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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-27
ARSON.


JUDGE ATOCHAS CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY
Gentlemen Of the Grand Jmy-Wnen
charged you first with reference to the differ
ent crimes within the jurisdiction of this court
l of course did not undertake to charge 20,
specifically upon each offense, because
would require unlimited time, and it woult
be impossible for the judge, within the space
Of charge, to give the jury full understand
ing Of each ofense likely to come before then
for investigation.
I called your attention, gentlemen, in cur
sorry manner, to the various crimes ant
among them that of arson. I now propose Il
call your attention to the latter crime NOR,
particularly.
You are probably aware that in times o
great commercial Representatives, such AZ
we are unfortunately aboring under here now
there are great many fires which result
from wanton acts, and they not only occasion
great loss to the community, but at the same
time result in loss Of life. I have made it nv
business to inquire, or rather my attention
has been called to the numerous fires that
have taken place in this city from the LIST OF
January up to the 3Oth of September last.
The value of property destroyed amounts to
81, 400 900 in the city Of New Orleans alone
there have been 2S4 fires, several lives having
been destroyed, including men and children
burnt to death in these fires.
I have therefore deemed it my duty to call
your special attention to these fires at this
time, and to request of you to make it sub
ject of special investigation. You can do SO
by sending for the officers of the insurance
companies and the police officers who have
had charge Of fire investigations. OF course
I do not desire nor intend in any way to in
fuence your judgment, or to say you must
indict somebody because there have been
many fires, but if it be true that property is
destroyed by fire for the purpose Of obtaining
the insurance, it is undoubtedly your duty to
investigate these fires, and if you find any one
guilty, you should indict without tear or
favor. Arson is setting fire to house in
night time, where any human beings at the
time reside in the premises set on fire. 1t
makes no difference whether the premises are
the property Of the person who sets fire or
not. If there are human beings residing in
the house at the time fire is set, the offense is
punishable with death. In this State there
are, besides other degrees of the offense, such
as preparing combustible materials for the
purpose of setting fire to the premises, even
1t the attempt is not carried out, is itself q
crime, not punishable with death, but pun
ishable with impr sonment in the Peniten-
tiary. There are also other degrees of often
SEES defined by the statutes which will be
explained to you fully whenever the occasion
presents ITSELF If, in the course of your in
vestigatiOns, such Offenses come before you
urge npon you to examine them carefully, and
if the evidence warrants it, return indict-
ments into court against the guilty parties.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

New York, Oct. 20, Evening.-Cotton closed
dull; Midding Uplands, 14l@15i. sales 1880
bales; net receipts 1877, gross 807.
Futures closed barely steady; 81 sales 1920
November IA 11:16, December IA 1882, Janusy
Is 5-32, February Is 7-16@15 $3.50, March
IS 1882, April IL 1-32@16 1-16, May 16 11-s20
16s, June l6s.
Flour dull and lower; common to fair extra
50 s5@5 80, good to choice do. IS 95@S. Wheat
heavy; 1c lower on spring. Corn scarce and
firmer. Coffee quiet very firm. Sugar duh
and unchanged. Tallow quiet and firm. Navsls
nominal. Pork frmer; job lots $40 37A@19 50.
Lard heavy. Whisky lower 81. Freights firm
CINCINNATI, Oct. 26.-CoIton dull Middling
14s. Corn-demand fair At lower rates; old 70
$3.50, new GO. Oats qciet and weak; 5O@55.
Lard steady; demand moderate summer 1230
49, Bulk meats are in good demand shoulders
g. Bacon quiet; shoulders -, clear rib 12},
clear 13A. Whisky unsettled; 90.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26-COttOn, buyers and sellers
apart, no sales. Flour dull. and unchanged.
Wheat-heavy receipts depress the market; No. 3
%. Corn, held above buyers views; small sales
of No mixed at 7OD72. Oats easier; No. q
494@50. Whisky steady, 80. Pork frmer. $40 30.
Dry salt meats quied; small lots OF packed
Bacon-only small jobbing and order trade;
shoulders, 7l@73, clear rib 12i@12s, clear IL.
Lard unchanged.
LOUISVILLE, Oct 26-Cotton, -four, Wheat,
corn and oats quiet and unchanged. Mess
pork, none here. Bacon-shoulders u, clear rib
Is, clear II. Sugar-cured hams 1904 Bulk
meats and lard nominal. Whisky 30. Begging
unchanged.
CHICAGO, Oct 26.-Flour dull and unchanged.
Wheat dull and unsettled: No. spring Chicago
5000, No. 2 S3a. Corn dull and unsettled; No.
mixed $50, new shelled GO in store. Oats
steady; demand moderate; No. 2 AZ. Pork quiet
and weak; $40 % for new. Lard quiet and weaks
1l.35 seller in February. Bulk meats steady;
demand moderate and nominal.
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OMAHA, Oct ga serious demonstration
was made against the agent and agency at Red
Cloud on the 23d by several hundred Indians,
Ogallallies and Mhinecaujous, caused by an
iudicious action OF the commanding officer
prevented loss of life and property, and his
efforts were earnestly seconded by Sitting
Bull, Red Dog, Red Leaf, and : Their chiefs.
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MARINE.

SOUTHWEST PASS, Oct. &c, 6 P. M.--Barometer
80. Wind northeast; good breeze blowing.
Arrived: Italian brig Raffelucia, Castelsno,
master, 50 days from Marseilles.
No departures.
PAss-A II UTRE, Oct. &c, 6 P. M.-Wind north
east, fresh
The steamer Statesman is inside, waiting 10
go cut.
The steamer West Stanley is aground on the
bar, bound out.
No arrivals or departures.
New YORK, Oct. 26.-Anived: vicksburg.
NEwYoaK. Oct. 26.-Arrived: Wyoming, Spain.
Arrived out: Jura. Departed homeward: Periere>
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MASS MEETING.

MEMPHIS, Oct ga mass meeting of citi-
zens is to meet at the Grand Opera House to-
morrow evening to take action in regard to
the presence of national soldiers in the city
on the eve of the election, and to petition
President Grant to remove them.
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NEW YORK ITEMS.

New YORK, Oct. 26.-Judge Lawrence di-
reefs the proceedings against Henry Clewss
assignment to proceed.
The cooper's lockout is established The
bosses and men seem equally determined.
New York, Oct. 26.-The proceedings with
regard to the ritual are too prolix and per-
picking, and indeed to sacred for the tele-
graph.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON.

LONDON, Oct. 26.-The river Bedassoa is
policed by French and Spanish vessel, to
prevent munitions reaching the Carlists.
LONDON, Oct 26.-Ihe Turf Garter, by
Bell, won the Criterion stakes at Newmarket
to-day.
PARIS.
PARIS Oct. 26-The Spanish Consul at
Bayonne has made demand, by virtue of the
treaty of 1862, for the extradition as desert
ers Of the crew of the steamship Moves,
which was seized at st. Jean de Luz by the
French authorities on the representation that
she had on board contraband Of war for the
Carlists.
The Journal de Paris believes that the de-
mand is contrary to the spirit of that treaty,
because Spain would treat the crew, if they
were surrendered, as political OFFENDERS and in
such cases, all the Western States of Europa
including Spain, have heretofore refused e1-
tradition.
PARIS Oct 26-At banquet at Bordeaux,
the Duke de Cazes, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, spoke as follows:
president MacMahon has intrusted ms
particularly to watch the maintenance Of peace
with other Governments, and l shall not fail
"Peace, however, must rest upon q basis
compatible with our interests and dignity,
namely, the rights of France in respect to
international treaties.
81 claim that they have been strictly oh.
served in the past. and shall faithfully exc
cute them in the future"
The Duke foreshadowed the speedy conclu-
sion of a treaty with the United States, insur-
ing more liberal treatment of the commercial
interests of the two countries, and said the
Government had similar objects in view with
regard to the South American governments.
MADRID.
MADRID, Oct. 26.-Another body of los
Carlists, belonging to Lazano's band, offer to
surrender if amnesty is granted them.
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The sensitive boy lives in Delaware. He
arose at midnight, footed it half q mile and
woke store clerk and bought fine comb.
he didn't want to have any one hear hin ash
for it.
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Morton, West, Casey and Kellogg to the
Front.
How They Do 1t.
Money in Louisiana.
$17,500 Advanced by Casey.
Grant Will Stick to Casey.


toe-s, bank accounts and checks captured in
the State-House, on the 18th Of September,
has produced terrible commotion in the
ranks of the Republican party throughout the
country. In fact, it has shaken it to its very
foundation, and the blow will prove fatal to
its existence
If what has been published, brought the
Republican party into disrepute, the ventila-
ton of the following telegram and letters will
add to the storm of indignation already
aroused by the exposures of the infamous and
corrupt means resorted to in order to sustain
the Kellogg usurpation.
The originals of the documents we give be-
low have been exhibited to us. In some
places words have been oblterated SO as to
make it impossible to decipher them but the
context is not destroyed-and the force of the
documents can be readily understood.
The first specimen of Radical virtue is the
following certificate of character, from that
saint, Senator Morton:
WASHINGTON, - IA, 1874.
To w. E. Cameron, 81 North street,
Phila.:
Will send you the ten thousand dollars,
100000 payable through A. J. Drexel. This
is on Casey's account West furnished the
money. MORTON.
The next interesting document is letter
signed byJ. J. Mop. to Senator Morton. It
is highly instructive:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Washington, D. c., Dec. Is, 1873.
Hon. A. P. Morton:
Dear Sr-Do you desire that I should open
negotiations with Casey and W for Lou
isiana campaign?
Babcock says Harrington had better act for
us. What do you think? It prevents pub
icity.
Yours, ETC., j. j. Mop.
MI. J. j. Mop. INDUCES in another letter to
his friend, VIM. Harrington, and imparts to
him the edifying information that " there is
money in Louisiana" We are glad to hear
it. But, if his friends continue to make such
draughts upon the State, its wealth will soon
be exhausted.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, !
Washington, D. c., Feb. ~, 1874. !
Dear Harrington:
Senator $4,000 for Senatorial uses.
This makes SIT 600 advanced nv Casey for
Kellogg Government, with what was paid to
Attorney General and Morton. There is
money in Louisiana, and Grant will stick to
Casey. Call to-day. Yours, ETC.,
j. J. Mop.
VIM. Harrington, Esq.
Mote the words in the blank space too in
distinct to be deciphered. The j. J. Mop men
ationed is supposed to be McPherson, Chief
Clerk of the House of Representatives The
Cameron addressed is supposed to be the son
of the Senator, whilst the Harrington men
toned is doubtless the notorious safe burglar,
who is now undergoing trial in Washington;
and the documents, copies of which We publish
above, are reported to have been captured in
his house and sent to this city for the use to
which they have been put, viz: publication
We can assure our readers that the fore
going are genuine copies of the letters and
telegram, which were shown to us, and are
now in our possession.
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RASE RAIL.
THE INDIANS.

Boston, Oct. Philadelphias 3, Bostons
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In 1865, Mr. Otis n Cutler was acting a.
Special Agent of the Treasury Department al
New Orleans. Ostensibly he was engaged ir
regulating the cotton trade in certain sections
of the Southwest, termed by the law insurrec
tionary. The regulation was by means Of
special permits, and Mr.. Cutler conveniently
secured a monopoly of the business in New
Orleans. He induced the Treasury Depart
ment to issue regulation requiring all cotton
shipped to that port from beyond the lines OF
the army to be shipped to him as
consignee, and empowering him to sell
the same at his discretion, giving the
claimants seventy-fve per cent Of the
net proceeds The alternative W IS to demand
o tax of 25 per cent. and this was the usual
plan adopted. 1t will be understood without
difficulty that Mr.. Cutler became enormously
wealthy in this way, and retired the possessor
of millions G. & L. Kouns, steamboatmen,
have now fled in the United States Court in
New York declaration against Cutler, claim
ing damages Of S32, 900, which represents the
principal and interest of money extorted from
than. 1t is test case, and If the issue is
favorable to the plaintiffs similar suits will be
commenced involving claims of about SlO,-
600, 900. The defense is represented by Gen.
3. F. Butler and United States District At
sorney Bliss, Chicago Tribune
One Of the most pathetic reminders of the re-
cent Fall River disaster is the habit OF woman
whose three daughters were killed, but who still
insanely believes that they are alive. Every
day, when the factory bells are ringing for din
ner, the woman, who saw her three daughters
borne away to be buried that Sunday, takes tin
Mi No. i. Sometimes her neighbors divert her
attention BY telling her that it ISN'T be-time, but
other DAYS she walks to the place where the mill
once stood, sees nothing that she can recognize,
turns back in dszed way, and goes 70 her DE-
serted home again.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-29

A PHYSICIANS DIARY OF BUSINESS
a pocket diary has been picked uD in
the street, and now is in the finders
possession, awaiting its owner. From
the following extracts, it appears the
loser was medical man:
KAsE $50. MARI AN PERKIN's.-
Business, washwomen. Sickness in her
he'd. Fisk sum blue pills soaperifik:
age 50. Ped me one dollar, / kuarter
bogus; Mind get good kuarter and max
her tax mo fisk. 5a5 - 0-t
KAsE 231. TUMMEs KRINKs, Bisniss,
Nirishman. Lives with Pady MoIouny''
Whot keeps dray-Sickness digg In
rihbs and tow black eyes. Fisk to
drink my mixter twict day of sagineri-
ly beer and jellop, and fish lie, with asi-
fidety ia make it taste fsiky. Rubbed
his face with kart grese liniment, aged
30 years of age. Drinked the miyter
and wudn't pay me because it tasted
nasty, but the mixter'll work his inards,
| reckon.
"Kase s3s. OLD MISSES BoGes-
Amt got no bisnis, but plenty of money.
Sickness all a humbug. Gave her some
of my celebrated 'Dipsehorikin,' which
she sed drank like cold tea-which if
was too. Must put sometllink in it to
make her feel sick and bad. Old Wom-
men has got the roks."-[Sanitarian.
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turn under all of the three, sowing the
seed of the third crop when the second
is being turned under, thus accomplish
ing t,Co things by one plOughing.
The temptation will be very strong to
rob the land, by gathering each crop Of
peas, as hay or seed. The idea of mother
earth being a bank, in which to make
deposits for future use, has hardly enter
ed fully into the popular mind" Get
all you can and keep all you get" has
been the motto, and we fear it is the pre-
vailing one still. That is not sound
pOlicy-make land rich and give it a fair
chance and it will almost be self -sust tNin-
ing-it will draw largely upon the air-it
will utilize the undecomposed minerals
within itself.
1t would be we'll perhapst to gather one
crop of seed to pay for the labor and ex-
pense involved, but it is best to look to
the crops which follow the pea and
draw vitality from it, for full remunera-
ton and profit. In the event of corn
and small grain crops being short, peas
might be gathered Gas they come in
much later in the seasOn) to make up
the deficiency; but we beg to insist
again that the principal office OF the
pea crop is to serve as a renovatOr. Let
that never be lost sight of. These reno
waiting crops are the things most needed
in our present mode of farming. Our
lands are run year after year in the
same crops, and the vain hope indulged
that the yearly application, of a little
commercial fertilizer will perpetuate
the fertility. a.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-29

CONTAGIOUS FRIENDsHIP,-In a vii.
lage on the Blue Connecticut, where
young shad are salted and sold for the
best No. mackerel, and negro sufferaoe
is considered an insidious device of fed
eral tyranny-ir this Arcadian hamlet.
where innocence exists to degree that
is oppressive to the senses, once knew
two venerable men, whose friendship
for each other have never seen eoualed.
For years they had peregrinated togeth-
er in this vale of tears, until they ac-
tually became as like as two brothers in
physical aspect. The nose of one had
the same caloric hue with the nose of
the other; the breath of one exhaied the
aroma of liquid of the tropical isles,
only to exactly counterfeit the West
Indian fragrance labiated by the otner,
Even ln the management of their tum-
biers they were like man and his look
Eing-glass, and one who remembered tn
have seen them sober once, when thew
were children, said that even then they
seemed much drawn together whenever
they got into the same wagon.
At last one OF them died suddenly of
distracted panorama of monkeys, and
was placed in. the village graveyard un-
stone bearing the simple Latin in
scrlptlon, Hlc!" The survivor uttered
week were but reiterations of the one
syllable OF his friends epitaph !; he shed
tears to such an extent that. i1asmueh
as he never touched water, Indicated
that he would soon weep himself into
dust. One. night, while returning i'm
great mental misery from a protracted
interview with the glass clerk of the
village hotel, he was attacked with
great violence by both sides of the road
and driven lrregularly into the wayside
lnclosure where rested his friend. And
upon that friends grave did he sadly
stretch himself; nor was the touching
nature OF the act lessened by his simple-
hearted belief that he was retiring to
bed at home, or by his broken utterance
OF q word something like Wairzer-
quilt"
At morn they found him there, rous-
ed him from bis slumber, and rudelY
dragged him before the squire.
What is the matter with you ~ asked
the magistrate.
The bereaved old man leaned heayi-
" upon O constable to support him uu-
der his emotions, and said solemniy,
Isht's frindship.n
"And is it frindship, too, that makes
you. speak IN that way? % asked the
squire.
Yeshir," murmured the aged mour-
ner; "aYeshir!"
! am afraid you are intoxicated
The venerable man smiled seraDhi-
cally but happening to remember him
self he frowned terribly. Theniie smiled
very violently again, and laid himself
more comfortably upon the constable.
After which he repeated his friends
epitaph several times, with tears,
N0shir,n said he, "noshir noradrOp,D
How, then, does it happen" asked
the squire, that you are found in your
present cOnditiOn?"
"Condisczh'n!n calculated the old
man, cOndisczh'n !tDi You knor myf-f-
fren'- -hic-on'z tombctoe? He was q
drink k'nman- -hic-on'z tombstoe-and
caught tsiz-siz -zleepin' on'z graveir--
[Graphic.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-05-29

SPoNGEs.-The returns of the Florida
sponge fisheries amount to from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty thous-
and pounds annually, furnishing en-
ployment to many men and boats. The
sponge is gathered by means of long
pole, with two and sometimes three
hooks upon the end. This is thrust
down into the sponge, which can be seen
at the depth of thirty feet. AS the
fisherman must see the sponge, he can
successfully work only in clear and
smooth water. They obviate the rough
ness by throwing upon the surface oil
made from the sharks that abound in
these waters or by a continuance made
of q pane of glass set into a box or
bucket; this they place on the surface
and use as a spy-glass. The large
schO0ners come to anchor and send out
small boats to fish, but when the wind
is not too strong, tile small craft sail
around, with man on the fore part on
the lookout for the sponge; they also
have their small boats. The sponge,
after it is gathered, is allowed to remain
in the sun for two or three days to die
The gelatlneus matter that is in them
decays, and they are offensive at this
stage. They are then placed in pens
near the shore to wash there they re-
main a week, and are then ready to be
bleached in the sun, cut into shape, and
baled for the market. There are five
kinds gathered in these waters. The
most valuable iscalled the sleeps wool,
fol-. which the fishermen get one dollar a
pound when cleaned and dry. Then
there are the best and yellow sponges.
Of the former not much is found. For
these they get twenty-five cents O.
pound. Besides these there is the glove
sponge, which ranks about the same as
the common grass sponge, which only
brings them ten cents a pound. Il Hearth
and Home.
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:. An old farmer, who feared neither
God nor man, had hired a devout negro !:
and to get tsome Sunday word out Of him
would put this point to the mans con-
science. One morning Sambo proved
refractory" Would work no more on
Sunday" The master then argued with
him that in case of neeessityn-even
the Scriptures allowed man to get ont
Of a pit. on the Sabbath day, a beast
that had fallen in. eyes. NASSAU re-
Joined the black, "but not if he spent
Saturday diggin' de pit for de berry
purpose" s...l-
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THE GARNET.

THE CABINET. ..
Hamilton Fish, Of New York, Secretary of
State.
William W. Belknap, Secretary Of War.
Geo. M. Robson, of New Jersey, Secretary of
Navy. rt ~
Geo. s. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, Secretary
OF Treasury.
J. W. Douglass, acting Commissioner of In
teFnal Revenue .- ....-
Geo. II. Williams, of Oregon, Attorney General
j. A. ]. Cresswell, of Maryland, Postmaster
General.
G. Delano, Secretary of Interior.
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A crossing sweeper was trying to get
q gratulty from an excessively dande-
fed individual, who, in resisting, urged
that he had no change, nothing but
twenty dollar bill. 81 can get it changed
for yer" said the youngster. On seeing
the dandy, hesitate as if from fear Of
trusting him with o twenty dollar bill,
ne put it again, II yer doubts my honor,
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4 suburban minister applied to a
ticket agent on one of the railroads for
a. ",clergyman's Ticket" and on the off,
cial expressing doubt as to his clerical
character, exclaimed, eff you don't be-
lleve am clergyman I'll read you one
OF my sermons" The agent passed
over the ticket, but did not insist upon
the proof. -
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It is said that ga honeymoon car isrun
on the Pacific Railroad for the accom-
dati0n of bridal parties" It is under
stood that divorce trains will be put on
the roads leading into Indianapolis and
Chicago as soon as somebody shall have
invented locomotive strong enough to
draw them.
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One of the London comic papers tells
Of an Aberdeen minister, who catechiZ-
ing his young parishioners before the
congregation, put the usual question to
4 stout girl whose father kepta public
house: =" What is your name? No re-
ply. The question having been repeated,
the girl replied: "Nane o. your fun
Mr.. Minister, ye ken my name we'll
enough. Dye no say when We come to
our house on a night, Bet, bring me
some alePn st,. - : =,