New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-02
NUMBER 243.


ana laws OF the United States.
Mnere there is no exception case falls
. wlthln the general rule. The publication
Oi euitorial articles is not q military cfeBse.
and It can net be made one bv simnlv
calling it so. As the case Commenced in
the circuit court II should be settled Ii tse
supreme court Where doubts axiss aY,cWs
the meaning OF law IL is the practice E
courts to give them to defendant Tor Is
, benefit so that mischief may be repaired
far rs possible. Mr.. Black in oonclusien
condemned the law, which, he said, strikes
down independent states.
The argument will be resumed next f.
day by Senator Trumbull for the nilitay
authorities and Judge ShaTkey for pc
TONER.
AEssslssIRpa CsnventGen.
JACKSON, February 1.-The committee
Judiciary submitted a report with tie
recommendation that 1t be ineorpOra 4
into the constitution as article four.
provides for high court of three iu6t
They are to be appointed by the gov0faf
with the consent of the senate, - ia
office nine years; the state to be 6wid
into three judicial districts, and coass st :
held OF least once a year in eao,i diist#sr
II also provides for circuit court a ot
county, to be held at least four iima
year; the judges to be appointed by the
governor, with the consent of the senate 10
hold Office six years. Also chaneery court
with jurisdiction similar to that now eZ.
ercised. Also police boards, magistrates,
etc, the latter limited in the trial Of civil
cases to amounts within the sum of afty
dollars.
The committee on executive department
submitted report providing for the cleo
ton Of governor, to hold Office four years.
and not be eligible to reelection, TO be at
least thirty years Of age, twenty years a
citizen of the United States, and two years
citizen of Mississippi; salary $4,000. Also
q lieutenant governor to possess the same
qualifications and eligibility (This Office
is unknown in Mississippi.) Also secretary
of state, treasurer and auditor, TO be at
least ten years citizens Of the state, to hold
offiee four years; salary $2500.
The committee reported recommending
that the governor should be five years q
citizen of Mississippi, and that his salary
be not over $4,000. Also that the salaries
of secretary Of state, auditor, and treasurer
be fixed at $4,000. Both reports were
ordered to be printed.
Resolutions were adopted approving Of
the appointment of q committee Of fifteen
to take into consideration the pr0priety Of
removing the state capital TO some place
near the geographical centre of the state
Georgia Convention.
ATLANTA February 1.-The convention
adopted the following to-day
Resolved, That the congress of the
United States be respectfully petitioned TO
appropriate thirty millions Of United
States currency to be loaned under proper
regulations to aid the developing of the
agricultural interests Of needy Southern
plantations.
RESOLVED, That copies of the foregoing
preamble and resolution be transmitted to
the president Of the senate and speaker Of
the house of representatives Of the United
States with the request that they be laid
before those bodies, and that copies be
also transmitted to the presidents Of the
constitutional conventions of the Southern
states, and that we invite the cooperation
of such conventions in this application 70
congress.
Nothing else dOue Of interest. -
Miscellaneous TeIegrams.
PHILADELPHIA, February 1.-Isaao Lee
ser, prominent Israelite, and editor of the
0ccident, is dead, aged sixty.
NEW YORK, February John Mitchell.
Savage Nichols, and others, addressed the
Brooklyn societies last night for the benefit
of the families Of the Manchester martyrs.
A party Of revenue officials were robbed
: in Brooklyn, and some of them seriously
= injured.
Prom San FrnRelseO.
d SAX FRANCIsCo, February 1.-AdYiees
+ from Arizona state the Indians made q de-
; scent on Beale Spring station and carried
!, : of all the stock. -Four men were lost in
the woods and came near starving.
River Intelligence.
: CINUiASATI, February i.-RiVer IaiIiRg,
+ fifteen feet seven inches in the channel, and
!, full of floating ice, rendering navigation
t difficult.
vIcksBURG, February Passed up,
Henry Ames and Great Republic, at l
; P. NJ. River falling.
i LOUISVILLE, February l.-River falling
: fast Weather clear and mild.
FrOE1 EurOpe.
q LIVERPOOL, February /, Evening. Cot
8 ton closed easier, though prices are not
+ duetably altered. Breadstuffs dull, and
e nearly all the active articles in the list
Is have materially declined.
n PARIS, February 1.-The debate In the
h corps legislatif, on the new project Of the
D. law for the government OF the press, was
y resumed to-day. NJ Faire, in a speech
lie generally in opposition to the details Of
Of the bill, expressed approval Of a few Of its
D. clauses. Cassagnac also spoke against the
s bill, denouncing it in all its parts as lead
le LONDON, February Letters from Kill
IS larney say that the clergy Of that town
le who refused to say rlasses. for the souls Of
G. Allen, Larkin, and Gould, who were exc
s, cuted at Manchester, have ceased to receive
le any money from their parishioners, who re-
a. fuse to contribute to their support, or that
d of the church.
p A terrific gale prevails throughout En-
l. gland tonight, and disaster both 10 life and
/ property both on sea and land is appre-
hended.
J The mail steamer from Rio Janiero has
t arrived, with later news from South Amer
L lea. Adviees are important.
d The inhabitants Of Rosario, town 0f
8 considerable size on the Parana river, In
a the Argentine republic, have rebelled
9 against the authority Of President NitEe,
aRd declared for General Urquiza, formerly
i chief executive or dictator Of the eonfed-
i eratisn.
The cholera, which has made sad havoc
is in BueRos Ayres has subsidized to a great
o degree, and its entire eradication is con-
y hdently anticipated at IN early day. The
) disease however still prevails to an alarm
ing extent in the allied army in Paraguay
lie No fighting since the departure Of the last
e mail.
f President Lopez, Of Paraguay remained
d at Humaita, and his forces were we'll sup
ie piled with provisions and munitions Of war