The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-05
VOLUME II-NO. 34S.
ON DIT.

an the Iea0lnB pOiitlciais "
to have an interview with the Hon. William
Eufus Crane for the purpose OF seeking MS
acquiescene to their demands that ne shoulo
be put forward as the candidate tor Senator'ai
honors. /. is said Exposition Hall Will De
early engaged for this prominent gentleman
to give to the public his views upon the pres
ent situation.
When the past services Of MIR. Crane are
considered, it is not improbable host OF sup
porters will come to the front. Rufus has
always been an avowed champion OF the rights
Of his fellow men and brothers, and as Sena-
tor would, without doubt, shake the dome OF
the Capitol. As race-horse has been named
after him, he ought to pull through.
At Work.
The com nittee appointed at the late session
OF the Legislature to examine the books and
accounts Of the Funding Board and Board Of
Audit, went to work yesterday in the Office
of the Secretary of State on the books Of the
Funding Board.
A communication has been addressed to
the Board of Audit, calling atteation to the
resolution authorizing the committee to
investigate its proceedings, and asking that
:, time be appointed when the committee
shall proceed to discharge its duty.
The committee is composed as follows: q.
w. r. Bayley, Esq. chairman; Messrs W. Is.
Koontz, VIM. J. Hammond and j. Ald'g'.
Mr. NJ. NJ. Simpson is with the committee as
an expert, he having accepted the position at
the solicitation of both the board and the
committee.
The committee have great task before
then, for, it is asserted, it will take several
months to make complete investigation OF
The Fanding Board alone.
The Oh ange Of Venue Bill.
At the sixty days session bill changing
the venue in the case Of Alex. Newton, charged
with murder, from the parish of Orleans 20
the parish Of St. John the Baptist, passed the
House and was sent to the Senate for concur
renee. The Senate failed to reach it. It was
called up at the extra session and passed, and
sent back to the House, but was not acted on.
Interested parties, however, insisted on the
bill being enrolled by the House committee
and sent to the Governor for his signature,
but Messrs. Trezevant and Arroyo both refuse
to sign the bill, holding that when the Senate
adjourned sine die after the sixty days session,
all bills in the calendar for action fell. and
that the bill came up at the extra session as a
new one, and that the concurrence Of the
House was necessary to make it law.
ID NV "a
Attorney General, and by acknowledged au-
thorities on parliamentary law, and Alex. New
ton will have to stand his trial like any other
criminal, ard will not have the benefit OF a
packed negro jury.
Real Estate.
Real estate, that showed very perceptible
upward movement when the Extraordinary
vas in session and there was SO much talk OF
what was going to be done, has received quite
4 black eye, or as an agent yesterday ex-
pressed it: "two black eyes"
There never was better time for investing
therefore than just at present, for it must be
chat the tide is at its lowest ebb, and that any
earn will be for the better. When the flood
tide does set 10, real estate will go blooming"
skilled Labor Too High.
There are q great many people out of en-
splovment and great many people actually in
want, but somehow labor, except unskilled,
is almost as high as ever, and mechanics
nave, as rule, not made any reduction upon
their regular charges.
A gentleman wanting certain carpenter-work
Gone about his Office, was compelled, by the
high charges for everything, to change his
clans and only have those things done which
we're absolutely requisite. On one small job
one man made an estimate of thir-
teen dollars, another OF eleven, and
still another Of seven and half,
showing an utter lack of uniformity as to
charges. Builders, carpenters, plasterers,
.,nascns and skilled workmen of all kinds, it
seems to us, ought, in view of the stringency
of the times, to make such reductions in their
- arees as would make it an object for people
with funds to build and improve. Lumber is
cheap and money is not scarce in our banks.
II the skilled laborer would make possible
reductions on existing rates, We are conf
rnent there would be much building going on
and many thousands employed who are now
actually in want.
A NOIle Prose Qul.
1t will be remembered that about year
ego, in May, 1874, one Joaquin Rodriguez
was arrested rs defaulter from Havana, he
,ceng charged with having appropriated the
sum Of $50 900, entrusted to him as pay mas
,.er by the Spanish Government.
The proceedings by the police to recover
The money. led to charge against Superin-
'.snient A. S. Badger, and Specials J. J. Pier
son and Robert Harris, Of robbery.
The case has been pending ever since yes
,.erday. District Attorney McPhelin entered
= noVe prosequi stating that the funds taken
from Rodriguez had been turned over to the
,.anr,cort, tiva IF the Soanish Govorrverf