New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-06

the attack of a mob, and also to ra asM
the seventh precinct statiOnhouse tSu
the hands Of a body of armed men sn
well they performed these duties is nd, q.
of record. N
On March 6, detachment of the h.;
took possession of Odd Fellows HsnM
dispersed an assemblage known IA n.
Emery Legislature.
On April 10, Colonel Flanagan =,
a detachment of sixty officers and w
proceeded to Amite, parish of Tangin,s
to prevent violent interference wiki
legally elected officers of that parish
On the twe1ty-tifth of April. RAJ.
Flanagan, with detachment of abor.
officers and men, proceeded to Port = =
cent, parish of Livingston. where thu "
ish officers were prevented by an a,wS
body from taking possession of then
fees.
On May /, Brigadier General A
Badger proceeded to st. Martin,,a
parish of st. Martin, with detacbms,,s
$50 men and one piece of arhlIs'
for the purpose of suppressing di,osa.
and of aiding the civil officers. law
force under command of Alcibiads Y
Blanc, styling himself Colonel of thu
Martin militia, evacuated the town nv
their approach. The metropolitan d.sss
ment occupied the courthouse and
stalled the legal officers, and M
Blanc's command dispersed.
On October 4, Captain Joseph, with a,
officer and twenty five men, were SENT
Covington, st. Tammany parish, to as,.
protection to the authorities at the op.,.'
of the parish court.
On the nineteenth of October la,,
detachment of Metropolitan cavalry. N,
sisting of Captain Snow, Lieutenant Ir
kirk and twenty-five men, reported 10 n,
uty United States Marshal T. w. DeE,..
az o posse cOmIttatus. They embarkedmM
steamboat Ozark, for the parishes of Gnm
Rapides and CatahOula, and aided ma
execution of United States warrants l.
many of the Colfax murderers.
In ell these expeditions the obiech m
which they were undertaken wers scoon
plished, and the behavior OF thu troM
while on duty has been at all times sucbr
to merit high commentator.
You will probably be asked TO reimbur
the city of New Orleans for amounts pT
the Metropolitan Brigade while On ssrVs
as State militia; also to make approprstr
for the pay OF the brigade as militia. Tbm
claims seem to me to be just, and Icn
mend them to your favorable cons;dc,sta
New Orleans.
LEGISLATION REQUIRED.
Tho interests of New Orleans ara
closely interviewer with and 80 importap,b
che welfare of the State at large, thaslk
speak for the requirements Of the Gin
q very large share of your attenda
In the year that has passed the comuss
of New Orleans has Increased, but uots
the extent it should have done. Thenw
many hindrances IN the shape of unnecu
sary inspectors, vexatiOus port chargesE
censes and monopolies which should be
moved or lightened as far as pOssiblsk
legislative action. In particular recon
mend the abatement, by some appropnss
legislation, of the grievance known ss th
towboat monopoly, which is generally "
cognized as an incubus. not only on ih
commerce of the port of New OrIau
but on that of the whole Misssspp
valley. There is much scope for beneieal
legislat ton with regard to the general inter
ests of the city, and number of measus
adapted to this end will, understand, u
laid before you.
EXCESSIVE FEES.
The fees of nOtaries public, clerksQfcOw
and sheritfs, as at present allowed bylaw
or at least as charged, are enormous lli
oppressive. Soserious is this grievancethE
it practically bars the way to the courts b
many instances. Rather than incur h
heavy penalties ofo litigation, people pr
fer to submit to wrongs which tie court
Of justice we're created to redress. 4
law which reduces these costs, and fees will
am certain. meet with the approval Of oil
classes of citizens. The maintenancs d
prisoners in the Parish Prison, which is nov
imposed by law on the sheriff at an e1us
VACANT rate of remuneration, should ben
stored to the control of the city A sayH
of nearly $4,000 a year would thus
effected. The compulsory fees paid for th
prosecution and conviction of criminal
aud the charges of the city cOroners an
also excessive. The cOroners should
paid Dy fixed salaries. and the fees Of th
criminal sheriff and district attorney shOuE
be either limited or reduced.
CRIMINAL. COURT.
Many complaints are made regardingM
administration of criminal law in NewW
leans. While crime generally is perhaF
held as fully in check now throughoutm
city "a in years past, still it cannot be o.
MED that. to an extent altogether un1G
ranted, criminals go UNPUBLISHED. II
long been apparent ethat one crlmA'
court is insufficient to try and dsps
OF all the criminal business OF cltyM
tanning so large and Heterogeneous a pop
latiOn as New Orleans. | recommends
an additional criminal court be iml&edlalsl !
created; one to have Jurisdiction In cases
misdemeanOr. and the other court to taKee
elusive cCsynizance of all cases OF tressG
murder, felony or crimes punishable wiz
death or imprisonment in the penitentla1 =,
This will not necessarily entail the expel'
of an additional court, as probably ones
the existing district courts can with adVa j.,
tage be dispensed with.
Agriculture.
RESOURCES OF LOUISIANA.
The agricultural resources of Louislapt
arc extraordinary. Her products are \
peculiar value, and the fertility of herE
with the genial favor Of her seasons pr
duces larger values upon comparative,
less labor than, perhaps, any similar extsi
of arabic territory in the world. lneit
products may be set down in chief at W
following estimates of weights and vaius
based chiefly upon the census Of 1870
Cotton, $50 By bales 900 oo' % b3s % WV
Sugar, 100, 900 hOgsheads o.. Osoo..0s. LEW
MOlasses, 900 barr els ...os-e.o....oo f,9"TS
Rice, 5000 hoSsheads. - z''"p
Total go O.. .....s.ooo % eco. b'4,'"'
Here is au aggregate value of more ths
$5O,O0O,O00. 1t is gratifying to note the
crease Of the rice crop. AS II crop
which the agencies of earth and
leave little for labor TO do, it
pecially commends itself to the land o VIZ y
The increase of the rice crop from 4,OVV,g
pounds in 1850 to nearly or quite 40 OOGe
pounds in 1873 shows the adaptation Of o.
lands to this species of cultivation. :.
The recent financial panic has atfecE
the Northern States more than the Solp
The latter have gone through their gres'es
financial difficulties, and their produ'
must steadily increase.
SUBDIVISION OF LANDS.
Not least among the propitious inda
tions of the future is the growing tenceN
OF the cOlOred people to acquire lands y
to become proprielors as well as tillen.
the soil. On the success of this moyemes
their future greatly depends. 1t is cree
able effort to raise themselves from the Q"
dition of hired laborers to that OF tensl