New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-01

eighteen hundred struggled cigars.
Also, on the thirty first, on board the
American mail steamship Juniata, running
between this port, Philadelphia and Ha-
vana, four rolls cigarettes and two hundred
cigars.
% THE LIFE Insurance CAsE-The trial in
the Criminal Court of +. Martini and Dido
Baptste, for the murder of Carafa, is
speeding along well, the new Attorney
General, Colonel Field, making all proper
efforts to bring out every link in the testi-
mony which can be used TO the States ad-
vantage. 1t seems that the deceased was
named Bruno, q Frenchman, and soma of
his effects have been discovered in this
city, and at the proper time, we suppose,
the facts will be brought out before the
jury.
The evidence produced yesterday was not
favorable to the accused, although some
what general in character.
The case goes over until Thursday, there
fore the unfortunate jurymen will take
their New Year dinner i'll private.
ATTEMPT TO AssAsSINArE A POLICEMAN
Between seven and eight o'clock Monday
evening, as Sergeant Chapman was in the
lower portion of st. Bernard parish coming
up, man shot him, lodging load of No.
5 shot in his left side and face, inficting
painful but not serious wound The assas-
sins name is Ed Coleman, but the cause Of
the difficulty is not stated.
y nafn ~dn Vtanr
Layigne, while engaged in repairing the
roof Of house corner of Dumaine and
Burgundy streets, was, with a shed, pre-
opitated to the ground and badly injured.
Leon was sent TO his home on St. Philip
street
A sensible kind of thief was the fellow
who stole a lot of hams and shoulders from
the grocery of E. Hayden, No. 200 Tchoupi-
tOuIas street, Monday night. The thief is
unknown but it is thought he will have
good dinner to-day.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACuERS.-The atten
ton Of interested school teachers is called
to the ca-d Of Judge Dibble, in to-day's
REPUBLICAN, He, as president Of the school
teachers must govern themselves accord
ingIy.
We are in receipt of d cordial invitation
to attend an opening of new house and
Old bottles to-day, at No. oil Front street.
Tie place is under the dispensatlon of
we1l-known young man who recently smiled
il the Hawkins Branch, St. Charles street. 1
CLAIMING THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL.-Mr II. ". ogden IN he Criminal
Court Mr. Ii. n. Ogden appeared yester-
day morning before Judge Abel and moved
that, having been duly elected Attorney
General of Louisiana, he be permitted to go
on with the business of the State. He said
that it was we!l-knOwn fact that he was
duly commissioned, and his commission had
been spread on the minutes OF the First Dis
trict Court. Therefore, he claimed to be
entitled to recognition.
Judge Abel answered as follows:
This is a distinct branch Of government
the judiciary. BY the theory OF the govern
ment and the first principle OF right, all
power emanates from the people; ana Wac
ever has received the greater number Oh le-
gal votes, in the opinion of this court, IS the
Attorney General Of the State Of Louisiana
de j3ye The power to decide that question |
does not properly belong to subordinate
court, especially in Troublesome tunes such
"a we have now fallen into. | believe In all !
countries il Is used to recognize the powers |
that be. until brought judlcially before |
them.
hnd a government existing in the State |
of Louisiana, in which | recognize sufficient |
power. aided by the government OF the |
United States, to control courts and people. |
Under the circumstances | feel 1t my duty |
TO recognize the existence Of that govern
meut. and to execute the laws as hnu
them with fidelity and Importantly.
therefore respectfully override the motion |
to recognize hir. Ogden as the Attorney |
General of the existing government, anu
will now proceed to the business Oh the
State,
Mr.: Ogden said:
La making this motion have been actu-
ated by the simple desire to DO my uuty aS
an elected officer of the State belonging to
the regular government, which must even
tually be restored. To keep myself III a
proper position before this court and the
country generally.
| want to say this, if your honor please;
that NV commission as Attorney General
was issued by Governor W armoth "ncn nc
was unqucstionably Governor of the State,
before lnpaachment was thought OF, and
that commission exhausted the excel
tive power to issue commissions. Whether
Pinehback be Governor of the State or NOT
he can not issue a commission to anothcr
party claiming TO be Attorney General uhtll
my commission as such has been duly re
v0ked. Therefore. if it please the court
ask as Attorney General OF the State OF
Louisiana Leave to file a protest and nave
it spread on the minutes, against the as
sumption OF this Office by any one but my
self, and more especially by Colonel FleId.
Colonel Field. in reply to Mr. Ogden,
stated that lie did not consider himself as
an intruder in Office, and that he had ilved
too long in Louisiana and was too tho
roughly identified with it to place himself
in antagonism with the people. He dill
iered from the view of the case presented
by Mr.. Ogden. that no commission could be
issued after the one given him by Governor
On the contrary, you may go
behind commission as well as behind any
other document He wished it understood
that he had no desire to engage IN scram-
BILE for office, and if at any time the courts