New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-03

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1866.



Senate.
Pursuant to adjournment from yester day, the
Senate assembled at noon to-day. Lieut. Gov
VOORHEES, took the Chair at 10 mi ,,u,e. nast 70
O'Clock.
On the roll being called 20 NJ .embe re resnonded.
Prayer was offered by the Rev, Mr.. Walker.
The journal of yesterday,'s pr ocecdinos was read
and approved,
On proceeding to brIsnp, ,ss the following men,
bers were present: Abp ey, Anderson Armstrong,
Barrow, Bell, Snle,, Brusle, Burthe, Campbell,
Cooiey' DuVsn' saud Egan, Ellis, Fellowes Foute,
Gordon henn, er, I.apeyre, Lott Mohan, Munday,
Newton OF Jackson, Newton of Morehouse, Mel
son, ran fey, Poche, Purcell, scruggs, Taylor,
"elch End VIilcoxon.
IN our report of yesterday an error occurred,
I'M .ough typographical agency, in Mr.. Egan's re-
'narks. What that gentleman did say in the SEN
tenc. spoiled, was: 1.-The terms of the former
allowed the formation of corporations under
general LAws;' that of 1864 confines them to
general LAW" (not laws' as the types made
it, Again the report of message from the
House of Representatives by Mr.. Halsey, Assis-
tant Clerk, was inadvertently omitted 1t was to
the following purport: Announcing that the
Speaker had signed the Senate act to provide for
the payment of the members, officers and con-
tingent expenses of the General Assembly. Also
the Senate act to provide for the election OF dis
trict and parish officers. Also the act for the re-
lief of the surieties of A. J. Law, late sheriff OF
the parish of East Feliciana Also the act to
allow the police jury of the parish of St. Mary to
reduce the number of police jury wards to five,
and fixing the limits of the same. Also requesting
the concurrence of the Senate in the House bill
entitled "an act for the founding of a Soldiers
Home in the State of louisiana" Also requesting
concurrence in an act relative to banks and
banking."]
Mr.. Palfrey offered resolution that the Ser
geant at Arms be authorized to purchase for the
use of members Of the Senate, and to be hung W
in the Senate Chamber, large map of the United
States to be paid for out of the contingent funt
of the General Assembly. He alleged that the
necessity for such map was felt every day. The
resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Palfrey presented report from the Com
mittee on Public Works, Lands and Levees, favor
ably on the act to establish an internal improve
ment district, to provide for the election of com
missioners and other officers therefor and t.
authorize the levyng and collection of taxes TO
internal improvements therein. Also, taVorably
by bill on a memorial in reference to an apparatu
to close crevasses and protect the State from
levee breaks and crevasses. The report was re
Ieeived and, on motion of the gentleman, the frs
bill was made the order of the day for Monda
next, and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Kenner, from the Committee on Finance
presented favorable report with bill in re
lation to the Bank Of the city of New Orleans.
there was no objection, he would ask that it b
taken up and read first and second time with ve'
to action. The bank finds itself in the position {
being compelled to ask for postponement of th
payment of their State bonds for ten years, an
to grant to their debtors on this side, the bono
being held on the other side of the water, pos
ponement for similar period. If this privileg
were not granted, the State would either have
pay the bonds or allow them to go to protes
He would state that the three liquidators of th
bank receive no compensation. There could no
therefore, be any personal interest in their askn
this measure. The bill was carried through i
various stages and passed.
4 Mr.. Munday from the Committee on Claim
presented, as a substitute, act for the relief
VIM. Lockwood, appropriating $1,000 to him &
custodian of the machinery of the State Pentel
tiary. The bill was carried through its variol
stages and passed.
Mr.. Burthe called up the House bill providing fc
two more justices of the peace for the parish {
Jefferson. He called it, he said, in order to hav
it passed in time to allow of the election of til
justice of the peace at the approaching election
The bill was carried through its various stages an
passed.
Mr.. Abney introduced bill for the relief of He
bert Walker tutor of the minor heirs Of Elizabet
Dyson. Read first and second time and referre
to the Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Duvigneaud called up the bill to authoriz
the sale of lottery tickets. This bill, he sal
would yield some $50 900 year, which would 6
for the support of the Charity Hospital.
Mr.. Kenner disliked to object to such a motio
but the measure was likely to elicit long discu
sion, which would interfere with the taking up
the unfinished bill for the organization of co
porations.
% Mr.. Scruggs said the Charity Hospital was no
= being supported by military stores, supplies, al
something ought to be done to meet the wit
drawal of these.
Mr.. Duvgneaud added that as a amatter of polio
the bill ought to be passed, because it was four
to be impracteable to prevent the sale of lottel
tickets and the next best thing was to tax thel
and raise a revenue from them.
The question being put, Mr.. Duvigneaud's m
ton was carried
Some misapprehension occurred as to the stal
at which the billstood and the yeas and nays we
being called on the question of suspending t
rules to take up the bill for second readn
when, at the suggestion of Mr. Lott, it was stat
that the bill had been read first time on the 80
of January, and that there was, therefore, no II
cessity for suspension of the rules.
The bill was then read sectio1 by section.
fixes the license for selling lottery tickets
$4,000. 1t passed its second reading, and on n
ton of Mr.. Duvigneaud, was ordered to be printe
and made the special order of the day for Tu
day next.
Mr.. Taylor presented memorial accompani
by an act to repeal an act to compel persons
siding ia the vicinity of Port Hudson, east of
Mississippi river, to keep their horses, mules, G.
tie and other live stock within enclosures
Read first and second time, and referred to t
Com On Parochia Affairs.
Oh motion OF Mr.. Duvigneaud, bill which
presented, relative to the sale of public lands
longing to the State, was taken up, read first a
second time, and referred to the Committee
Public Works, Lands and Levees.
Mr.. Wicoxon presented bill, providing for t
appointment of under tutors ad hoe in certa
cases, which was read a first and second time al
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Anderson presented a bill to authorize Car