New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-23
NUMBER 234.


transact such business as may be brought
before it; nomination of the governor, state
ticket, etc, at the election which is to be
ordered at the same time as the vote on the
ratification OF the new constitution.
Florida cOnveHtion.
TALLAHASSEE, January 21---In the eonyeu
uon resolutions prescribing the oath Of
once for members and officers passed.
Resolutions passed to telegraph General
Meade informing him that the convention
was ready to receive any communication
be had to make. Also TO Colonel Sprague,
commanding district of Florida, inviting
him to a seat in the convention.
The report of the committee on organi-
zation relative to the election of clerks and
messengers passed, authorizing the presi-
| dent to appoint such a number Of each as
was necessary.
The rules Of the house of representatives,
with slight alterations, were adopted.
Governor Walker and the state officers
were invited TO seats. E
The committees on finance, ralei lQi /
printing were appointed. VA
| An ordinance for the relief 81 he peCp4s
preventing the sale of any property uuk kr
execution and the collection of taxes ,nA
ordering all persons now imprisone Esi'
\ non-payment Of taxes released. Pass
/
S. Covant white, was elected ID "a p p.
From WashinEtou.
WASHINGTON, January 22.-Ike eef -.sT
of the navy has sent cOngress I'M d.
! statements reducing the naval e1pend ,
| twenty-five millions.
In connection with Grants sep0rtea Op-
| position to the new reconstruction act 1t Is
regarded significant that Washburne, of
Illinois, though in bis seat, did not vote
| for or against the bill.
| The case reported below is from Louis
lana:
Armstrong worked bis foundry in New
| Orleans while Lowell commanded making
shot and shell for the eonfederates. WheR
New Orleans was captured Armstrong took
the oath, and continued working his fac
| tory, which was afterward seized and con-
demned. Armstrong; pardon is dated in
March. This case now before the supreme
court is very much contested.
First, the attorney general moved to dis
miss the appeal, insisting that the case
should be here on writ Of error. In this he
was overTuled.
Second, Armstrong moved to file plea
Of pardon, which the attorney general re-
sisted. Leave was given after argument
to file the plea, SO that the caHe will now
be heard on the merits and will come up
next week. The attorney general repre-
sents the United States and the Hon.
Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky, appears
for Armstrong.
The case is considered a leading one,
| which must decide the points-First,
whether seizure and capture are the same.
Second, whether property liable to captuTe
and prize embraces land held by private
: title. Third, whether property tainted by
Q the guilty consent Of the owner is relieved
, by his pardon after condemnation and be-
fore sale Fourth, whether the citizens
) shut up in a place occupied by confederate
) arms can be responsible to the United
States for breach of municipal law under
, command of the military force of the con.
federates; and fifth, whether the constitu-
ton operates with its guarantees upon him
when the United States recover the city.
The postoffice department has matured
arrangements for regular mails from Balh-
more BY Havana and Key West to New
Orleans and back. The steamer Liberty
J leaves New Orleans to-day, and the Cuba
will leave Baltimore tomorrow.
A contract has also been made to convey
mails from New Orleans by Pensacola and
s St. Marks, Cedar Keys, Tampioo, and Fort
= Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, TO Key West and
i back twice u month.
u From Havana.
e HAVANA, January 2l.-Ihe mail steamer
I arrived to day from Vera Cruz. An ex-
pedition 1000 strong, commanded by Cen
= eral Allatorre, was expected to leave Vera
n Cruz on the 10th for Yucatan, to unite with
Il 1000 loyal men there, and march on the Im-
e perialists The Mexican government is
i sparing neither men ncr money to subdue
o the rebellion. AT last accounts affairs were
N becoming more quiet. The supposed ap-
h proach Of the expedition was having good
10 effect. II il presumed that the object Of the
" revolution there was to change the funaa-
e mental laws Of the republic and distrust Of
a President Juarez was the principal cause Of
e the disloyalty efthe Yueatans.
? From Southvvest Pass.
L SOUTHWEST Pass, January p, T. NJ
z Barometer 30.40. Wind northeast, strong,
i Arrived, ship Lorenzo, from New York
to G.. A. Fosdick schooner A. Dennis
a. Johns, master, from New York, with gen
Is eral cargo to G.. A. Fosdick.
n Sailed, steamship COrtez, ship The0bald
Of barks Moss Rose and Espanola, and
ID schooner Maggie Mcneil.
ID The schooner L. G. King, from Pensa
Mt cola, bound for ST. Mary. Texas, put in
IN here with loss Of sails and part Of her deck
Or load.
Of LoNDoN, January 22, Evening Finances
"a unchanged.
= y LIyERPoor, January 22.,.-Cotton easier;
"a uplands 7kd. on the spot, and I'd. to ar
- rive. B-eadstuffs firm; others unchanged
- LoSDoN, January 22.-The report thai
j. Russia was sending troops to the southern
ce frontier is officially denied,
~ ~ A general discussion is going on in tht
81 English Journals on the Alabama claims
ne Lord Hobort has written two able letter.
III in the Times sustaining tbs American view
!, which are replied to by "Historicus' and
20 BY Times editorials in a eoneiiiatory spirit
bs From Yesterday Afternoons Dispatched
ne AUGUSTA, January 2l.--CottOn marke
8. easier; sales GIT bales; receipts 500; mid
er dlings l5e.
10 The commission appointed by Genera
in Meade to examine into alleged mal-admin
as istratien on the part of the city council re
to ceived to-day afidavits from petitioners
n but nothing conclusive was done.
III SAVANNAH, January 2l.-The Aelos Eili
~ Herald has an account of the drowning Q
,te J. Finlay, a native Of Scotland, and Miss v
ne McRea, by the upseiting Of boat in which
IN they were crossing the Oconee river neal
Mount Vernon. The parties were wei
known throughout the state.
CHARLESTON, January 2l.-Ihe coRVen
'he ton to-day adopted resolution requeas
u, ing General Canby to suspend sales 0
property under execution for three months
l.. Also inviting one Of the solicitors OF tn
sAt tsal, II.