New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-23
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH %, 1866.

of New Orleans was taken up, on motion of Mr..
Mcconnell, and passed.
Mr. Williamson moved for a suspension of the
rules to take up the bill releasing auctoneers from
the special tax of one-half of one per cent now
exacted upon their private as well as public sales,
and place them on the same footing as other per.
sons in regard to private sales, and authorizing
them to appoint deputies, one each in the rural
parishes and two each in New Orleans. The
House refused suspension of the rules.
On motion Of Mr.. Regenberg, the bill to incnde
persons between the ages of six and eighteen
years in the operation of laws relating to the pub
lie school system, and requiring school taxes col
lected from colored persons to be set apart for
schools Of colored children, was taken up and
passed.
The bill for the relief Of public school teachers
holding warrants on repositories of the current
school fund, was also taken up on motion Of Mr..
Regenberg and passed. .r ..Iz
A resolution from the Senate for joint commit
tee to inform the Governor of the readiness of the
two housesto adjourn and to inquire if he had any
further communication to make, was adopted, and
Messrs. CAN'T, Waggaman, Bailey, Fulda and Tete
were appointed on the part of the House.
On motion Of Mr. Mcconnell, resolution ten
dering the thanks of the House to Hon. Duncan s.
Cage for the ability, impartiality aud courtesy
with which he has performed the duties of Speak
er, was unanimously adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Anderson of Madison,
the bill from the Senate to withdraw from sale the
swamp lands of the State until the lst of March,
1865 was taken up and concurred in. ..l
Mr. McCloskey submitted resolution, which
was unanimously adopted, rendering the thanks of
the House to Mr.. Thomas Maxwell, Clerk of the
House, and Messrs. Halsey and Sheppard, Assis-
tant Clerks for the diligence and correctness with
which they had performed their respective duties.
Mr.. CAN'T, from the committee deputed to wait
on the Governor, reported that they had sought
for him at his Office and at his house, and had been
unable to find him. -s
The thanks of the House were voted to Messrs
DeLabarre, chairman of the Committee on Enroll.
ment, and Walker, of the Finance Committee, for
the faithful and jealous manner in which those
gentlemen had discharged the arduous duties Of
their responsible positions, the resolution OF
thanks to Mr. DeLabarre being introduced by
Speaker Cage, and that in relation to Mr.. Walker
by Mr.. Waggaman.
On motion of Mr.. Mcconnell, the thanks of the
House were voted to the public press of New Or
leans for It's attentions. and particularly to the
reporter Of the CRESCENT, for his faithful and i'm
partial reports OF the proceedings and debates and
his courteous manner of performing his duties.
At Y o'clock, the Speaker announcing that al
the House bills passed had been enrolled, On mo-
tion of Mr.. Elam, the House adjourned sine die.
| Before putting the motion to adjourn, Speaker
Cage briefly and feelingy responded to the resolu
tions passed complimentng him. As the members
clustered about the Chair to hear his parting
words, he was deeply moved and was barely abl
to govern his emotions enough to acknowledge
his obligations to the House, in few sentences o
unstudied eloquence.
Il Arrivals at the Principal Motela.
ST. CHARLES Hotels Condo, city; E
Bear, U S ship Harlan: F s Daniel, Va; G Coco
win, St Louis; q Felhelman Baton Rouge;
j. Robertson, N Y; G W Smith. Cincinnati; N Bank
q lower coast N N Williams, II 7; N II Howar
St Louis; Haynsworth, Ala; McDona
9 and wife, Pittsburg Miss n MrDonald, n do;
J, Breathett and wife, Memphis j W Lee, do; T
a Stanford, Columbus, Ga: Maj B Smith, Carlott
= Mexico; PA McGregor. $ Howard andwite, NJ
: White, J Bradley, Mobile; Bardard, Indianapoli
e A NJ WI9rsN Y; G H Chase and wife, Mrs J V
Ccranton, Brooklyn; + G Jones and wife, Cap
Girardeau, Nc; N B Phillips and wife, A L Hun
# Chicago; Miss e Greenwood. city; W Desendor
o G Williams, N Y; J C Read, Nashville Mrs
H Foster, Louisville; W Weiphaus and lady, {
:, Louis.
l. stemr Irene ] Wilson, N 7; A Q Fleming, Ricl
e mond, Va; Chenier, Opelousas; E 7 Ingram,
4 L Darlington. Mo; E j Henry, N y R Chambe
- - lain Mrs Lawson, city; B W Boon, No; R Lonl
o C j Bouche, Louisville.
d CITY ROTEL-D Spry, Texas; W Wilson
tt La; A Shelby and wife, Lake Providence; NJ
- Denton, A Brown, Metcalf, Natchez; D KIM
" Plattsburg; G Coles, Dwyer J F Brown, Te:
G 7 Jackson, Memphis; " George, Amite;
g. F Hall, " A Hall, No; E Carver, Mass; G J She
y man, Miss Johnson Mrs Quiglan, Mobile;
- Nolan Tex W johnson, Columbus, TX; J Foot
= Colorado county, TX; T A Stoddart and wife, s
p Louis; DR. r Quincy and family, Texas; Wa
,e family, Texas; Mrs F g Robertson, Tezas; Nc
~ Thomas city; NJ Eagerly N Y; D Griffith, L
y Hamilton, Webster, Galveston J Cook NJ
r Fl N sora, L Smith, Iowa; Gilkey. Mich; D
Id Chiffon, Miss; W E Flippen, Mrs NJ O'Neal, Mis-
d. Hilgor and family, La, A Blair, l. Cage al
~ ~ son, NJ johnson, Red River Landing; B David,
ne Tominson Bienyille Point; Miss L Wiseman, j
st Wiseman, Mo.
die jr, Lafourche; Newell, La; ALosby, Ca
ton; Col Shackleford. S Nelson and wife, Miss;
Al Newberger, Miss: W Race, Memphis; W Bal
ge win, n Baldwin, Canton; Hegarty, T W Clal
Utica W A Fitzpatrick, i Spuriock, Texas; F
10 Walton and wife, Miss; Y Gardner, J c Ridd
sisy; soS. aegsr, GgesP He%ap' Raaa" fezas TA
ch Glovy tennessee; u A spencer, Glnclnna
Martin, b Maxley, Capt Small, Texas 7
~ Coker, Steatworth Ala; D RMyers and FAM
ns Texas; Mrs DeJarnette, S Diggs and fami
he Ala; Miss Evans, do; W Merbury, r S Care
ed DR. W Marshall, NJ E Marshall, R R Best, s
N, Guy, 7 Guy, Guy, La; J Fl Victory, H
Parks, Virginia.
Vi CHESS Commencement Of the Reichheln- II
ey kenzte 1iatch.-The match at chess betwe
of Messrs. Mackenzie and Reichhelm, to which
as. referred few days ago, was commenced
''' night at the New York Chess Club. Althor
but short notice of Mr.. Reichhelms arrival
Tor been given, the play was witnessed by about ii
gentlemen. Among them Messrs. irving,
tes President of the Club, Mead, Stanley, Wells
- Philadelphia, Ware of Boston, Breutzinger, Ze
ei ga, Bernier, Barnet and Warner. The first ga
ees between the distinguished contestants was beg
at P. NJ, and at II O'Clock, the hour of adjou
d ment, the board had been pretty well cleared
'0 pieces, and Mr.. Reichhelm was the gamer o
pawn. Capt. Mackenzie had the opening {
Or palyed the "Ruy Lopez Knights Game"
game will be continued this afternoon at P. NJ.
New York Worl
There were several heavy mail contracts clio
ans at Washington on Wednesday, mostly for route
the far West. The prices were generally be
O.. those of four years since; the net reduction
81. outlay being about Is per cent-tN. Y. World
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