The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-27
VOLUME II-NO. 34l.
ON DIT.

VN Ulls
There will be grand billiard reunion when
the champion of the Northwest and southwest
Henry Miller, of our city, returns
The Malacca cane fever has ragged in this
CITY for the past three weeks, and the
amount of timber carried about by our
stylish young men is said to be fully ten tons.
There was nothing of importance transacted
in the United States courts yesterday. The
absence of any district judge prevents the ad-
Indication of bankruptcy cases. and it is
probable litigants will have to await the next
session Of Congress.
The dockets of our State courts show that
the cases now unadjudicated are less than for
many years past. The industry OF the judges
has materially reduced the docket, and liti-
giants at last can be assured of speedy trials
without the long delays usually incident to
legal proceedings.
The wrecks of the ill-fated steamers Expor-
ter and Chas. Bodmann are to be wrecked by
divers in short time. They lie ashore, some
six miles below the city.
The central hall, in the Custom-H House, is
nearly approaching completion. The marble
counters and desks have been almost COM
pleted, and the room presents very hand
some appearance, we'll worthy of q visit The
thick plate-glass skylight above lets through
enough of Old Soils beams to thoroughly il
lumine the whole interior.
There has just been developed in the fash
ionable part of the Fourth District q spiritual
istic medium in the person of sewing wo-
man who, it is said, has shown remarkable
powers. Many have been present at her
seances, and they are said to be incompre-
hensible.
Our municipal officials, when the fact OF an
extra session of the Legislature had become
an assured thing. devoted themselves assidu-
ously to the task of perfectlng measures for
the city Is relief, that is framing bills to that
effect to be adopted by our Solons, who erst-
while held forth in the old St. Louis Hotel.
They devoted much time, thought and
even labor to the perfection of these cherished
measures but with the exception of reduc-
tion of 100000 on the annual appropriation
for the maintenance of the metropolitan
police, and a more satisfactory regulation OF
the Park Tax than existed heretofore, the bills,
Ill of which we're presented and passed by
the House were severally referred. rejected or
otherwise efectually disposed Of, for the time
being, by the unaccommodating spirit that
prevailed in the Senate.
This being the state of the case, the city
officials find themselves pretty much where
they left off several weeks ago. Insurmount-
able financial difficulties stare them in the
face, and the prospect for the balance OF the
year-unt;l the near approach OF the next ses-
sion of the Legislature, when the ebo tide OF
hope will again set in-is altogether quite
eheerless.
A Lull in Politics.
Since the adjournment of the Legislature
there has been little or no movement in
politics worthy of note. Those who have in
charge the impeachment of Clinton are still
hard at work collecting all the facts bearing
on the case and carefully collating them fol
future use. When this tussle will take place
it is difficult to say, but that the charges are
going to be urged there can be no question
City Affairs.
Since the release from their arduous duties
of our extraordinary Legislature. there has
been little or nothing stirring in municipal
politics worthy of interest The failure o
those bills intended for the early solution Of
our city's financial difficulties has occasioned
considerable comment, and it would seem w
are as far off of the long hoped-for day O
prosperity as ever.
As the case now stands, it is probable tina
months will pass before any noticeable chang
will occur in the financial condition of thu
city sufficient to warrant one in thinking an!
great improvement is at hand.
A strong effort was made to better oul
status, but it failed and how long before il
will be successfully urged again. is ques
ton.
Cnscaihed.
A constable who feels aggrieved at littl
article published on Sunday in one of GU
contemporaries, relative to the costs charges
for suit for wages by q servant. states tina
it was not his fault that he could not collec
the amount. We have received numerou
communications relative to this subject, bu
on inquiry have failed to secure proof agains
these law officers.
THE WORy OF THE LEGISLATURE