New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-29

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srnSf rrs W., 81 q 5sl days since. The fe-
fhe zstR s oFear q the iayfor Friday,
rol4s s,sets " sSSfaftssa tae n,edfs re-
MFR. Hamilton iTlsr6daGed Il gfall San,s,s "A
Governors 70 WltllsEa ths syga5ap Ysssds NJ,
and second tine and fsFfed u shs 5sa sas ff e
Mr.. according To .prstisrg notfces iStro..
dueeI bill for the better regulation R fiatsa ~
Hecfedwith the Pefftensiary WIlis ss rsfsrfs q,
ths committee on the Penitentiary, ad Ordered so1e
=prfneedg 3sS 3
. The Anditorsof Public Accounts naads HE f5fsr-
lng corassa cation according to- ss5sl Ilaads
on aal NM IN 2 EesolHt adopted en- the
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60 Baton Rouge, Feb. 18th, ISssss
TO The Hon. Speaker ef TIL House ssisss
e5 tttepresezasatspes,o Rte STATE
szr: IersWith have tIse q thes
statfng that plaeetfie amount
the purpose Of paying for the Revised statas to
es.s sIses q t,e printing and BdiI
tnIs andss the belief that Revised forsI
the appropriation for them vas intended seisreasss
Gnab1nnd to manarneunt m enffo meet f dsnand
upon I'll n haye M not n other pad
s,as Esra T. Ia. w. ie!ls without proper
derstlle elearest sanctaa 81 aTs ei1-
Very respectfully yonr o5 asfst. s#5 y
order tsy being III aglssE
the Gonraitsee on Finance I'M aiH ID sBpsaT asct
encourage ship bull TIL sstatee saisia1.a
was taken np4pr canaiSle /
lMr. Mcdonald, who nfrg5acaI the sbigEs againas
which She Committee had ;sss,
for the Introduction Of The 6Il Hs sail M Sf
together too indefinite terms nasgis
aaaitoE might order te he paid sats
3annun1, 8for ship build that he ceHa Id fhaSas
properly as he had ordered Ie pafa oait I'M
S9o copies e q tlle Rolina9sa issathe
900 volumes Of the Reports at d cost 0f Afs
Donald was, opposed to- alEoving 80 much
70 the Auditor He desired to rigid eonfoFfaity
to the requirements of the Censttuto
pesed to al expenditures Of rnoneY ont Of tie 1Tea-
ury which had not been spec bV
acts of the Legislature. ~
,}3The blll was laid 81 The falas .snd
the House adjourned. 80 ss e s$zs3ss
Y TUESDAY ), Feb. 26. aate.-TWsat SENATOR
present upon the calling Of the rolf
@ Nj. Pierce offered resoluSi which psesE isfle
,hereaf the honEfor meeting Of
o'clock " 58ss h 5sfs9sgSsssilx "A II
Mr. Munday introduced an act, which vas not oEg-
jected providing for the grant Of spo7ef}So TIE
President Of the Senate and the speakef6 the ose,
compel the attendance Of absent members III their
respective chanBers The was sts final
passage. 5s Fssszs5ss7' 5EFE
The order af he day was then i,s which
wasthe bill to reorganize free public schools il the
statesof Louisiana, and the Senate soosI sffar ID
siourned. 6 AS Sss-sg ,z1559Tg
Randall presented d B sproyfsiing III
the olment at safaryof per ahnFu. Of a
Ecspetent attorney to attend to the taking of teti
I1ony preparatory to certain prosecutions the era
Y inal courts Of New Orleans Il ss ssat,
The House proceeded to the unfinished business Of
yesterday the FIRST in order being abiIl To analtH an
bregard Interpretations on tie swamp lands be-
longing to the State which, after considerable discus
SION, was, On motion of Mr. Robinson, reeomnifted
4tethe Committee on Public Land instructions
to report asbil to prevent depredatons on swamp
lands by all persons whether citizens State Or
| of other States. 47 .ssS ~ V. 80 ~
A bill relative to notares public in theety Of New
| Orleans was taken up on its second readinE.
The purpose Of the bill in par, was to giye GREAT
er pectabity to the character Of notanes public
ntie city, by reducing their number and throwing
greater responsibility upon this limited number and
larger profits into their hands This would attract to
|2that profession men of character and Standing.
5fessrs. Wright, Jourdan Gordon and otheF gentle
men Of the city delegation went to the aid Of Nh.
sSenmes in arranging the various provisions of the
bill, and, as by therait was passed on its
final reading nlss the House. S z# NJ :
The section Of the bill provides for redue-
hoTsofs Notares in and for the Parish
9ofs0 0rleans t9 tbirtys 4g A. s#sx
The provides that within ten days after
IN suitable shall have been provided, all No
Public the city Of New Orleans shall remove
or cause to be- removed to the Office of the Register
of CQnveyances #of the city and Parish aboriginal
acts Of sale, mortgage, proeuration and all original
of whatsoever character nature;
and the Register of COnyeyances required to receive
such records and at.a times keep the same subject
to eXarniE that said Nataries may re-
tain their respective Offices all recent acts Of cor
VeYance mortgage, proeuration and other acts Of
whatsoever nature. until said acts shall have accumue
lated in sufficient number to form volume of coz
venent sizes@hen8 said acts shall he hound by tile
Registered GonEeyance at own expense proper
nlAnneE with alphabetical index, and deposited in
the Office Of the said Register Of Conveyance and,
provided further, that said Notaries may retain their
records of protests of notes and marine protests
| their respective Offices. sts ;s5 y.- IS 5ssE,
The3 section provides that it shall be the duty Of
the Governor, when appointing and commits soning
said Notaries, designate those Who shall receive
the records Of the Notaries whose term of Office may
have EXPIRED from any cause, and to- whom no sue
cessor can be appointed under the provisions of the
act. 80 E-s !EGs;E& |3%51.GE
The 4th section provides that the aetshal take eff
feet from and after its passage .454Hy54 4.tslr
The 5th section provides that the Register of Com
veyances shall furnish certified copies all acts in
his office at charge of two cents per one hundred
words and no more. gz4s, s5s 7ss -&5sE
The 9th section makes it the duty for the Governor
to remove from Office any Notary, who does not COM
ply with the acquisitions Of the act.
The eth section repeals all laws and parts of laws
contrary to the provisions of the act. ~
Next vast taken upsa bill to equalize taxation in
the city of New Orleans. 1t fixes Uniform tax Of
II per cent. upon all real estate and slaves-a parts
of the city being brought equally under its operation.
ridge) from that part of the city formerly known as
Lafayette, opposed the measure strenuously; he
cause said they, it would greatly increase the rate OF
taxation in that portion of the city above what it
now is, for the purpose of paying the old debts Of
the city of New Orleans, contracted before the act
of consolidation-the city Of Lafayette being wholly
free from debt at that time. They conended that it
wrong, unjust and that the portion HI the city
formerly composed of the three muaiep upon
which rested these liabilities at the stla con-
soldation should make provisions disehaTge.
The measure advocated by Messrs. Semmes
and Solomon, and passed on its final reading in the
House, by a large majority.
Steamboat Explosion and Loss of Life In
e4 California. 3s'
The steamer which sailed from San Francisco on
the 5th inst, brought a rumor that a disastrous
steamboat explosion had occurred the Sacramento
river We have received an extra Of the Sacramento
Union, ssueda u NJ, on the 5th, from which we ex
tract the following particulars !: s@s f5t5.ss szf
The boat running to Marysvile, known as the Belle,
Capt. Charles II. Houston, left this city5at O'clock
for Red Bluffs. At precisely a quarter to o'clock,
and when opposite the Russian ford, eleven miles
above town. the boiler burst; and instananeously the
steamer was strewed with mangled bodies and frag-
ments of the wreck. Mr. James A Powell farmer,
who resides at Grand Island Ranch, below Calsl, who
was one Of the passengers nishes with the sub.
joined particulars: He 81 That at the moment Of
the explosion he was 1efalIg the ladies' CABIN and
when the accident occurred he was compieteystuhned
for the moment lt Immediately thereafter recovered.