of New Orleans, « n the first Monday of September, to show cause. »l any they have or can, woe the said steam ship fcouisiaua should not be coim- mued and be sola agreeably to tbe prayer of 1-belaid.

United States M arshal's office. New Or Iran*, ten th dav ol August

aul* 16 r*8. B. PACKARD

United Staten Marsha!.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.District of Louisiana.—lu obedience to an ad­

m iralty w arran t to me directed In tbe above ent.tled suit. I have seized and taken into my pos*

si on—THE STEAMSHIP LOt'ISIANA. lier tackle. etc..

Bov libeled bv S. 51 umlt* 1 Bob” , for th«* ranst-s setfurtli iu tlie libel no v pending in tbe Dittfrici i ’uurtId i lie United States

Aud do hereby f *e and admonish tb e owne OT•Wlifl* tfo'ieot. and all jiiidev^iy person or tu-i son*l.aving t»retu’iidin * To have ar.v titioo inforest Li or To tlie un*. to be and appear a t a Pi*-tr.e t Court of tbe United S tates for the district aforesaid, to be lio.den at the eitv or New Or* leans, on tbe riist Monday of September, to show cause, if any they have or can. why tbe said ateiiinabii* should not be condemned and be sold agreeably to the prayer uf lib* laut.

United States Marshal's ollive. New Orleans, t ig h t fc day of August. 1H72.

> 16 n “i UniteF fACKARD. s ta tes Maieha!.

X'rniik illnrrnths and Kichni'd MrHuiiT vs.Steam Tug Protect on—Nos. 10.26" and 10,265.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, District of Louisiana.—In obedience ?• a<i*

m iralty w arran ts to me directed ;u the above en­titled suit* I have seized and taken into mv posse*-

#>THK STEAM TUG PROTECTION, her engines, tackle , etc., now libeled by Frank M arratba et n . for the causes set forth in the libeis now pending iu the District Court of the United States.

And 1 do hereby cite and admonish tlio owner or owners thereof, and all and every person or per­sons having or pretending to have any right, title or interest in or ti> th e same, to be and appear at a District Court of the United S tates for tbe dis­trict aforesaid, to be holden at the city of New Or­leans. on the th ird Monday in August, 1673. to show cause, if any they Lave or can.why the said steam tug Protection should not be condemned and be •old agreeably to the p rayer of libelants.

United S tates m arsha ls office. New Orleans, 1weu:y-secoi:d dav of July, 1 7;>.

S. B. PACKARD.’Vi3au2 916 Unitod States Marsha*.

U. S. MARSHAL'S SALES.

Job* Unit'* »e. • l artnln Aeh Knit—>».lu ATI.

IS THE rNITKD STATES DISTRirT COfRT.Diatrict of Laui.latia—By virttio of an agr, o-

luvut bvlwtvu the parties in t i e above en- tttieil suit, I will proceed to se’.: to the highest liuliler. on FRIDAY August I". 13T3, at twelve ci’itlock M., at the train entrance to th e Custom* louse, on Cana! street, ia tine i .tv, the follow in(f li,scribed property, v,?_

A I KRTAIN ASH RAFT.’.yin" a t tu* foot of l > Jierliue street.

Terms—Cash on the si or.Tuitod Ktatea M arshal'a offic,. Jew O rlta t* .

August :: 1ET3.S. B. PACKARD,

anl ’ 3t Tnited States Marshal.

TOBACCO AND CIGARS.

JJAVANA CIGARS AND CIGARETTE.Domestie CIGARS and CIGARETTES, and a fall

assortm ent of Chewing and Smoking TOBACCO

constantly on hand and for sale by• ED. L. ZELL Jl CO..

Comer Canal and Carondeiet street*.N *w Orleans, Louisian*,

Goods sold fully w arranted. m hl2 ly

NOTARIES.^ AiEHO, JR.,JiOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OP DKKDI

O le* N*. 17 ('•mmrrrlal Fist*.Passport* procured with dispatch, an* prompt

attention fireu tq ail. lj *od

ReinioisceDcex of the Past by Ex-Senator Foote, of Ulississlppli

Anil now tbe state of war virtually placed everything iu Mr. Davie’ incompe­tent hands. * * • I certainly intendedto give a faithful and true support to the Coulederate cause after I had become en­listed in it. as I indisputably did; but I did not intend to let Mr. Davis become au em­peror if I could prevent it, nor allow bis servitors in Cougress to organize a military despotism in Richmond upon the false pre­text that ihty were extreme devotees to State rights and to Southern independence. Xot a day passed while I occupied a seat in the Confederate Congress that was not more or less signalized by my vehement oil- position to Mr. Davis and to most of the members of his infamous Cabinet, whom I well knew to be absolute slaves to hts will —mercenary to unscrupulousnese, corrupt and contemptible.

A great experiment of States right se­cession has beeu made, and it is important that the world should know precisely what baneful consequences resulted iroui this ex­periment, in order that no such insane and deplorable attempt shall again be essayed in any part of this broad L uion, and iu order that all may be solemnly warned not to take even tbe first step toward that evil state of things which was soon to be real­ized in Richmond. I do not believe that a more heartless and grinding despotism has been anywhere known since the days of Dionysius of Syracuse than the one there set on toot. Upon the pretext of military necessity ali power was concentrated in tbe hands of Mr. Davis and his myrmi­dons, and not a particle of this power was intrusted to them which they did not criminally ami corruptly transcend and abuse. By a shamelul act of servility Mr. Davis was given authority £to suspend the great charter of liberty whenever and wherever he pleased; ana this was done on hi* own earnest solicit ition. A bill was passed called the ‘‘Forcible Impressment Law,” which placed all the means of sub­sistence lor men and domestic -animals completely under tbe control of Mr. Davis and his official servitors, a large propor­tion of whom were dishonest and oppres­sive beyond anything which can lie con­ceived of, save by those who came in con­tact with that terrible system of fraud and violence which they introduced. A con­scription law was passed which brought under Mr. Davis’ command- every able bodied man in the South between the ages of sixteen anil forty-five; and all who refused to serve in the Confederate army against the pa­ternal government of their fathers were subject to be shot as for desertion. When the bill for this purpose was upon its pas­sage I olh red thirteen different amend­ments to it intended to correct unconstita- nonalities: all of these were rapidly voted down, and then, with only a small number of others, I voted against the measure. This law of conscription was most rigorously and cruelly enforced, and was the cause, not only of verr general popular disgust, but the’fatal eiil'eeblement of the Confederate army, by actual desertion. A sweeping confiscation act was passed designed to take away all tbe oroperty of those who anywhere within the limits of the Confederate States did not give open countenance and support to the causa of tbf* re’»«diion. This law wa* afterward so amplified and extended by amendment at the m.-lance of Mr. Per­kins, of Louisiana—a special devotee and coufidant.il Mr. Davis—as to embrace the property of men, women and children, wheresoever located, who might chance to be then absent, who, holding property in the South, did not immediately return within tiie coniines of- the Confederate litates and take an active part m the war. When this most nefarious amendment was under consideration, I earnestly protested against it.

And so this law passed, and had the Con­federate cause triumphed, and Mr. Davis been continued in power, verily it would have been enforced to the letter.

At last a member from Mississippi came one morning into the House of Representa­tives and offered a bill for adoption which proposed the. immediate anil universal establishment of martial law, and for an indefinite period of time, and this move­ment was notoriously inspired by Mr. Davis himself. I got up immediately and de­nounced it as a cold-blooded anil unprinci­pled attempt to establish an armed despot­ism. at which the proposer grew affrighted, lie came into the House next morning and a*ked to be allowed to withdraw it, but as 1 made stern objection to this it wa* not withdrawn, and now remains a permanent monument of infamy and reproach. A slavish Congress even went so far in its devotion to Mr. Davis as to adopt a fiass- port law, making it criminal even for a member ot Congress to leave. Richmond except under the sign manual of Judah P. Benjamin. Mr. Davis' Secretary of State, and the known writer of his executive mes­sages.

A few months before this evil apparition of a government, built upon the basis of extreme Statc-s rights and secession, broke up, a bill or resolution was introduced and passed unanimously in the Confederate Senate, providing for the payment of (7000 in gold to Mr. Jefferson Davis as part of his presidential salary of (Jo.OOO. Iiy exist­ing law his salary was payable alone in Confederate paper, and such was tbe dis­tinct understanding wbon bis second elec­tion occurred. His remarkable physiog­nomy stood visibly impressed upon every Confederate uote. so that the payment of his salary in anything but Confederate paper was fatally to discredit the only cur­rency we had.

The members of Congress were content to receive, as tlie recompense of their leg­islative labors Confederate money, though it was now worth only ten cents on the dol­lar. Tlie Confederate soldiers would have been glad to get their own wretched pay in the paper currency, but could not even get that. The poor fellows were, most of them, in rags and barefoot. When this legislative hioni-irvui Uorrtndum reached the House, I rose in my place, and said that l would move a test vote: 1 wished to know how many men there were slavish and corrupt enough to vote for so infamous a measure, and I moved to put it on the table, calling for the yeas ami nays. To the honor of the body, be it spoken, only seven persongSiad the unblushing audacity to vote yea! Some of these. I learn, are now complain­ing most vehemently that the Congress of tlie United States recently increased tbe President's salary from (ii.000 to $-70,000, though every man of sense knows that $.i0.- 000 will hardly go as far as $10,000 would have done, in the purchase of the necessa­ries of life, in the days of our earlier Piesi dents.

1 have not stated a hundredth part of the enormities the enactment ol which I was daily compelled to witness in Richmond. I hope never to be compelled to detail all I witnessed there. I shall spend no time upon Mr. Davis' cruel persecution of such merito­rious officers as Joe Johnston. Beauregard. Gustavus Smith, Stonewall Jackson and others: nor shall I explain here how the last-mentioned personage was prevented from retiring abruptly from the Confederate service, as a consequence of the continued annoyances to which he was subjected, by the special interposition of the Virginia Legislature.

The River*.During the past week the Red river has

fallen slightly. The Missouri has fallen thirteen inche* at Yankton, nineteen at Omaha and five at Leavenworth. The Mis­sissippi has remained nearly stationary at St. Paul and La Crosse, but fallen fifteen incoes at Davenport and Keokuk, four and a half feet at St. Louis, four at Cairo> three at Memphis, three and a half at Vicksburg and two and a half at New Or­leans. The Cumberland at Nashville ha* changed but little. The Ohio has fallen nearly three feet at Pittsburg, but risen four feet at Cincinnati and thirteen inches at Louisville.

New Fire Alarm Striking Machine.Some two years ago the Board of Police

Commissioners ordered of Messrs. Game- well ii. Co. one of their improved alarm striking machines, but various causes pre­vented the fulfillment of the contract until now. It has at last arrived aud will soon be put in operation. It is complicated in detail, but very simple in operation. It has three dia'§,each with two hands, the longer one marking the number of blows struck on that dial, and the shorter the number to be struck at one time. The left hand dial indicates the hundreds, the middle one the tens and the right hand one the units of the alarm to be struck. The machine is worked by weights which are wound up with keys.

At the foot of each dial is a lever by which the number of times the figure is to be struck is indicated. By means of other levers the dials may be struck separately or together. Any number of blows may be given by either dial, consecutively or in groups. Every combination of signals is possible. Behind the left Land dial is a cylinder about ten inches long, with small plates arranged in two spirals, so that as the cylinder revolves they will he brought successively in contact with the wires, thus completing and breaking alternately each circuit once in a revolution. This will oc­cupy two seconds, and is then repeated on the next dial with the same interval. Seven seconds then elapse and the process is gone over with the second time, and after that the third and as many as de- desired.

The advantages of this system are these: It enables the operator to indicate by the bell the exact locality of the box nearest the fire, even if there were SuO of them, so that when one hears an alarm he has only to count, and can tell within a few squares the locality of the fire. Under the present system the bell only indicates the district the tire is in. The portion of the district is given by another number, and sounded by magnets in the enginehouses and in some insurance and other offices. These, to the number of forty or forty-one, will be done away with. This will add strength to the lines, as the magnets require a stronger battery than is needed without them.

The new system will not go. into opera tion for some days, but the new numbers of the present boxes are as follows:

LIST OF SIGNAL IlOXES.No. 5—Corner of Harmony and Levee

streets.No. C—Corner of Washington and Chip­

pewa streets.No. 7—Ninth Street Market.No. S—Corner of Carondeiet and Eighth

street#.No. 13— Corner of Sixth and St. Denis

streets.No. 11—Engine house of Fire Company

No. 22.No. 15—Corner cf Rousseau and St. Mary

streets.No. H'>—Lafayette Hook and Ladder Fire

Company No. 1.No. 17—Corner of Live Oak and First

streets.No. 19—Corner of Magazine and St. An­

drew streets.No. 19—Engine house of Fire Company

No. Washington street.No. 21—Corner of St. Chariei and First

streets.No. 23—Corner of Dryades and St. An­

drew streets.No. 24—Keller Market.No. 29—Corner of Market street and

Levee.No. 31—Corner of Henderson street and

Levee.No. 32—Enginehonse of F.re .Company

No. 12, Tchoupitoulas str<-et.No. 34—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 1, Hunter street.No. 35— Corner of Market and Chippewa

streets.No. 3G—Second precinct police station.No. 37—Corner of Melpomene and Camp

Street*.No. 39— Horse station. St. Charles street.No. 41—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 20, Thalia street.No. 47—uorner af Gaierme and New

Levee street*.No. 48—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 6, St. Joseph street.No. 51—Corner of Constance and Erato

streets.No. 52—Corner of Camp anil St. Joseph

streets.No. 53—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 18. Calliope street.No. 54—Corner of New Basin and Triton

W’alk.No. 5ti—Corner of Howard and Ciio

streets.No. 57—Corner of Magnvha and Erato

streets.No. «i5—Corner of Julia and Levee streets.No. 71—Foot of Juiia street.No. 72—Corner of Cana! and Levee

streets.No. 73—Corner of Magazine and Girod

streets..No. 74— Enginehouse Fire Company No.

2, Tchoupitoulas street.No. 81—Corner of Canal and Camp

streets.No. 82—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 5 and City Hall.No. 83—Enginelioupe of Fire Company

No. 13, Perdido street.No. 84—Corner of Carondeiet and Com­

mon streets.No. 123—Corner of Rampart and Poy-

dras streets.No. 124—Enginehouse cf F.re Company

No. 14, Common street.No. 125—Workhouse, Giroil street.No. 126—Corner ct Common and Koche-

blave streets.No. 127—Corner of Claiborne and Poy-

dras streets.Xb. 141—Corner of Bienville and Old

Levee streets.No. 142—Corner of St. Louis aud Royal

streets.No. 143—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 7, Dauphine street.No. 145—Corner of Burgundy and Tou­

louse streets.No. 146—Pelican Hook and Ladder Com­

pany No. 4, Basin street.No. 151—Corner of Canal and Robertson

streets. Wood’s Press.No. 152—Corner of Bienville and Johnson

streets.No. 153—Corner of Derbigny and Conti

streets.No. 214—Corner of Did Levee and St.

Philip streets.No. 215— Police station. Ja*kson square.No. 216—Corner of Hospital and Dau­

phine streets.No. 217—Enginehouse of Fire Company

No. 10. Dumaine street.No. 231—Corner ol Treine and Esplanade

No. 232—Treme Market and Farish Prison.

No. 234—Enginehouse of Fire Company No. 21. Claiborne street.

No. 235—Corner of Bayou Road and Clai­borne street.

No. 236—Enginehouse of Fire Company No. 3, Bayou road.

No. 241—Corner of St. Ann and Miro streets.

No. 243—Stern's factory, Frenchmen and Broad streets.

No. 252—House of Hook and Ladder Fire Company No. 3.

No. 253—Enginehouse of Fire Company No. 9, Esplanade street.

No. 254—Enginehouse of Fire Company No. 8, Victory street.

No. 312—Police station. Elysian FieldsNo. 313—Bagatelle and Esplanade streets.No. 311—Goodchildren and St. Antoine

street*.

No. 315—Goodchildren and Eiysian Fields streets.

No. 316— Claiborne and St. Bernard streets.

No. 412—Laharp9 and White streete, rail­road depot. ' •

No. 414—Corner of Poet and Urquhart streets.

No. 415—Corner of Mandeviile and Clai­borne streets.

No. 513—Cotton Press and L-vee.No. 514—Washington Market.No. 515—Clouet and Rampart street*.No. 612—Enginehouse o: No. 24, Great-

men street, near Port.No. 613—Corner of Dauphine and Inde­

pendence streets.No. 614—Poland street car station.The new system of striking will be as

follows: For instance, if an alarm is given j from box No. 243. the bells will strike two, then a pause of two seconds: then then the be!!* will strike four, then another pause of two seconds, and the bells will strike three—243. There will be a pause of seven seconds between each full number. Or, if an alarm is to be given from box No. 29, the bells will strike two. then the pause of two seconds, and then strike nine—twenty- nine.

Besides the sigsals for the boxes, this system is capable of bting used at the same time for other purposes. A number of blow* struck differently from those that in­dicate boxes would give no information to an outsider, but be full of intelligence to the chief and his assistants.

While on the subject of tire alarms it is proper to notice a neat little invention of Superintendent Weeks. Formerly the operator was compelled to switch oft each circuit seperately. By an ingenious contrivance all circuits are connected with a single switch, so that only one motion of the hand is necessary. But if desired, this switch can be disconnected in an instant and each circuit switched off separately.

The New City Charter.The following correspondence explains

iteelf:aUToiuiVT or New Ohlfani, {

' August 12,-1843. (To hi* Exceltency Wi.l.am P. Kt..,igg, Governor ot

Louisiana:Sir—As the continued rumors relative to

the signing of the act amending the present city charter more or lew* embarrass the workings of the city government, I respect­fully request you to inform me if the rumor has any foundation.

I have the honor to remain, very respect­fully, your*, LOUIS A. WILTZ,

Mayor.Stats os lorisiANA, i

Exec alive Department, 1 Ne-.» Orleans. August 12. J872. J

Hoa. Loui* A. W,Itz. Mayor oi New Orleans:S ir —I have received -our communica­

tion of this date. In reply I have to state that I have not signed the bill you refer to. and that it is not my intention to take any action regarding it until the meeting of the Legislature.

Very respectfully.WILLIAM P. KELLOGG, Governor.

H e a l th of the T b i r t i l i i s t r i i t.The alarming mortality o: a certain por­

tion of thia district a month sine e caused Dr. Newman to examine thoroughly into the eause. Hi* able report, which was referred to the Department of Improve­ments. after being submitted to the board of health, discloses the causes and very clearly suggest* the proper remedy.

The following is a copy:• l i i r ' i i Sasitakt Ins»*i tub Tnini> District,!

f New Orleans, July 25, 1873. iC. E. W hite, M. Y'., i reiiiiiTi! of Board of Health:

$ ir —My attention having been called to the unusual mortality now prevaling in thi* district. I found, after careful inves­tigation, that thi* mortality was greatest in the vicinity of Goodchildren, Port, Fer­dinand and Enghein streets.

Upon consultation with the oldest and most experienced medical practitioners of tbe district much light ha* been thrown upon the subject, as the result of years of labor and observation. I ain confidently assured by them that when the winds blow in a northeasterly direction, sweep­ing across the lake and adjacent swamp, invariably malarious fevers abound, as­suming in a large number of cases the viru­lent form ol malignant intermittent, va­riously known as congestive or pernicious fever.’

In the rear of this ili«—ict a protection levee has been built !•• prevent overflow from the lake, eomtueuciug as the head of Lafayette avenue anil with devious course running toward Elysian Fields street, keep- ing inside Claiborne stree-.

About one block from L izenberg Hospi­tal it takes a southerly course and is about two miles in length.

Drainage of the land lying iu immediate proximity to this levee has been nt*erly neglected, anil as the re* lit af-er rainfall a large body of water, for which there i* no visible outlet, becomes stagnant, and, in my opinion, breeds the destruction to human life to which 1 cave referred. The alternate growth and decomposition of Urge quantities of vegetable matter gener­ates malaria a* it* legitimate offspring.

I would advise that the levee bo cut at proper intervals, and that sluice gates, which can he made self acting, be made, so that utter a rainfall tin* body of water may be allowed to escape, and tht-reby tbe health of the locality be improved.

Yejv respectfuilv,’J. T. NEWMAN, M. D.,

Sanitary InsDet -or Third District.

Give Him Another Chance.The Memphis Aralunrhe announces that

the Carolina Life Insurance Company has sold out to the Southern Life Insurance Company of that city, and adds:

As the failure occurred under the admin tstration of Mr. Jefferson Davis, a careful review of it hereafter may be useful and instructive.

As Mr Da vis La* been unsuccessful in most of Lis enterpi isos since 1865, it is sug­gested that he might try hi* Land at the newspaper business next. P*-rbap* *’ae stockholders of tLe Pintyidt'. nt their mee*- ing to-a.gut. had better hear him in mind.

A Ferry at Shreveport.TLe Southwestern-Tthij.-mu of the ninth

says:Major Martin Tally will leave ‘hi* eve­

ning, on the steamer John T Moore, for New Orleans, aud from thence by rail to Cairo, Illinois, and other Western ports, for the purpose ot purchasing c new steam ferryboat to take tlu pla « of the flatboats that are now being used hero.

BY TELEGRAPH.M i l l Y O R K .

The Brigham Yonng Divorce Case.New York, August 13.—John W., the

oldest son oi Brigham Young, now here, said, in an interview last night, that Mrs. Eliza Young has been induced by outside Gentiles to begin the suits against his father to make a schism in the church. Brigham, he said, had not consented to any compromise, hut would tight the thing out.

. That First Bale,The steamship Montgomery, which ar­

rived yesterday from Savannah, brought the firs: bale of the season of Georgia cot­ton.

Fpecie Shipment*.Shipments to-day $232,000 :n silver bars.

Pnasengera by the Havana.The steamer Havana brings 133 passen­

gers and a full cargo.Gone in Fearrb of the Ftenmer Arndt.A steamer left to-day in search of the

Arndt to tow her into port.It appears when the steamship Maas

spoke the Armlt on Sunday, the captain of tlie former offered to tow the disabled vessel, and leave the question of price for the assistance to be settled by the two companies owning the steamers. The cap­tain ot the Arndt would not agree to this proposition, anil insi.-ted that definite terms should be named. The captain of the Maas did not feel justified in doing this, and the negotiations then ended.

Later.—The Arndt has been signaled.Jahu Brown and hi* Grnndehild.

John Brown, while carrying his grand­child down stairs, tell. Both were killed.

A I'uetoinhoiis* Suit.A joint suit lias been commenced in the

United States District Court against J. R. Platt and E. R. Boyd to recover a million dol.ar* in gold for undervaluation of im­ports. Separate suits against each were also commenced to recover $50,009 for simi­lar offenses.

Tbe Tichborne Cn*e.John Slatterly. the sailor, who says he

was with Carl Anderson, one of the Tich­borne witnesses now being sought tor. less than six weeks ago, declines making any further statements until he receives the reward ottered by Whally, the English in­vestigator now here.

Custom* Receipt*.The customs receipts to-day wer* $600,-

000.Collision on the Hudson.

A collision of two tugs with an excursion barge last night on the Hudson river, near Albany, resulted in one boy being fatally injured and four other* badly wounded by the broken wood of the guards.

Marine.Arrived—Scotia, California and San Sal­

vador. _____ ______

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fltentiier Abeonn Wrecked.L o n d o n . August 13.—It is reported that

the Allen line clipper ship Abeona, from Montreal lor Glasgow, was run down and sunk by the State line steamship Alabama, lrom Glasgow to New York, and that the wreckage which it wa* at first thought came from the Alabama was a portion ol the Abeona.

tihip Hunta in the .Mersey.The famous clipper ship L.t Escocesa,

which recently arrived from San Francisco, eunk in the Mersey. .

A Swedish Ttwa Destroyed.The town oi Christianople. Sweden, has

been entirely destroyed by fire.Niewmnn Hall Coming to America.

Rev. Newman Hall will leave Liverpool on the twenty-third instant for New York. He will make a tour of the United States before returning to England.

Trial Trip of a New Steamer.The new Inman steamship. City of

Richmond, arrived at Liverpool to-day from Glasgow, on a trial trip. She steamed over fifteen knots an hour.

Female Medical ktudent*.The women medical students who have

been rejected at Edinburg are trying what the University of St. Andrew wiil do for them. In their application they point out that they have fifteen women, at least, pre­pared to be graduated at once: that they j will bear all of the tests of obtaining a sup­plementary charter, if necessary, aud that they are a**o prepared at once to hire or build suitable premises for a medical school, aud are also in position to arrauge for a complete course of lec tures on the full required subjects of medical education, which are not taugnt at St. Andrews', if the university authorities will sanction such arrangements, and will subsequently grant to them examination and graduation. The application will probably be favorably re- ceived.

Death of n Noted Writer.Thomas Chisholm Austey. au ernir.ent

barrister and writer, Gita to day, aged iitty- seren.Inglbh Roman Catholics Going an n FiD

frimnge.New Y’iiTik. August !3.—Advice* from

London by mail state that the English Roman Catholics are now organizing a real pilgrimage. They have chosen for their shrine Paray-le-Monial, a small village of France, now sufficiently well known iu con­nection wi'h similar proceedings in France. The pilgrimage is bting solemnized under the auspices oi a very influential committee, at tie head of which are found the Duke of Norfolk and Earl Denbigh, the secretary being Lord Walter Kerr.

The movement, which is believed to have originated solely among the laity, has the sanction of the Roman Catholic bishop. Archbishop Manning having sent a special letter of approval to the committee. The pilgrims will start from London on the twenty-second of September.

to which public attention has been directed, aud that the evidence adduced before such commission should be taken on oath. The commissioners should be instructed to pro­ceed with the inquiry with all diligence, and to transmit their report as well to the Speak- ers of the Senate and House of Commons, as to myself. Immediately on receipt of the report 1 shall cause Parliament -o he summoned for the dispatch of business, to give anearly opportunity of taking such re­port into consideration.”

An extraordinary scene took place on the meeting of the House of Commons to-day.

Mr. McKenzie, leader of the opposition, rose and moved a resolution condemning the removal of The investigation of the charges against the ministers in connection with the Pacific railroad scandal lrom the parliamentary committee to the royal com­mission as a violation of the privileges of the House.

The Speaker endeavoril in vain to call him to order. He was supported by loud shouts of "privilege” and "go on” from the the opposition benches. McKenzie pro­ceeded to sp‘-ak to the motion, when the usher of the black rod appeared. He con­tinued speaking, amid much confusion, ilniing which the usher delivered his message and retired. The Speaker then left the chair, and with the supports of the gov- eminent, left tor the Senate chamber to hear the Governor’s speech, amid the groan* and hisses of the occupants of the opposi­tion benches, who remained in their seats.

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S P A I N .

Inspecting tbe Levee*.Professor Forshey, General Thompson

and others connected with the engineer's department and the levee commission, who left Carrollton at eight o’clock last Satur­day night on a tour of inspection, arrived at the mouth of Red river at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. After a delay of an hour or two they proceeded on up the river.

W a r r a n t s , W a r r a n t s .—The sheriff of the parish of Orleans sells at auction this day at noon, at the Merchants and Auc­tioneers’ Exchange, Royal street, warrants to the amount of $9732 48. For full parti­culars and terms see advertisement.

Font rei ns nt Cartlingenn.Madrid. August 13.—Contrera*, witli a

few followers, succeeded in re-entering Carthagena. his last refuge.

Barcelona.The Republicans of Barcelona have peri-

tioced the government to establi.-u a Junta of public safety in Catalonia.

Britinh Blockade Runner Captured.The British vessel which landed supplies

for the Carlists at Fantarbia. to-day, was subsequently captured by a .Spanish man- of-war, anu towed into the hatbor of San Sebastian.

Extradition of Insurgent Refugees.In the Cortes to-day the Minister of State

declared that he should demand the extra dition ol insurgent refugees in foreign coun­tries.

The Wife of Don Carlo*..B a y o n n e , Aueust 13 —The wile ol Don

Carios has joined her husband in the field. She will share his fortunes. The Carlists are wildly enthusiastic over the event.

Arm* aud Ammunition.A British steamer to-uay landed af Fon-

tarbia. 2000 nfies, fifty hundred weight of ammunition and forty Carlists.

'A Carlist Nacctis,London. August 13.—A special to the

Standard, reports that Lissaraga has captur­ed the to ivn of Vergara. The Cariists claim thie success as the most important they have had since the beginning of the cam- paign. ______ ______

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Dnuinge Done by the Storm at Various Points—Los* of Life nnd Property.

New Y’ork, August 13.—Heavy damage has been done about the city by the recent storm. Many cellars were flooded. Simi­lar damages occurred in Camden, New Jer­sey. A break in the railroad near Mer- chantsville prevents the passage of traius from Mount Holly and Long Branch. The passengers for Long Branch hail to return to the city. Ail the cars]|ran off the truck but two. The Pullman went into a gap. and the passengers had to crawl out through the windows. None of them, howevtrr, were injured.

W ashington. August 13.—The rain con­tinues to travel and the mails are delayed, but no personal accidents have been re- ported.

FHii.ADEi.rniA, August 13.—The storm was severe at Cape May and Atlantic city, but no damage.

Baltimore. August 13.—The culvert and a portion of the track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad near Elkton station was washed awrav by the heavy rain. The train from New York, due at five, did not reach this city uutil 12:15 P. M. It took a large force, of workmen three hours to repair the break. Trains are now running regularly. The branch road lrom Perryviile to Port Deposit also suf­fered from the storm, a large mass of rock being washed on the track and the culvert being carried away, thereby obstructing travel.

Tbe railroad track is washed cut near Roekruu aud the country overflowed.

The Pennsylvania railroad track, near Pa.myra. New Jersey, is washed awav and trains delayed. A large force of men re­paired the track by noon at Newark. Del­aware creek overflowed and washed out the Baltimore railroad track for sixty yards. Passengers from Baltimore by the night train were transferred at the gap. The repairs were completed by noon, and trains are passing as usual.

At Lancaster the waterworks were con­siderably damaged. No damage at Alien- town. Bethlehem. Maunchnnk, Westchester or Pi'ttsviile, though the rivers are ail high.

The train from Buffalo, which arrived to day several hours behind time, expe­rienced great difficulty between Corning and Elmira, the flood core-ring the track several tuiies to the depth ot nearly two feet, the cars having to make their way slowly through mud, gravel and drift wood, nearly extinguishing the fire in the locomotive.

A dispatch from Perryviile. Delaware, to­day. to the postoffice authorities, stated that tlie bridge had been carried away by the ff.iou in that vicinity, and that" the Southern mails, consequently, would not arrive here until to-night. A break iu the Chemung canal, near Albany, in this State, was reported to-day.

Long Branch. August 13.—A heavy gale is blowing here, and the surf is running high. Tbe bathing houses have been re­moved to prevent their being washed away. The shore is lined with people, witnessing the magnificent appearance of the sea. The storm is increasing.

L(t>er.—Passengers for tlie eleven o'clock train to New Y’ork have returned to this plance aud report that the track has been ■washed away between here and Saadv Hook.

The Jersey Southern railroad track, he- twees.here and Philadelphia, is also re­ported washed away.

No train has yet arrived here from Phila­delphia to-day.

1 he storm .a the heaviest seta here for twenty years.

Tlie storm is increasing; now blowing a terrifi’ gale. I: is thought the surf will rise and carry off the bathing-houses be­fore midnight. The New Jersey southern track at Neabright is iu danger. Much dam age is expected along the shore.

F rederick, Mil.. August 11.—A storm, accompanied by hail, injured the crops and broke ail the windows tn this vicinity. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal also suffered. It will require ten days to repair the culvert at Berlin.

Scranton, Pa., August M.—Twenty-one women and girls, picking berries in the mountains, sought refuge in a shanty from tue storm. The lightning killed two, and seven others were seriously injured by the shock.

Miftlin, August 13.—A ten feet land slide has delayed the trains several hours.

Elmira, N. Y., August 13.—The bridge over Monkey Run. on the Erie railroad, about fourteen miles west of here was carried awav this morning. A hundred feet of the bank of a Chemung canal feeder near Corning was washed out. A dam on one of the creeks broke away and carried off a d welliughouse duriug the storm.

The owner of the house with his wife and daughter sought refuge in a barn. The building was washed away and scattered over the fields. The man was found so much injured that he can not recover. Ills wife and daughter have not yet been found.

The trains on the Erie railroad were de­layed some six hours by the carrying away of Monkey Run bridge."

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Speech of (be Governor Geoeral-A Die* orderly Tine.

O t t a w a , August 13.—The Governor Gen­eral prorogued Parliament to-day. In con­cluding* his speech he said: “I have thought it expedient in the interest of good govern­ment to order that a commission should be issued to inquire into certain matters con­nected with the Canadian Pacific railroad.

Convention of Anti-Monopoly Farmer* In Iowa—Nomination* Made nail Keeolu* tion* Adopted.

Desmoines, Iowa, August T J.—The anti- monopoly farmers’ State convention met here at eleven o’clock to-day. and, after ef­fecting a temporary organization and ap­pointing the usual committees, took a recess till 2 P. M.

The anti-monopoly convention reassem­bled at 2 P. M.. and was organized by the election of H. \V. Lathrop, of Johnson county, as president, with a number of rice picsidents and secretaries.

While waiting for the report of the com­mittee on resolutions, speeches were made by Andrew Hostie, J. B. Grinneli and others.

An effort to ascertain the political ccik- plexion of the convention, as to whether delegates were torine-lv Democrats or Re­publicans. was defeated'.

The first ballot for Governor, which was made formal, resulted in the nomination of Andrew Hostie, of Warren.

Fred O. Donnell, of Dubuque, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation, the balance of the ticket is as follow*: Supreme Judge, J. B. Hall of Desmomes, by acclamation; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Professor D. W. Prindle of Hamilton,

The committee on resolutions then re­

ported the following platform which was: adopted unanimously without debate:

YV here as, Political parties are formed to 'meet public emergencies, and when thev have discharged the duty which called them into being they may become the means of abuses as gross as those they were organized to reform; now. where.ia both political parties have discharged the obligations assumed at their organization, and being no longer potent as instruments of reform of the abuses which have grown up in them, therefore we deem it inconsis­tent to attempt to accomplish a political re­form by acting with and on sucu organiza­tion: therefore,

Resolced, That we. in free convention, do declare as the basis of our future political action—

K.:*;—Tnat all corporations are rub- ;ec: to legislative control: that those cre­ated by Congress should be restricted and coEtroiitii by Congress, and that those under S‘afe laws should be subject to con­trol respectively of the States creating them; that such legislative control should be an express abrogation of the theory of the inalienable nature of chartered rights, and that it should be at all times so used as to j,revent moneyed corporations from be­coming engines of oppression

Second—That the property ol' all corpo­rations should be osssesseil by the same officers and taxed at the sume rat? as the property of individuals.

Tnird—That the Legislature of Iowa should, by law, fix maximum rates of freight to be charged by railroads ot the 8tate, leaving them free to compete below tue rates.

Fourth—That we favor such modificatien of our banking system as will extend its benefits to the whole people, aud thus de­stroying all monopoly now enjoyed bv a fa­vored few.

Fifth—That we demand a general re­vision of the present tariff laws, that shall give us free salt, iron, lumber aud cotton and woolen fabrics, and reduce the whole system to the revenue basis only.

Sixth—That wo will not knowingly nominate any bad men to office nor give place to persistent seekers therefor, nut will freeiy seek for ourselves compe­tent officers, as heretofore political leaders have sought office for themselves, and that we will nominate only those known to be faithful and in sympathy with these de­clarations. and will at the polls repudiate' any candidate known to be unfit or incom­petent.

Seventh—That we demand the repeal ol the back salary and the return to the United States treasury ot all money drawn thereunder by members of the last Con­gress, aud of the members of the present Congress we demand the repeal of the law increasing the salaries, and the passage of a law fixing a lower and more reason­able compensation for public officers, be­lieving that until the public debt is paid and the public burden is lightened, the salaries of our publio servants should be more in proportion to the rewards of labor in pri­vate life.

Eighth—That we are opposed to ail ib- ture grants of land to railroad or other corporations, and believe that the public domain should be held sacred to the actual settlers, and we are in favor of a law by which each honorably discharged soldier* or his heirs, may use such discharge in any government land office in full payment for a quarter section of unappropriated public land.

Ninth—That all public officers who betray their pledges and trust are un­worthy of renewed confidence, and those who criminally trillc with the public funds must be punished as criminals, regardless of their previous influence or the political importance of their bondsmen.

Tenth—That wc are in favor of a strict construction of our constitution by our Su­preme and other courts, and are opposed to the exercise of all doubtful powers by ju­dicial or other officers.

Eleventh—That in the corrupt Tammany steal. Credit Mobilier fraud, congressional salary swindle and official embezzlements, and ’the hundreds of other combinations, steals, frauds and swindles by which the Democratic jand Republican legislators, Congressmen and office holders have en­riched themselves, defrauded the country, and impoverished people, we find the necessity of independent action and the importance of united effort, aud cordially invite all men, of whatever calling, busi­ness. trade or vocation, regardless of po­litical views, to join us in removing the evils that so seriously affect us all.

The convention concluded with a speech by John P. Irish, chairman of the Demo­cratic State committee, who pronounced unequivocally in lavor of the movement, and said that Ia«t year had shown him that the Democratic party had outlived its day and ;‘s usefulness. About one-third of the counties iu the State were represented by some two hundred and fifty delegates.

C R I M E .

A Deputy Sheriff Killed. •Little Rock, August 13.—A deputy

sheriff' ot Monroe county was killed Satur- uay while attempting to arrest a desperado near Augusta.

Pirnov In New York Harbor.N ew York, August 13.—A gang of river

thieves beat off the erew of the burned brig Oscar, which is aground near Astoria, Long Island, and then robbed the hulk of 100 fathoms of chain *able, $300 in gold be­longing to the captain, and stripped off $1500 worth of copper. No arrests, although I.'00 pounds of cable was found by the po­lice in a junk store in Brooklyn.

£*hot in tlie Bnck.Salt Lake. August 13.—Last night Wil­

liam Kirby shot Tom Lynch in the back. The latter will probably recover.

M I S C E L L A N E O U S .

Knilronil Grlebrntion nt Shreveport.Shreveport, August 13.—The comple­

tion of the Texas and Pacific railroad.lrom Shreveport to Dallas was celebrated to-day with a grand barbecue, speeches and excur­sions on Red river.

The city is brilliantly illuminated to* nigbt. Immense enthusiasm.

Wheat Crop in Minnesota.Minneai -oi.i*. August 13.—The editor ol

the ynrnters' Union, who has just returned from a tour of inspection through the State, says wheat threshing commenced a week ago to-day. and all the machines are now at work. ’ The yield in most instances turns out better than was expected. No field thus far threshed has yielded less than twenty-five bushels to the acre, while many run far above that figure. The oldest in­habitant have never seen such an uninter­ruptedly favorable harvest season as we have enjoyed this year.

Health of Chicago.Chicago, August 13.—Deaths thi* week

same as last week, but show a decrease ol nmety-tive. compared with the corrc-pocd- ing week last year.

Fire at (fuinry.Whitternore At Brothers’ mills, at Oiis

cy, burned. Loss $60,000..tlnbamn Cotton.

Selma, Ala., August 13.—The first bale of new cotton was sold at seventeen and a half cents per pound.

The worm* are lively throughout the cane-brake west of Selma.

Children Burned to Death.Little Rock, August 13.—()a Friday a"

negro woman put her two children to beif and went to church. When she returned she found the house burned to the ground. The two children perished in the flames.

Cholera in Columbus.CoLrvBES, O., August 13.—Two cholera

deaths to-da.v and one yesterday, all cbii- * dren ip. one family.

Mr. Booth in California.Son F r a n c isc o , August 13.—Mr. Booth,

at a meeting held uuder the auspices of tl “People's Union," said: “The tendency concentration under a single head is

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