The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-06

6l6,6e49s
Paid out,

Remaining in treasury, $355,492 63.
This balance is divided thus
Cash iii Bank of Louisiana, 1860 Al
Notes due this year and next, l6l, 545 90
Bonds and notes protested, 3s,27s %
$355,4e2 IS
The debt due by the State for its own account
is about 81 500 600 the whole of which will
uot be due till 1872.
The sales Of property belonging 10 The State
during the last year, including the Nashxille
Rail Road, the Mexican Gulf Rail Road, lots f
ground in New Orleans, and public lands, with a
Judgment agiin,t thu Carrol!toa Rail Road
Company, have brought into the treasury in cash
and securities the sum Of $3.50, 900, or therea-
bouts.
The liabilities Of the State for corporations Of
banks and municipalities amount. in principal
and unpaid interest, TO S l5,35 600. 1t is pre-
sun e !, that all or nearly all ofthis vast debt will
be paid by the corporations themselves or b the
sale of assets belonging to them.
ADELINauENT CAUGHT IN AMERrcA.-John
Forrest. n arrivedin l. n ondn Friday, with Bur-
CESS, the Bank defrauder, whom the keen seem
ted officer had hunted down and captured near
Boston. They came over in the Hihernia.
On Saturday morning John Forester, BY The
direction Of Mr.. Charles Freshiield, waited upon
the Governor of the Bank OF England andput
into his hands the sum of G6500, part IS the
$4,000 of which the establishment had been
plundered by Elder and Burgess. 1t Is espec.
ted that upwards of sl00 more, the produce of
some stock which Elder had purchased, will be
brought over in the next packet from Boston,
This case in a remarkable manner shows the
efficacy ofthe Ash1urton Treaty. There Is no
instance ofsueli wholesale restitution in a case
which the thieves managed TO reach another
country as this.
We have given 8 great variety of rntaors ana
conlectures in regard to the composition Of Mr.,
Folks Cabinet. Here is something from tlie
Philadelphia Ledger touching on matters III
some interest to the editorial fraternity in con.
%nection with the Government. We are 5yery
incredulous in the premises, however:-Pic.
sit is confidently expected that the Globe, the
Madlsonian and the Constitution will all three
be rolled into one, under the auspices of a new
editef--Sitchic, ofthe Richmond Enquirer, and
VII. Claiborne, ofAlississippi, are spoken Of for
the placc-when this is c~onsnmnated, Blair is
to have a foreign mission. Mr.. Aarris an edi-
Tor from Tennessee native Of Massachusetts,
is to be Mr.. Folks private secretary.
BEMEN.--- A town has been laid off as a cor.
~ NNI " ~ AFVAio VII io lIDi
boundary, and the namf Bremen givento it. 1t
is already the seat Of several manufactories---
among them an establishment for the nanufac-
ture OF Qneensware, which is to be largely cx-
tended. The proprietors anticipate a large &C
%cession of the mechanical branches of industry,
for which it offers many advantages.
A recent number of the Courier des Etats
Unis asserts, on the authority ola letter from
Mexico, that a special Envoy has arrived there
from France, charged with a demand ofrepara-
ton for the numerous ontrages committed upon
French citizens by the Mexican Government
since the treaty of Vera Cruz.
1t is believed that there is a gang ofplunder.
ers on the Mississippi who rob boats which meet
with an accident. The Warrior, sunk Mt Island
No. 95. is said to have suffered largely from their
depredations. They relieved her of whiskey,
oil, Sc, and sold them 10 the lower towns as
their own.
CHIcKAsAw FuND.-When the Chickasaws
ceded their territory they stipulated that the lands
should be sold by the United States, and the pro.
ceeds paid over as a common fund for the bene-
lit Of the nation. The amount received since
the first sale in 1886 is SO, I49,5 62, and there
yet remains q considerable quantity ofland to
dispose Of.
BLACK. ToNGUE.-Fhis dreadful disease is
raging with fearful violence i'm Gibson County.
Indiana. A great number Of deaths have &C.
CURED, and some cases have proved fatal in four
days from the first attack.
ILLINOIS STATE DEBr.-Thc St. Louis New
Era OF the 9th instant, says there appears TO be.
no prospect whatever Of adoption of any mea.
sure to pay the state debt of illinois. The State
will remain in a state of practical repudiation,s
and the debt will become like the old Continen.
tai money, absolutely worthless, unless the cred.
ltors shall compromise for a triAs. The debt is
already enormous and is ,cqnstantlF growing
more terrible by the accumulation of interest.
COINAGE AT THE MINT.-We learn from 4
statement in the Pieagune, that during the past
year 4S5,300 pieces in gold, amounting TO So.
Vlo,ooo. and :, 965 600 pieces in silver, amoun-
ing TO Slips, 900, have been coined at the n.
;. Mint in this city, Total number Of pieces
A,44e 800, amounting in value to s 4,2O5,500.
MrssouRT.-The Missouri House of Repre-.
sentatlyes has passed a resolution, by a vote. Of
b9 TO 25,sthat the Legislature has not the con.
stltutional power to grant divorces.
A resolution has passed the same body Tor the
appointment of a committee of thirteen 10 report
a bill for districting the State for the election of
Representatives to Congness.
RUSSIA AND sIRERIA.-The Emperor Nicho.
las has pardoned several young Poles who were
sent 70 Siberia, charged with conspiracy. He
has also virtually abandoned the recent ukase
against the Jews.
Total amount of importations into New York
last year $76,091, 720. Total amount of duties
paid $22i066, 1877.