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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19
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Act No. 1874 of tho senate, Extending the
Second Judicial District SO as to Embrace
the Sixth and Seventh Municipal Districts
of the Parish of Orleans, etc.
The journal of the House shows that the
constitutional rule was not suspended in Or
der that the bill could at once undergo its
second and third readings and final passage
The Constitution of the s ate declares that
No bill shall have the force of law until
three several days it be read over in each
House of the General Assembly, and free dis
cussion allowed thereon, unless in case of mr.
gency four-ffths of the House where the bill
shall be pending may deem it expedient to
dispense with this rule"
Rule four, of the House, defines the man
ner and form in which questions shall be
are of opinion that Gas the question may be),
say yes Of contrary opinion, say
NO" This was not done. The vote on the
Question to indefinitely postpone shows con-
clusively that four-fifths Of the members of
the House could not be secured, and that
suspension of the rules was an impossibility.
To have determined this fact, q yea and nay
vote on the call of the roll, or q rising vote,
in which those voting for or against a suspen-
sion of the rule, .ust have been taken.
Was it done ? The facts of the case are
that 1t was not. The journal OF the House
corroborates the facts The constitutional
rule was for the protection Of the rights of mi
norities and for the prevention of rushing
bills, of the nature OF which members were un-
informed, through either House of the General
Assembly. Can the Constitution be thus ig-
nored, and An act thus irregularly passed, as
is evidenced by the journal Of the House, be-
come law? Should the Speaker of the
House, when the facts are brought to his at.
tention, and in view of the records of the
House, affix his signature to such an act?
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We shall be able to look with greater equa-
nimity upon the outbursts of temper which
every day or two characterizes the Republic
can leaders in Congress when we reflect that
the feeling thus finding expression is sense
of their impotency, and that. in thus giving
vent to it, they are making confession that
their reign has come to an end, and that the
day of our deliverance is at hand. l. is moth
ing but realization of the fact that the sceptre
has departed from them that makes Blaine so
fret and storm when Lamar, or any other OF the
Southern members, leads the majority to
overthrow some Radical measure. Their out
cries against the Confederate House, their
attempts to hamper the Northern Democrats
by test resolutions, their amendment of the
Amnesty bill, and all kindred movements, are
simply evidences that they see the hand
writing on the wall, and are waiting in
feverish terror for the execution of judgment.
The more they rave the cooler we should be.
Every Radical oath is now but prophecy Of
Democratic triumph. Richmond Enquirer.
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As the toilet OF Mlle Croizette, in the
"Etrangere, " will probably give the. tone of
the fashions for the coming season, lady
readers may be interested in description of
it. Her dresses were designed by NJ Carolus
Durand, her brother-in-law. In the first act
she wears an evening dress of white cross
grained cream .colored silk, with embroidered
flowers of the same color; the bodice is
trimmed with few white jet ornaments In
the second act her morning dress consists of q
body and skirt of emerald green velvet, cut
like riding habit, three rows of grey but
tons. arranged disgonally, reaching below the
belt; the TUNE is grey and set off by cords Of
Spanish velvet. In the third act she wears a
walking dress of ruby velvet, with plated
satin of the same color, the founces being of
very wide gold braid, and bonnet and vail to
match. In the last two acts the dress is a la
Pompadoaw. the skirt being of gray silk, deli
cately shaded with rose, ornamented with
bouquets of flowers and trimmed with white
and pale rose colored cord.-M Y. Herald.
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The President and Fed Grant in the
Real Estate Pool.

tits believed in Washington that if the con-
tumacious Kilbourn, who has been committed
to Jail for contempt, can be forced to testify
In the real estate pool case now under investi-
cation by the District Committee hs will i'm
plicate the President and Lieutenant Fred
Grant as two of the benefciaries who con-
tributed to the fund, but who have during the
last six months paid up their assessments and
sold out. Of the original members of the
pool it is not believed that more than three
remain, and they are real estate agents.
The pool last fall compromised with the
Jay Cooke & Go. receivership by paying some
thing over $4,000, which is $4,000 more
than the amount which the firm OF Jay Cooke
& Co. paid in 1872 as its contribution At the
time the settlement was made last year be-
tween the pool and the estate in order to have
the exposure prevented and the suit dismissed
Tor the recovery of the Cookies interest, Grant
mortge ged his property at Long Branch, it is
believed. to raise the money to pay his por-
ton of the assessment made on the pool, and
has since disposed of the real estate, VIII ich
consisted wholly of unimproved lots, to other
parties.-iSav0naah Ne1s.
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knew man and woman, who, on an in
come Of $500, lived at the rate at least Of
$1,000. The woman was naturally domestic,
would have been content with very small
house, if she had been permitted to live in it
with her husband and make it their home.
But, NO; he considered it necessary that they
should live in stylish boarding house on
fashionable street. and reasoned that this gave
them the eclat Of living with elegance, without
mourning the obligations of showing hospi-
tality, as no one expects anything from people
who board. But life dragged very YEARLY
with her; he went to dinners and clubs; she
went out but rarely, aud when she did, felt
like fraud, for she knew the diamonds and
rich dress which her husband insisted upon
her wearing were not the fruit OF honest liv-
ing or working. Fifteen years Of this life put
her in mad house, from which she was
transferred to the grave, her husband mourn
ing her with a great show Of affection, and
having dozen empty carriages to attend the
funeral. A man who allows his wife to ruin
him proclaims himself either a weak fool or q
weak knave.-.Jennie June.
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A female agent for books saws n hs,

A female agent for books says to her less
experienced sisters: !" Yoas must learn, first.
never to seem affronted; second, TO consider-
every gentleman wit and a scholar; that he
is handsome, and that you feel kindly toward
him in particular; you must smile when he.
smiles, aud answer ell sorts Of nonsensicap
questions, always, however, remembering to
be business woman of the world, respect
able, and willing to 60 to the very ousermost.
limits Of decency, to the very borders of racv.
worldly dialogue dialogue that has the
smack Of the French salon, the piquaucy ~.
the grisette. the sparkle Of Houssaye, the In.
ferences Of Sterne, and all the elements az (
talk that is not vulgar or coarse, nor ~
chaste, elegant or strictly refined
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AND STILL BARRETT AGAIN.
He is Gained this Time.

Barrett has been taken with relapse, and
has again received Gaming. Men who do
seek notoriety ought to be more sensible than
to pursue it in the direction of the cowhide.
but then Barrett isn't an ordinary mortal, and
he goes just where everybody wouldn't.
Friday night he, it is said, received q severe
drubbing with walking cane in the hands Of
one Of his many enemies, and be took it like
. little man.
The local reporters have been thirsting fol-
Just such man as Barrett; he fills a void in
our society; and now sensation can be had
every day if Barrett will only remain here.
We understand the last thrashing was given
on account of Barrett's intrusion into the
domestic affairs of family here.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

the famous Louisiana Tigers, who boasted
that they had never before been repulsed in
| charge.
Those men had followed StonSwall jackson
and they were acoustomed to such "parades. y
The Louisia1A mem of HAvs's brigade always
fought with such t6nacity that the enemy re-
garded them all as " Tigers, but the Tigers
proper had been disbended Q year before.
This narrative goes on to say that they mum
bsred 100 on this occasion, and only 600 Of
them got off, but the fact is that 'Hsys's bri-
gade numbered only 400 officers and men in
all for duty the day we crossed the Potomac,
and its total loss in this sff4ir was 234 killed,
wounded and missing, as shown by the orig
inal returns now in my possession. 1t had
sustained Isome losssthe day bef,re. Hays's
and Hoke's brigades did not then exceed $500
men. My two other brigades were off in
rear of our extreme left, on the York road,
along which the enemy's cavalry was reported
to be threatening our rear, though Gordon
had been sent for and arrived just as II sys's
and Hoke's brigades were moving eff.
Gen. Long ,treet says:
SIT is said that the readiest way to find a
weak point in the enemy's line of battle is by
the prompt and nervous fire from his batteries
and his unusual display Of force at that
point"
By this rule Gen. Fl Lee approached his
weak point very closely when he asked for the
whole of the letter, of which only as muea as
makes three lines Of newspaper column had
been given; for no sooner was the request
made known to him than he opened most ner-
vous, nay, wild fire in every direction, doubt
less with view of shifting the issue and pre-
Guiding any further demand for the letter.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say
that, like the cuttle-fsh, which, when pressed
osely, throws out black fluid which
enables it to conceal itself from its pursuer,
he has raised all this clamor against Gen.
Fitz Lee, Gen. Pendleton. Mr.. Jones and my
self, in order to conceal the real point of in
quiry of the former, and to evade response
to it.
am done with Gen. Longstreet, and leave
him to "abide hil time until the omnipo-
tence OF truth shall speak to his record"
j. A. EARLY.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

The developments in Washington thus far
give proof of the sound sense of those who,
at the opening Of this Congress, demanded
that it should set to work, as its first duty, in
vestigating the condition Of the various depart
ments of the government The corruption
lists would have had particularly agreeable
time Of it this year if Congress had given up
the whole session to discussions about the
war that was closed eleven years ago, or if the
Grant party had been able to give prominence
evident to the whole country that the most
important duty of the hour is the exposure,
and punishment OF fraud. Let
this duty be pursued until every corrupt
official is exhibited in his true colors. -
Savannah Ne,cS.
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NOT ON THE BILLS.
New Prologue to Romeo and Juliet.
A Maniac Acts q Little Piece at the
st. Charles Theater Matinee.
Almost a Panic.

The large and fashionable audience at tht
81. Charles Theater matinee on Saturday were
treated to a scene which was not only not
down on the bills, but which was of such an
extraordinary nature that we doubt if any.
thing similar has ever occurred.
Just as the orchestra had concluded the
overture and the curtain was about to be
raised on the performan oes he attention Of
the audience was directed 70 the right hand
corner Of the stage, where slight scuffle was
going on.
In few moments one of the party, large,
well built man, dashed upon the stage, and
rushing down to the footlights, took off his
hat and shouted to the audience: - am
God, and without my consent there shall
be no performance here to-day"
then turning towards the curtain, he
began to apostrophize it, saying
"Unroll thou-"b here he was interrupted
and seized by some;of the actors. who rushed
upon the stage in their costumes to aid in the
capture of the lunatic-for he was evidently
such. After quite struggle they succeeded
in taking the man behind the scenes, and
quiet was soon restored among the audience,
who had, of course, become greatly excited.
All were busy discussing the matter, specu-
lating as to the individuality Of the principal
actor and commenting upon the remarkable
character Of the scene. The turmoil conse-
quent upon the occurrence had about died
away when futter of excitement was noticed
in the back part of the dress circle.
The ladies and children seated there were
noticed running towards the stage, some
and all evidently greatly excited.
Upon Investigation it was discovered that the
same individual who had caused the first ex-
element had escaped from his friends, and
was about to renew his exhibition.
Running along the side of the dress circle
he reached the left proscenium box, and be-
fore he could be stopped, dashed up stairs
into the box above, and locking himself in,
took front seat and removing his hat began
at the audience in the most
vehement and excited manner.
Taking from his pocket Bible, he fourished
Il around, pointing with great earnest
ness to some particular individual down
stairs.
The police and ushers rushed up after him,
and were compelled to force the door in order
10 again secure him. He was finally taken
in charge and forced out Of the theater.
Inquiry proved him to be DR.. Terry, who
is crazy upon the subject of spiritualism, and
who was evidently taken with one Of his vic.
lent attacks It took some time to restore
order and to quiet the ladies and children, all
Of whom were terribly excited.
When, however, all became quite certain
that effective means had been taken to pre-
Vent recurrence of the scenes just enacted,
order was soon restored, and in few mo-
ments the regular performance followed this
prologue.
Those who were present will long remem-
Der the occurrence, which must occupy q posi-
ion as the most remarkable event of the
Kind that has ever occurred in any theater.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Lille Devereaux Blake recalls the fact that
cit was at time when scantiness of drapery
was at its extreme that Miss Patterson married
Jerome Bonaparte. cousin Of Mrs. B. was
at the wedding, and when asked afterwards
to describe the brides toilet, feplied: All
the clothes she had on could have put in
nv waistcoat pocket"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

y Ejaculates the Albany Argus: "What an
army to be quartered upon the taxpayers Of
the country. at the beck and call Of the
President Eighty thousand Federal officials
In this republic It is gratifying to know
That Democratic Congress is cutting down
the supplies for feeding this ravenous horde
Of leeches."
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young man in Great harrington, Mass,
couldn't get up courage enough to "pop the
question" to his girl. and SO sent his Offer by
mail. He got postal card in reply brief fly
saying: 4" Fetch on the preacher"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

After all the gush over the Centennial, the
foreign visitor will hardly know how to re-
concile the decayed condition OF Mount Vernon
and the unfinished condition of the Washing
ton monument, with the palatial ediices
erected in Washington City by our distin-
gui he'd official stock joobers and '"ring"
manipulators. They will probably suspect that
even our clamors for "honest" money NAV be
more vociferous than virtuous. ~ Nashville
american.
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The Gold Of the Country.

The cash in the Treasury OF the United
States, exclusive of the special deposit held
for the redemption of certificates of deposit,
as provided by law, amounts, in round mum.
bers, to S75, 100000. A Washington dispatch
makes the following statement in regard to
the stock Of specie now on hand in the
country:
ga table in possession of Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman Of the Ways and Means Committee
and compiled from official sources, states the
amount of gold in the United States In 1913
at SIP, 100000; production since that time,
81, sec, 600, 900; imports, $3.50, 600, 900; total
since 1848, $206l, 100000. Dsducting ex-
ports since 1848, 81, 1856, 600. O00 leaves S475,-
600, goo, which. with large allowance for the
amount used in the arts, indicates over $500,
600, 600 specie and bullion in the country"
If this is correct, the gold of the country
exceeds the greenbacks, and is so per cent Of
the entire paper money Of the country, green
backs, national bank notes and fractional cur
rency. If this is correct, even approximately,
there e an abundant supply in the country
for resumption purposes. One-half that
amount would be enough to meet practical
demands for coin. But it seems to be impos-
sible to arrive at definite information Oh this
subject.
The Director Of the United States Mint, Dr..
Linderman, placed the amount of specie and
bullion in the country at the low figure of
$l4O, 100000. That was his estimate in his
last annual report. The Comptroller of the
Currency, Mr.. Knox. Endorsed his estimate as
probably correct. We do not know by what
process Messrs. Llnderman and Knox reached
their conclusion. It is difficult to get at the
matter. except by deduction from the pro-
auctions and importations the exports and
the probable loss and usage for mechanical
purposes. Chicago Journal, 14h inst.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

The present Administration is the creature
Of dead era. 1t has no relation to anything,
It IL monster of one age left over as curl
osity or instruction to another. It could not
very we'll help being corrupt. fOr it lacks the
living elements of health. Whether the COM
ing administration will be any better, will de-
pend altogether on whether parties give any
promise of dealing with living issues. II not,
the intelligence Of the country viii hold itself
Aloof from the contest, and we shall have q
repetition in the next administration of the
occurrences of this.-Miloaulcee Ne,cs.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

A dwarf, at an exhibition in London, told Q
lady that certain Madame B., renowned for
her beauty, had kissed him. !" And you
kissed her back, Of course ?" queried the lady.
!" No, indeed; kissed her face"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Senator Morton is said to regard the defeat
of Pinchback as more damaging to the Re-
publican party than the exposures concerning
Belknap. Tha. is not saying much for the
party of "fmoral IDEAS"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

|. Twenty cents . copy for Frank Leslie's
popule monthly. That is what You can get
than br by calling on Staub, the cheap
nswsdeal5g q. Goldthwaite's bookstore, No.
60 Oanal etreet. He sells all the other month.
Lies and periodicals in proportion.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Though BY no means Democratic journal,
the Indianapolis Ne,cs says: The Rapubli-
can party have had almost unbroken control
Of the General Government for fifteen years.
II the party is not to be held responsible for
the character of the government, then the
idea Of party responsibility had better be
thrown to the dogs. No party was ever more
thoroughly responsible for the ills of legisla-
ton and the corrupt practices Of Office
holders than the Republican party is for
those which have had existence during the
second term of Grant"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Query for naturalists: If bird ir the hand
is worth two in the bush, is mole in the face
worth two in the ground?.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

The New York Bulletin presents the follow
ing startling statistics of the last disastrous
decade in this country. After allowing for
the inevitable addition to the taxes arising
from war expenditures, it may be safely est.
mated that for the last two years the taxes,
including all kinds, have been swelled by
corrupt political influences at the rate of
$250. 900. 600 q year. It this estimate be cor
rect we have paid within one decade $780,
O0O, 600, an amount sufficient to extinguish
the whole national debt, and equal to four
years net earnings Of the nationals the PEN
atty of tolerating political corruption.
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Advertisements in the Want and Rentcolumntn
The Bu1Lxru, cot exceeding one square, ineeetsd
~ 6lty eeuts each. 81 a
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Buy your buggy and carriage of L. T. Maddux
IS Carondelet street, New Orleans.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19

Food for toads- Sponge cake.
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Wants and To Rent inserted in the Bu1Iryu for
afty cents.
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HIS NATURAL LIFE. A Novel. BY Marcus
Clarke. New York: Harper 4 Brothers.
New Orleans: r. G. Eyrich
This story, written by resident of Aus
tralia, deals with the colonial history of that
island. and the working and results of the,
Eoglish system OF transportation, as illus
trated.in the penal life Of. a convict. Many Of
the incidents narrated are tragic and terrible.
but they are events which actually occurred
and were the natural dntgrowth OF that sys.
tenn OF deportation. The story is intensely,
interesting.
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The VUKATE IN CHARGE. novel. By Mrs.
Oliphant. New York: Harper & Brothers-
New Orleans: r. G. Eyrich.
Mrs. Oiphant is too well known as q writer
OF most charming stories of English home
life. to need any word of praise at our hands.
Her young ladies are such as We would choose
for the companions of our daughters; her
heroes are almost good enough for them to
marry! The moral tone of her writings is
exceptionally pure and elevated, while her
delineation of character portrays the inner, as
we'll as the outer life. making US feel that
we know them well, and we pa.t from them
as from old friends, with lingering regret.