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CRY HALL. NEW ORLEANS. }

CITY HALL NEW ORLEANS
February 2. 1869. (
On motion of Mr.. Breen, it was ordered that the
subjoined report be received and, together with
the accompanying communication from the sur
veyor be published during ten days. in the official
journal, and that q committee Of three be ap-
pointed from this board, to confer with the State
Senate in relation to the contemplated Ship Island
Canal.
The chair appointed Messrs. Breen, Camp and
Pemberton said committee.
JOHN ToBIS, Secretary.
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rOfFICIALl
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN.

REGULAR SESSION.
Extract from the Minutes.
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CRY HALL, NEW ORLKASs,l
n--. co.. February IL, 1869.
The board met In extra session pursuant to ed.
journmert. ---.- ,.,.-.
President Kearny In the chair, and Messrs.
Rose, Athens, Montgomery, sturcken, Fisher,
Morphy, Psndely, wynne, Farrell and Breen
present.
The reading Of the minutes of the previous
meeting was, on motion. dispensed with.
The following communication from the mayor
was read. and on motion, referred to special
committee of three. v.s1l & \
The chair appointed Messrs. Rose, Grandpre and
Sturcken to compose said committee: ~, IA
-T ~ .'- n STATE OF LoUIsIANA, !
NATIONALITY OF NEW ORLBANs,l
Citv Hail. Feb. g. 1859.
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G. PASDELY, Chairman.
GERALD FARRELL,
ALFRED KEARNY,

@. PAsDEIY, Chairman.
GERALD FARRELL,
ALFRED kEARNY.
The following ordinance, accompanying the
above report, was ordered printed in the pub
lished proceedings of the board, and action
thereon deferred until next meeting:
AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE NEW oRIFANs
JACKSON AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COM
PANY, AND GRANTING TO SAID COMPANY AID.
OPTIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES FOR TIE tx
TENSION, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF ITS RAILROAD
AND DEPoTs WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
BE 1t ordained, That the city of New Orleans
hereby grants to the New Orleans, jackson and
Great Northern Railroad Company the right and
privilege to extend, construct and maintain. and
thereafter TO manage and use, by running there
on the engines and cars and trains of cars, (sub.
ject to stipulations of section No. Q
road, with the necessary turnouts, to and
from any point on their road outside of Clai
borne street, through Euphrosine street. TO its in.
tersection with the New Canal Shell Road, along
Walk or Delord street, 10 ST. Joseph street through
the center of St. Joseph street to Front street.
thence up Front street to Tchouptoulas street, ND
Tchoupitoulas street TO Water street, thence up
Water street to the upper line Of the city. Also
from the intersection of st. Joseph and Front
streets, down Front street to Girod street.
Re II further ordained, That the engines of
said road shall only be on that portion of the
uack granted DI this ordinance, from its inter-
section with the main track of said road to the
corner Of 81. Joseph and Baronne street, ana
mat from the corner Of st. Joseph and Bsronne
streets, through St. Joseph street to Front street,
horses or mules only shall be used. From the
intersection of st. Joseph and. Front streets 40
lar az the right of way given BY this |
ordnance extends on Front, Tchoupitouias and |
ater streets, said company shall have the right
of using locomotives.
BE Il Jtnther ordained, That in the construc- |
tion OF said line Of road and the track and turn |
outs thereof, the said New Orleans, jackson and |
treat Northern Railroad Company shall not, in
any manner, obstruct or impair the drainage of
tne streets along, upon or across which the said
railroad Is hereby located. and that the said COM
pany shall at all times and in every respect be
bound to conform with the lines, levels and grades
70 be established by the city surveyor, and when
ever the company shall find 1t necessary to cover
me channel OF any drain, the sides thereof shall
De frst protected with brick. stone or wood In
good and substantial manner and to the entire
satisfaction of the city surveyor, and said covered
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The following communication from the Board Of
Health was read, and on motion of Mr.. Fisher, re-
ferred to joint committee consisting Of two mem.
bers from the Board Of Aldermen, and three from
The Board OF Assistant Aldermen, to meet a COM
mittee from the Board of Health on the subject
alluded to In the communication:
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10 the honorable the Board OF Assistant Aldermen:
GenaeDae,s-Your committee appointed At the
last meeting to wait upon the Senate Of the State.
to lay before that body the report Of the secre.
tary of the Board Of Engineers Of the CITY. to.
gether with series Of resolutions from that board
and the concurrant report of the city surveyor on
the drainage question and the "5hip Island Canal
scheme" have the honor to report that they
waited upon the Senate and that body appointed
committee TO confer with your COMMITTEES. who
were assured that your wishes would be properly
laid before the Senate, together with the reports
bearing upon the subject.
Very respectfully.
C. CAMP, Chairman.
&c. BOSE.
The special committee to whom was referred
certain resolutions originating with the committee
on finance, submitted the following report:
CRY HALL, Feb. IL, 1869.
10 the Honorable the Common Council: sa
Genaemen-Your joint committee to whom wer,
referred the report Of the finance committees and
tne documents and propositions ACCOMPANYING
me said report, have the honor TO report favor.
ably upon the proposition for the issue Of bonds.
In the matter Of the sale of the right to collect
me licenses due the CITY, in the matter Of the lease
OF the Wharves and In the matter Of the contracts
your committee have the honor to report that
they have not yet closed their deliberations, but
, 1869-01-15
From the Panama Star and Herald.J
THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA.

Although one of the greatest colonising Pow
ers of modern times, Spain has never succeeded
in binding to her. by the ties of a loyal and
affectiuaate attachment, any of the numerous
dependencies she has owned in the New World.
Once the mistress of Louisiana and Florida, of
Mexico, of the whole of Central America, and
of nearly two thirds of the southern half Of this
continent, besides owning a large part of the
Antilles, her rule in the Western hemisphere is
at present confined to the two islands of Cuba
and Porto Rico, with their adjacent islets. And,
with the exception of Louisiana, she lost all
these splendid possessions through revolution
provoked by oppression by a system of Gov
eminent which, lamentably short sighted and
intensely selfish, exacted everything from the
colonies in the shape of contributions to the
wealth of the mother-ceuntry. and gave nothing
back to them in return for the riches which they
poured into her lap. Unmoved by the lessons
of a bitter experience, she has continued to
pursue the same course toward Cuba which led
, 1869-01-15
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feet, near SYRIA and ran into that port
with ma>Is and funnel damaged. The
Eno>i> fired first.
Musurus Pa<ha. the Turkish Amhassa-
a,r III the Court of 81 Jam SIS leaves to-
nlghi for L"ndon, ua NJ ,r~selIlcs.
Berlin, Dee. I'll is stated lha, Prus-
STA aud Austria, as we'll as the Yves ern
Powers, are unanimous IL supunriing
those demands of the Turkish aitimatum
with which Greece refused 10 comply.
The Ppwers are sill resolved to do all
in their power to prevent the actual out
break of Io$ti itip<.
Paris, Dee. II, Evening.-The Patrie
Of This evening says that a p IF ct agree
ment c%nntinu S 10 prevail among the
Great Powers with rPga'd TO Turkey AID
Greece aud that the d'pl 'matISts are ready
to avail themselves of every circumstance
TO bring about an understanding between
thuseutwo counties. The same paper
adds that thrre is no reasonable ground
to fear that lie peace of Europe will he
disturbed by events the scene of which
will be conf ,ed 10 The Eas'.
COpenagen, Dec I'm official de-
i, NAL Is given t." a staten ut which appear
ell in some foreign jonrn lis tina the Kng
of Denmark and III P,Incc OF Wales had
sent kilograms to the Klng of The Gree ks
counseIII"g him I" yield To The demands
Of he Sub ime Porte.
Sondrrburg, Dec 15-Orders were re-
ceivrd here this morning fiom the Prus-
sian Government for lhe'permanrnt com
plttion Of the forli6catious of Sonderburg
and Duppel.
, 1869-01-15
From the Liverpool Daily Post.}

Paris, Dec, 18.-Tnp Marquis De Lavalette
has b1en appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs,
replacing the Marquis D.. MONSTER, whose re-
~signafion is accepted also, FORBADE De La Ro-
qurtte is appointed Minister Of the Interior, and
NJ. Gressier, Minister. Of Agriculture.
Paris, Dec. l9, Evening.-Most of the even
ing papers G nSider that the appointment of the
Marquis de Lavalrtte as Minister Of Affairs is a
fresh guarantee for the maintenance Of peace.
Berlin, Dec. 1S, Evening. Yesterday the
Upper House discussed the resolution carried
by Herr Guprard in the Lower House for qua
ranteeing unconditional freedom of speech in
the latter Chamber by amending Article "a of
the Constitution. In the preliminary debate
which took place the motion was disapproved,
and tod ", when it again came on for discus
sion, it was finally thrown out by " votes
against 4l. .-
The Upper House has passed the Rhine Ma
vigation Treaty. as agreed upon on the 18th
October, between the Governments of Prussia,
Baden. Bavaria, France, Hpssp, and Holland.
Cunstantinople, Dec. lS.-Ihe sinking of the
Enosis by Hobart PaSha is not officially con-
frmed. 1t is said that Hobart Pa>ha agreed to
wait for orders from Constanfinople before using
~coercive measures against the Enosis, at the re-
quest of the French Commander of the Forbin.
Paris, Dec. lS.-The Monateur says-"Not-
withstanding the counsels in favor of moderation
and peace with the great Powers had rendered
at Constantinople and Athens, the suspension
of diplomatic relations between Turkey and
Greece could not be prevented. The latest tele-
grams announce thai the, envoys of beth coun-
tries have received their passports and were
preparing for their departure. However much
this rupture is to be regretted, there is still
room for hope that the cooperation and unani-
, 1869-01-15

nifty Of the s~ignatory Powers of the treaty Of
1856 will succeed in diminishing and restraining
the consequences of this rupture"
A Paris telegram says it is reported that Ad-
miral Hobart had sunk the Greek steamer Emo
SIS in Syria harbour,
The Times says, "The dispute between the
Governments of Turkey and Greece has been
brought to a crisis by an event more important
than diplomatic action. Captain Hobart, other
wise Hobart Pasha, the English commander of
the Turkish squadron, received orders a few
days since TO put to sea for the purpose of
strengthening the remonstrances of the Porte.
He fell in with a blockade runner, and fired a
shot to bring her to. The shot was returned in
still greater earnest and hulled the Turkish
vessel, which then pursued its adversary into
the roadstead of SYRIA. The Turk demanded
the surrender of the Greek, which the Syriotes
refused and there our information ends. But
if the Anglo-Turkish officer be in earnest he
will probably have no difficulty in attaining his
object, and thus there will have been a begin
ming of hOStilities between the two Governments y
The Times, however, considers the event may
have a permanently pacific tendency. "These
two cannon shots may quicken diplomatic &C.
ton, and show the protectors of Greece their
responsibilities. A good many Illusions may
NC uSSlPdltu NY to energetic dCUOu vi tn0
TurkSfrcommander. One is, that Greece will
find active support from some Continental pow
er, and especially from her great northern ally,
in resisting the Porte by force. The Times
believes the opinion of Europe is so settled on
this subject, that, even if Hhssia were inclined
to encourage the Hellenic aggressions, she
would be compelled to desist by the strong OPP
position of the ether powers. "The Greeks
have, indeed tried the patience of the world too
far. The circumstances give the protecting
powers the right to use every means at their
disposal to prevent the spread of the war. 1t.
will he no disgrace to the Greeks TO yield to
the combined instances of the FIVE great powers,
even if they take something of the form of a
command. At all events, we cannot permit
the East to be convulsed by the intrigues of a
petty state. The powers must take this matter
in hand themselves as the only alternative to-
non-interference while the Porte exercises the
right of war"
The Daily Nea0s expresses a hope that the
Gladstone Government will not be tempted, by
the state of affairs between Turkey and Greece,
either into armed meddling, or into scarcely
less dangerous diplomatic meddling.
, 1869-01-15

Powers WIH be listened To- UOlh al Athens
and Cnnstantlnople"
Madrid, Dec. is The Correspondence
publishes an %afiicle, signed by HE pro-.
prirlor Of the paper, which is II species
of manifesto explaining the constantly
Liberal attitude held by the Duke Of
Monipensier. En- the 9, ticle il is proved
that the Duke was the first who wished
to put a stop to the reactlonary trndrn-
cies of Qneen Isabel that he it was who
each time interctdtd with her WHEN the
former Government WAS about to adopt
strong measures against the Liberals, and
for this purpose he despatched The Du-
chess to NJ ,drid, in the hope Of afreStlrg
the aggressive acts against the Cortfs.
Seeing, however, that his efforts were
useless, he retired into private life, and
gave himself up to the practical a%Ilevi,-
ton of the wants of his less fortunate fell
low-ci,lzpns aud education of his children.
When the revolution brcamt II fact he
recognized the principle Of The national
sovereignty, and, in fact, all the Liberal
principles proclaimed by the Revolution.
The Correspondence concludes this re-
markahle article by saying that the Duke
Of Mon,ppnsier is more worthy than any
of he other candidates for the Spanish
Crown.
Immediately upon the arrival of Gene
raj Duce in Cuba The Deputies will be
elected, 10 order that they may be in time
to he present at the first sittiugs Of the
Constituent Cortes.
Constantinople, Dec. 16, Afternoon
The 1'urquie of to-day contains the fol-
lowing =
"The telegram sent. by Photiades Boy,
the Turkish Minister at Athens. announce
ing the rejection of the utimatMm ny the
Hellenic Government, arrived here on
Monday last. The Turkish Minister was
preparing to leave Athens.
's.Greek residents who shall not have
left Tnrkish territory within Is DAYS will
be treated as Turkish subjects. Women
are exempted from conforming to this
measure.
"The Porte has placed several steam
ers at the disposal Of such Greeks as
might desire to leave
"Several individuals highly compro-
missed have received orders to leave Tur-
key Immediately.
1.-THE Greek Minister has received his
passport. t.
"The Greek ironclad friga,e destined
to convey The Greek Envoy hence has not
yet arrived in the ~Bosphorous. Il is said
the Porte would refuse TO allow her to
pass the Dardanelles.
"a rumour is current to the effect that
the Greek blockade runner Enosls has
been attacked in Greek waters by vessels
of the Turkish feet.
"Three frigates and adespatch-boat.have
been sent TO reinforce the squadron under
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CoRoNrn's INQUEST. - Information

CoRoNER's INQUEST. - Information
having reached the Coroner, DR.. Braun,
yesterday, of the finding OF the body OF
man floating in the waters of the
Sound, near the Long Bridge, an in
quest was summoned, which convened
at Arnold's Hall, and the following tes-
timony adduced, which will explain
the nature of the case.
James Crowley was the only witness
sworn. He testified as follows
Am an oysterman between 8 and 8
o'clock this Monday morning I went
out along the Newark bay bridge; about
q mile from the shore saw the body
of man in the water, with one leg
fast to the spiles, with his face down
wards; l called the attention of young
man named james Crowley, who was
with me also that Of Thomas Handler
son I was advised to make the body
fast, and notify the Coroner, which |
did, and by whom was ordered to tow
the body to Cooley's dock; I cannot tell
how long the body had been in the wa
ter, and do not know that | ever saw
the man before. When I started to tow
the body, his face was white and pale
as soon as I turned his face upwards it
became purple, and blood issued from
out his mouth. did not see any marks
of violence about the body, nor were
there any papers about his person.
DIR. J. S. Martin, physician, was di-
rected by DIR. Braun to make a post
mortem examination, which he did at
the foot of Clinton street. L should
Judge the man to be about 20 or 25
years of age about 81 feet in height
and would weigh 155 to 100 pounds
fair complexion, dark hair, dark blue
eyes. 1 found on the right side of the
chest evident marks of bruises, extend
ing from the middle of the chest to the
neck it resembled such one as might
be produced from fall the blood was
connected on that side from the breast
to the middle of the neck there was an
anchor on the left forearm, marked
with India ink below the anchor was
plainly marked q capital "M !" next to
the "M" was letter resembling "B, !"
or possibly an Ca" but not distinct
below these letters was distinctly mark
ed another en-" The body was dress
ed in grey cashmere pants white plait-
ed bosom shirt; knit white flannel I'M
der shirt had on fine calf-slzin boots,
dark cassimer vest, mixed cassimer
coat. He had the expression of being
a man of business, rather than sea-
man.
The following is the verdict. render
ed by the jury
We, the undersigned jury do say,
that we find according to the evidence
before us that the said unknown man
came to his death by drowning, when
and where, and in what manner, is I'M
known to this jury.
The body was buried at the poor
house farm late in the afternoon-the
county allowing the very small of five
dollars to defray the expenses. The
sum of sixty cents, and small
knife, were the only articles found on
the person of the deceased.
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LAY DELEGATION. AS the time ap-
proaches for the election on the lay
delegation in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the church papers are discuss
ing the subject with renewed earnest
ness. Rev. DIR. McClintock-who, by
the way, has just sailed for Europe,
with his family, has strong article in
advocacy of lay delegation in the last
number of the Methodist. He says
II urge all members of the Church,
whom my word can reach and influence
to vote now in favor of the system of
Lay Delegation, which the General
Conference has recommended to their
godly consideration. And 1 shall pray,
day and night, that the vote of the
Church may be in the affirmative, so as
to put Methodism in line with all
other Protestant powers. L earnestly
trust that the Church may be spared
long years of disturbance and agi tation
upon this question which to me look.
ing into the future, seems to be little
less than a question of life aud death. y
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CAN ENGLAND GO TO WAR - The
English journals are discussing some
what anxiously the question as to
whether their government is prepared
to go to war. AS proof that it is not,
we may quote the words of Field Mar
shall Sir John Burgoyne, an engineer
officer, who begun his military career
sixty-two years ago, and who has fought
against almost every foe that England
has had during that period. Sir John
is Justly regarded throughout England as
the greatest authority in all matters
connected with his branch of the SER
vice, and here is an extract, from let
ter he wrote to the Times a few days
ago:
[ fully believe that ave could not go
to war at present with any of the great
Powers without being subjected to hui
Mutations and losses which the high
spirit of this country would not brook
for moment, and of which the conse-
quence would fall chiefly upon the I'M
fortunate generals who happened to be
in high command at the commencement
of hostilities. To provide for such an
event what is clearly required is some
means, without unduly burdening the
country, of increasing our means of de-
fence when war broke out, that we
should not be exposed to sudden dan
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Pic MICS, EXCURSIONS, FAIRS, ETC. =
The season for the summer holidays
and festivities has fully arrived, and
quite number are on the carpet.
The festival of the Elizabeth avenue
M. E. Church commences at Market
Hall this afternoon, closing tomorrow
evening.
The ladies of the Second Presbyteri-
an Church also hold a fe> tival at their
parsonage, commencing this afternoon,
and winding up tomorrow evening.
Washington Engine Company, No.
3, give another of their excellent pic
MICS at Somer's grove, on the 10Th of
June, which is likely to prove success
full.
Lizzie M. Lntz gives grand com
plimentary concert at Library Hall on
the Oath Of June.
The Elizabeth Choral Union an
nounce q grand concert at Arnold's
Hall, on the 22d, and we hope they
will have q full house, which they de-
serve.
Tom Thumb and wife and troupe ex-
bibit at Library Hall on the 22d.
Eagle Council, No. Is, American
Mechanics, are to hold grand picnic
at Johnson's Grove, at the Port, on
Monday July 5. See advertisement.
Star of Hope Division Sons of Tenn
perance hold promenade concert and
festival ON the evenings of the 18th,
10th, 18th and 18th at the Port.
These include all the affairs of this
kind of which at present we have any
knowledge, but many others will doubt
less take place about the Fourth of July,
which are not yet advertised. 1t is
quite evident that our citizens will not
have to suffer for pleasant recreation
this summer.
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MAJ In the Supreme Court, now il

naa. In the Supreme Court, now in
session at Trenton, an important case
Ellsworth agt. the Central Railroad
is being argued. Dixon and butcher
are attorneys for the plaintiff B. Will
hanson, attorney for defendant, and
F. T. Frelinghuysen, counsel. 1t orig
mated in the Hudson Circuit, and is a
suit to compel the company to build a
bridge across their road to connect with
the lands of the plaintiff. Its import
ance lies in the fact that should the de-
cision be in favor of the plaintiff, the
door will be opened to other applica-
tions of similar character.
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nea~ A regular meeting of the Union
County District Medical Society, was
held at the Court House yesterday af-
ter noon. After the adoption of Con-
stitution and Bylaws, the following
named gentlemen were elected officers;
President-Dr. S. Abernethy, Rah-
way.
Vice President-Dr. J. S. Martin,
Elizabeth.
Recording Secretary-Dr. T. Terrill
Jr., Elizabeth.
Treasurer-Dr. F. A. Kinch, West
field.
Recorder-Wm. M. Whitehead, Eliz-
abeth.
A meeting will be held on Wednes-
day, June %, at which time it is ex.
pected that all regular practitioners OF
the county will be present.
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New Jersey is in suspiciously goot

New Jersey is in suspiciously good
repute at the South. An Augusta,
(Ga.) letter to the Tribune says
At one of the grocery stores is this
announcement, New Jersey Golden
dairy Butter" This State never sends
butter abroad, and it was probably
from New York but it would not do
to convey the idea that good and per-
feet northern gift can come from any
other State than Democratic New Jer-
sey.