New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-10

same and to protect consumers and manu-
facturers of gas in the parish Of Orlean
and Jefferson.
Mr.. Twitchell called for the order of thu
day, being unfinished business.
Senate bill No. l76. to be entitled al
act fixing the limits Of the Seventeenth
District Court and the time Of holding cour
in the parishes comprising said district.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved that the unfinished
business be postponed for thirty minutes.
The Senate refused to postpone.
The unfinished business was taken ur.
The Chair declared the pending question
to be the final passage of the bill.
Mr.. Kelso moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
Mr. Blunt moved to lay the motion te
postpone on the table.
On call of the yeas and nays the Senate
. voted to lay on the table the motion tc
postpone by the following vote:
Yeas-Alexander. Blackburn, Blunt
Brewster, Butler. Burch. Cage, Glaudin
Ingraham. Stamps. Twitchell. Weber
Whitney-i3.
Nays-Barber. Belden. Chadbourn. De-
tiege, Daigle. Harris. Harper. Ke!so. Mast
cot, Rey-l0.
The Chair announced. the pending ques.
ton to be the final passage Of the bill.
On cali OF the yeas and nays. the Senate
voted that the bill do now pass:
Yeas-Alexander, Black burn, Blunt. But.
Ter, Brewster, Burch. Cage. Glaudin. Ingra-
ham, Stamps. Twitchell. Weber. Whit
ney-l3.
Nays-Barber. Beider. Chadbourn, De-
tiege, Daige. Harris. Harper. Ke!so. Mast
cot, Rey-l0.
The title to stand.
On motion Of Mr.. Butler the tina! vote
whereby the Senate refused to adopt the
following on yesterday. was reconsidered.
The final action was as follows yesterday:
Resolrcd, That the Committee Of Finance
be instructed to examine and report to the
Senate what issues or pledges OF ten per
cent bonds have been made since the first
of January. 1873, of the Council of the city
of New Orleans; whether the same have
been issued or pledged by authority of law.
and in accordance with the terms of act
No. 100 of 1871, and whether they consti-
tute a valid debt or obligation against the
city OF New Orleans.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved TO strike out the
words ION finance" and insert Especial"
before the word COMMITTEE" strike out the
words "that the" and insert ''that a." aud
insert the words cot three" after "commit.
,ee."
On motion Of Mr.. Chadbourn the amend.
nent was adopted, ON call OF the yeas and
lays, by the following vote:
Yeas-Anderson, Belden. Brewster But.
er. Daigle, Harper, Ingraham. Rey, Stamps,
Thomas, Twitchell, Weber-I2.
Nays-AleXander. Blunt, Boyee. Cage,
Crawford, Detiege, Glaudin,
'ypher, Wharton, Whitney-!l.
Mr.. Chadbourn moved to adopt the reso.
ion as amended.
The Senate refused to adopt the cesolu.
ion.
On motion Of Mr.. Chadbourn. the resoiu-
ion was adopted as amended.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Mr.. Barber:
A bill 70 be entitled an act anne1iny the
ity OF Carrollton to the CITY Of New Or.
cans: annexing the balance Of the parish !
Jefferson on the east or left bank to the |
arish of St. Charles, and providing for the
rganization of the parish of Jefferson.
The bill was read the first time.
The constitutional rule was suspended by |!
four.tifths vote. the bill read the second |
me, and referred to the Committee on |
and Parochia! Affairs. and !
rdered printed.
By Mr.. Ingraham:
A joint resolution. requesting our Repre-
'ntatiyes and instyucting our Senators in !
ongress TO secure the passage OF concur
mt resolution in Congress. looking to the
curing Of a supply Of seed cane tor the
lgar lands Of Louisiana.
Also. the following communication:
New ORLEANS, February 6. 1874.
Knowing that your time is precious, /
i'll not trouble you with complete his.
ry OF the sugar cane here. 1t has been
ten published.
I will commence in 1852, when the Java
ObOn now cultivated gave the first sign of |
stUbble or ra:.oons grow.
z in Salts like prairie grass. The Hon.
r. Conrad. of Baton Rouge. being the Sec
tary of the Navy. was authorized to in
'uct the captain of the sloop ot.war Ply I
)uth. going to India, to procure a supply ;
SalaDgore cane from the province Of ,
aiesly, opposite Penang, for us. The Sa.
lgore cane, according to DR.. Leonard
ray, an Englishnan, was rated the best !
no in the world. The cane arrived at r
ashington all rotten, excep. half a dozen
es. which were sent to ex Governor 4. B. !
James. He divided it between Valcour c
me. ESD. and myself, keeping two
Is for himself. In three years I had
ty arpents OF the fine cane growing fit.
n feet long: but, unfortunately. the cane
uired upward of twelve months to ma | ,
e. and did not suit our climate. dis =:
ltinued as well as the Others it. cultiva +"
n. l procured from Tenn criff. in the p
antime. some of the original Creole cane
t introduced here, and which had often ! =.
lded from 1000 to 5000 pounds of sugar |
The acre until 1898. when it ran cut, the
ne as is doing the ribbon cane, and was | OF
irely abandoned for the Java ribbon. !
D. as well as many others. procured dit -,
1nt varieties OF cane from the West In -
> and Mexico, which we had TO throw
ay and continue to do the best we could ! b,
h hat we had. Mr.. Slidell. beng in .,
Senate of the United States, procured -
appropriation. and the use of the ship VI
ease. to go 10 South America, Brazil,
ted Seurenam, Jamaica. etc.. and III
ught here. in 1856, a large supply of 81;
thless cane. mostly damaged. which "a
. distributed to the planters. These
expeditions were made by sailing yes- re
. which failed.
, 1861. we succeeded in making the
est crop ever made here-459. al hogs.
de- of sugar and ~ .564 500 gallons of til
assoc. owing to an extraordinary good c.
on. Then came the war which reduced
crop to next to nothing: now we are a.,
ing into the famine period. hope God VI
advert the pestilence. IL
1912. ten years after peace. the crop
lOS.40O hogsheands. notwithstanding ~
efforts TO Increase 1t, and $50. 900 gall
of meiasses. This year we will no,
,ably reach 10000 hogsheads. a:
il clear that we ia We. lnst s1nca 1871 IN | -.