The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-08-30


rights, and passed it by vote of eighty
four to sixteen.
CITY CoUNc1L.-Boayd Of 4lGleymen.-A
resolution from the lower board, authoriz-
ing the Street Commissioner to employ the
prisoners of the Workhousc to clear the
ruins ofthe Touro Aims House, and sell the
rubbish, was cOncurred in.
A resolution from the same board, in
structing the City Surveyor to adopt gen.
eral plan of city drainage was concurred in.
Mr. O'Brien offered a resolution, which
after debate was passed, setting forth that as
the Finance Committee had vainly endeav-
Ored to obtain from the late Treasurer and
Controller n definite statement of their ac-
counts, SO as to ascertain where the discre-
pancy exists, the Mayor, through the City
Attorney, be authorized to commence suit
for sag 900 against Mcssrs. Mandcl, Howell,
and Mouney.
A resolution from the lower board, au-
thorizing the Mayor to contract with the
lessee of tho Carondclet Canal for the cx-
elusive use for draining purposes of n por
ton of Bayou st. John, and to pay said les
see the sum of S25, 900 as compromise for
his claim against the city, was concurred in.
Board Of assistant 1llcrmen.-The Treas
urer reported balance OH hand of $449,-
795 60. \ resolution from the upper board
was concurrcd in, requiring the Controller
to report to the Council an inventory of
all the movable property and also a
statement of the assets and liabilities of
the city. The Committee ON Warehouses
aud Prisons reported that the action of the
Recorders in sending prisoners to the Parish
Prison instead of the Workhouse, imposes
double expenses on the city. Mr.. Fisher
offered a resolution for the appointment of
joint committee to be known as the Water
works Committee, to whomall matters per-
tanning to water supply should be referred.
THE C1TY.--The past week club law has
been in the ascendant-not, of course, in
The invidious sense of the term. Every
night has witnessed grand professions of
the various clubs, with all the accessories
of music, banners, and transparencies. A
gratifying fact connected with these dis
plays is, that, though the greatest enthusi-
asm prevailed, nothing of an untoward
of the participants or spectators, 1t is to
be hoped this creditable conduct will pre-
vail throughout the canvass.
NEUROLOGY. - Two prominent citizens
departed this life last week, each holding
a high position in both public and private
life. Mr.. Mann, late a member of Congress
from the Second District, though not long
citizen of this State, had cndeared himself
to our people by his ready sympathy and
just appreciation of the attitude of the
South to the unscrupulous faction who,
unhappily, now hold sway. Although
Northern man, his short career ut Washing
ton testified how ardently he desired to
place his constituents in possession of their
natural rights. His untimely death is at
tributed to over cxcrtion in the DISCHARGE
of his duties.
The other deceased, Judge A. M. Buch-
anan, had been in apparent good health up
to the day drevious to his lamented demise.
A native of New York, he has resided in
this city nearly forty years, during which
period he has held various offices in the
judiciary, up to that of associate justice of
the Supreme Court, in each of which he
discharged his duties with credit to himself
and to the acceptance of his fellow citizens.
Endowed with fair capacity, his indomit-
able perseverance and energy enabled him
to attain a position outside of the legal
sphere, among the most accomplished
scholars of this section. His funeral took
place Thursday evening last, from his resi-
dence, on Esplanade street, to his burial
place, the St. Louis Cemetery, the remains
being accompanied by large concourse of
relatives and friends, the pall-bearers on
the occasion being ex-Chcf Justice Mer-
rick, ex-Associate Justice Ogden, ex-Asso-
cate Justice Lea, ex-Associate Justice