New Orleans Republican., 1868-11-13
LOCAL INTELLIGENC CE.


LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
REPoRTERs AND Police 0FFIcERs-The
reporters of New Orleans, unlike reporters
in Northern cities, express opinions rather
than confne themselves 10 stating facts.
The public generally do not ask opinions.
They want to know what is transpiring in
this busy world of ours. They want facts.
The captain of the police in the Second
District lowers his dignity and degrades his
character as an officer when he deseends to
personal controversies with reporters. He
involves himself in trouble from which he
cannot extricate himself readily.
Whatever a reporter should threaten or
write, it is quite as well not to heed it. If
Captain Bradley performs his duty as an
officer, he can afford to read little un-
friendly criticism, even if reporters, "dressed
duties and undertake to become censors.
As to a newspaper reporter running pub
lie officer who performs his duty, it is all
stuff, and the writer who threatens il is un-
worthy of notice or consideration so far as
such threats are concerned.
Restrictions ON TRADE.-Between the
Meat and Vegetable markets in the Second
District there is space occupied by stalls
and booths of dealers in boots and shoes,
hats, hosiery, dress goods, clothing and va
rious nOtisns, not appropriately called
the Bazaar market. The occupants Of these
premises pay their rent and license. A
rival in the "red store' near by, jealous of
that trade, would like to see these stalls
and booths closed up at the end of market
hours, which Is twelve O'Clock NJ.
The question has been agitated late
ly, and the Mayor, the Second District
Recorder, ,and the Superintendent ofP Police,
have either jointly or seVerally been suffi-
GENTLY exercised on the veXed subject to
vex themselves considerably.
No necessity exists for governing these
dealers by market hours, and there is just
as much propriety in requiring Canal street
dry goods houses to close at noon every
day as in insisting that no goods shall be
sold after that time at the Bazaar market,
where people of small means do much of
their buying. .l-..
The city authorities, the courts and the
police should not molest the proprietors Of
these stalls and booths while they pursue
legitimate business.
CouRTs-AT-LAw.-Unde this caption the
Iymes's reporter this morning presents
some interesting points:
The United States Circuit Court opened
yesterday for the term, Judge Durell pre-
siding, and motions only were entertained,
1t is a new rule in the United States Dis
trict Court that the minutes thereof may
not be signed by the Judge day by day as
they are drawn, but may be signed as a
whole when the term closes.
There is provision iu the statutes which
prescribes that the State Treasurer who de-
clines to pay warrant on presentment
when there are funds in the treasury, shall,
upon conviction, be fined in sum four
times the amount of the warrant, to be
recovered from his sureties. There is con-
siderable Misunderstanding now subsisting
between the Treasurer and warrant hold
ers.
The mandamus applied for by Judge
| Leaumont against the State Treasurer was
made peremptory by Judge Cooley, on the
| face of the answer filed by the Attorney
General on behalf Of the defendant. The
allegation in the petition is, that the Trea-
surer had funds sufficient to pay the war
rant the answer, without denying the
averment, merely set forth the absence OF
| funds at the time the answer was fled Nc
valid defense having been made, Judge
beaumont obtained the relief sought, and
Judge Cooley rendered Judgment also fol
the sum of $4,000, forfeited by the State
| Treasurer.
An appeal from the judgment has beer
asked and granted. E. Bermudez is the
attorney for Judge Leaumont.
Judge Theard is now able to resume hii
I ~, TN - -
One of the laws passed by the recent
General Assembly is that providing for the
taking of testimony outside the court, which
operates so as to expedite business. The
operation of taking testimony in this man
ner has been going on quite brisk since
the opening of the session.
The Injunction and quo warrsnte case
| involving the rights and Jurisdiction of the
| Metropolitan Police will be tried to-mor
row. on what the profession call rule Risi
| A mandamus case was partially tried
Yesterday in the Fourth District Court
Felix I.abatut and others, who are stock
holders of the Orleans Railroad Company
take out a maniamus on the Board Of Di
rectors, commanding them to comply will
their charter, and advertise the four hun
dred and twenty shares held by Francis
Mouney & Co. for sale, as they have no
paid any of the nine separate installments
which had been punctuslly paid by th'
stockholders, who are the petitioners
Francis Mouney & Co. consists of himsel
and D. E. Mccarthy, Geo. W. Hynson, l
E. Lemarie, B. Saloy, all of whom are Di
rectors, with Joseph Hernandez and Georg
Clark, the latter being the President of th'
Board. The suing stockholders took ftteeI
hundred and twenty shares. The case wal
continued.
| PARAGRAPHs.-Joh Holly, one of th'
parties present when Miss Laville wa
killed by an accidental shot from cab
| aret. on the corner of Orleans and Bur
guudy streets, has been sent to the Crimina
Court on the charge 0fshooting and wound
ing John Toby, another Of the parties pres
ent at the time.
About ten o'clock yesterday fire wa
discovered in bedroom at the residence
Of Mrs. Riga1t, No. 1873 Baronne street
The bed clothing, carpet, ,.and some wearing
apparel were consumed, together will
torty-fve dollars, which were in the pocke
of freek hanging on the wall.
A property holders association is being
formed in Jefferson on the plan Of the on'