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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
The Fruit Growers, Association.

The opening ceremonies OF the Fruit Growers
Association took place last night, under The su
pervision Of the chairman Of the committee oil
engagements, Capt. J. J. Mellon. 81. Patrick's
Hall was tastefully decorated and brass band
added its enchanting music to enchance the
pleasure Of the scene. The exhibits were unu
sually large from all the Gulf States, and with
them quite number OF visiting guests, among
whom was noticed Senior M. Martinez, represe nj
ing the Spanish Consul. ....
After the crowd had been seated the Rev. Dr.
Thompson was introduced as the orator who
would deliver the opening address. He referred
to thu fruits Of the Garden of Eden and following
the biblical mention Of them down to the Jews
and then to the Romano, he spoke lof the fact
that Cicero, Augustus and other leading men o
their day had devoted much attention TO the cul-
tivation OF fruits.
The reverend speaker enlarged upon the sub
iect Of his theme, and in his most brilliant ora
tory referred to America and the associations con-
nected with its apple orchards.
He spoke of the Anglo. Saxon race as peculiarly
q fruit growing one, and then referring to Louis
lana, spoke of her soil and her beautiful fruits
and homes, the moro beautiful and rich on ac-
count of her fertile soil.
1t is impossible to do justiccto the speakers
remarks, but they were received with repeated
applause.
To-day the association will keep open doors
after 10 o'clock.
After the fruits have been thoroughly arranged
after arrival to-day, full resume will be given in
the DEMOCRAT.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
THE AUDITORIAL INVESTIGATION.
More witnesses Examined and Premises
Gone Through.

More witnesses Examined ana Premises
#. Gone Through.
The Auditorial Committee met yesterday;
present, Messrs. Aldige, Leeds and Dssmarais.
The committee then went into executive ses-
zion and examined the following named wit
nesses: Joseph Hernandez, J. @. Cook, Nathan
Morris, J. P. Harris, Louis J. souer. W. G.. Lane,
Paul Dunbar (col,>, Henry Smith (col.), Geo.
Casey. - Davis (col J, and - Stewart (col J, the
two last named being proprietors and
MANAGERS OF HAND CARTS.
Mr.. Harris was Intercepted as to the manner
in which the store room In the sky parlor OF the
Oustomhouse was kept, the security of the door
lock,
WHO HAD THE KEYS,
etc., how long the four boxes had been in there
but nothing new was elected from him that
would throw any light ON the contents Of the
boxes or upon the location of the missing books.
Other witnesses were examined in connection
with the transfer of the boxes from the State
House to the Granite Building, and Davis was
questioned in regard to alarge black trunk, which
he removed from a certain location on Rampant
street to military establishment on Canal street.
He remembered that he removed such trunk,
aud told where he took it FROM stating that it
was 80 heavy that he had to get another man to
help him up two stairs with it, and although they
grumbled at giving him four bits for his carriage
he had to give
"DIs NUDDER MAN.
ten cents to s'hope" him elf it up de stars
He didn't know how it got down, and even
subsequent search of the premises failed to dis
cover its whereabouts.
Stewart knew nothing of it, only what he had
heard Davis say. The committee, after hearing
the evidence, adjourned until Saturday at 1
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
Short Items.

Dennis Walker had no covering for his pedal
extremities, so he stole q pair of shoes from W.
r. Clayton and was lodged in the Suburban
Station on the charge Of larceny.
For the larceny of horse collar, Richard Tony
Ia in the Sixth Station.
James Taylor WAS immured in the SIKH Sta
ton, charged with attempting to commit crime
against nature, and also attempting to bride
Officer Moore.
At half past o'clock Tuesday evening, while a
girl IA years old was attempting to fl coal oil
lamp from FIVE gallon can, the can exploded and
the girl WIS slightly burned about the hands,
Alphonse Baptiste was booked in the Third
Station on a charge Of larceny.
About half-past 10 o'clock Tuesday night Off,
Ger Morgan found man named yltalla Michels
in the vegetable market. suffering from three
knife stabs that be had received at the lugger
Exchange, head OF st. Philip street.
The wounded man could not say who stabbed
him or give the cause that led to the difficulty.
He was taken to drug store, where bis wounds
were examined and pronounced not dangerous.
Stealing cabbage will cause George Francois to
visit the Parish Prison.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
Rreyities.

The Collector Of Customs reaches his office
now about noon. It takes him from 8 a. m. to IL
m. to mount those stairs.
The habit that some drivers on the Claiborne
lioe Of street cars have of racing with the Cana
street dummies should be stopped.
The average drunk IL less often seen in last
cars at night since the hot westhtr set in, for
milder beverages seem to be more in vogue.
The entire records of the United States District
Court clerks Office have been removed to tho new
and oommodous apartment prepared for that
Office in the Custom HOUSE.
Soda water men are complsin that cheap lager
beer is burning their trade.
The school furniture, desks. seats, etc., re-
moved on Tuesday from the State House, was
furniture in charge of the State Superintendent
that fticer 10 the city school board to aid 10
furnishing the new McDonogh School-house
No. Z.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
ROYAL STREET yAGARIEs.

| Strolling down and up Royal street. and es-
pecially those whose business calls them daily to
the courts, one cannot but have noticed the many
little incidents that are Of ordinary occurrence on
that street, and are entirely ssunbeknown" any
where else in our city. A thoroughfare running
as it does through the heart Of the French Quar-
tier could not but present many novel views Of
the inside of our cosmopolitan human
streets present so many European
and even Oriental characteristics as the
Rue Royale. Lined as it is with houses, the
ground floors of which are occupied by humble
moarchands, from the narrow apartments of some
ambitious n,odiste to the more spacious room Of
the coifeur, the street affords a study, ever
changing and full OF picturesqueness. DEM
ocRAr reporter, in his rounds, has occasion to
take Royal street every morning, and in his tour
he dropped on" the following etchings:
HING Loo's CONCERT.
On the long paved thoroughfare referred to
between Toulouse and st. Ann, on the swamp
side of the street, a melancholy sign, hanging
from the frail support of rusty iron bar, an
nounces to the world, and particularly to those
DESTROYS OF investing in genuine Chinese teas and
wares that Hing Loo holds forth there, and dis
penses at moderate prices the commodities of
the far Orient, from dried fish to hieroglyphic
fans. day or two ago the reporter, in passing,
was somewhat surprised to hear the proverbial
silence of Hing Loos establishment disturbed,
and that too in SO emphatic manner
that it could not be ascribed to accident. A
shrill nasal sound drifted from his doors, inter-
rupted now and again by excited EXPLANATIONS,
and accordingly the reporter stepped over to the
sunny side Of the street. and looked into Hing
Loo's. Not being exactly s'up" in the Chinese
calendar, he couldn't say what was the occasion,
for occasion it certainly was, so he merely took
in the surroundings and said nothing.
Seated on the low counter over which Hing
Loo takes in his ''cashee" were five smiling Mon
golians in blue calico blouses and black hair tails
down their backs, their almond eyes reduced in
their exertion to the diminutiveness of very
small peanut, singing away as if they were COM
psting at some Queens Wake" that Hogg, the
Ettrick shepherd. has go glowingly described.
The reporter didn't understand them, (although
DEMOCRAT reporters can understand almost
everything), but he caught the refrain in which
some fifteen Monaghan lookers-on joined in their
nasal way, and it ran somewhat like this:
sYo tse mi ali, Yo cehe ali
Thlony ooh, Thlony ooh ah."
Whether it was the Chinese Yacht am Rhein
or tneir national yankee Doodle" Was aot &C.
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Railroad Personals.
BY THE GREAT JACKSON ROUTE


The departures by this route yesterday were
as follows: Major Gen. q. G. AuRur, Command.
ing Department, Gen. J. A. Potter, Chief Quarter
master, Gen. e. Swift, Chief Medical Off
Ger, for Chicago and the East; G. Wine.
hill and family, for California; Mrs. A. Gilling.
ham and Miss M. A. Marsh, for q trip
to Boston and the White Mountains
J. D. Rouse and family, for st. Louis; T. white
and family, for trip to the East, taking Niagara
Falls en- route; R. Hunt, for the East, via Cincin-
natl; Jules Miller and Chas. Hildebrand, for St.
Louis; David Love. for Niagara Falls; J. J.
Langles, fer Baffalo W. L. Webb, for Omaha
Mrs. FL. Francis, for Knoxville Tenr.; J. Reagan
and Jas. Glass, for Ciacinnati r. H. Jones and
q. q. Yancey, for Shreveport; J. Meyers for Lit
tie Rock, and Capt. Harry Crown, for Memphis.
BY THE MOBILE ROUTE.
By this route the summer tourist were:
Mr.. Peter O'Donnell, for Baltimore; Mr.. J. G.
Ray and Mr.. Richard Ker. OF Texas, for Balti-
more; Messrs. s. Haywood, Jr.. and J. Fl. Bur-
ton. for Richmond; Mr.. P. NJ. Nice r. Abbott
and J. U. Richards and family, left for Virginia
Springs; Mr.. Isidore Levi left for Europe with his
family the latter will remain at the Springs until
his return; Isidore Hern sheim, of the firm Of s.
Hernshem & Bro, accompanied by his family,
leave this evening for Niagara Falls and the Eas'
Also Mr.. J. Gottschalk, for New York, by the
Mobile line.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19

| the West End Pavilion at the Lake come within
the meaning OF the law and

| the West End Pavilion at the Lake come within
the meaning OF the law and
ARE TAXABLE.
We have received the following communication,
| which explains itself, and which we print cheer
fully:
New ORLEANS, July Is, 1877.
Editor Democrdt-In your issue Of Wednesday,
under the heading OF "Brevties," an article APP
pears: "The New Orleans Sanitary and Fertilz-
ing Company has sold ont its apparatus TO the
Louisiana Sanitary and Excavating Company"
As this statement s incorrect and in justification
of myself, the directors Of the New Orleans SAM
tary and Fertilizing Company ask you to con-
trad;ct this statement, ii you wish to give the
truth OF the matter to the public. namely
Mr.. H. Bonnabel, q director, also q creditor
to the amount Of $l700, part OF which
is for rent, took out q provisional seizure
on the effects OF the company on the
premises he owns, and the sale which took place
yesterday, was by an order Of the Fourth District
COURT Of the parish Of Orleaus. II any sale took
place to the Excavating Company II Ia from MIR.
Ii. Donnabel, who purchased the principal part
OF the company's effects at the sheriff's sale.
AT the same time wish to caution the pubic
against any misrepresentation, as the patents
for earth Closets fertilizers, ETC.. are still owned
by the COMPANY, and no other party or corpora
ton has a right to make or use them.
Respectfully, Ii. LEoPOLD,
President New Orleans Sanitary and Fertilizing
Company.
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CAPITOL NOTES.
THE AUDITORIAL COMMITTEE AMI
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CON
SULTATION.

Few Tax Collectors Yet To Re Heard
From,
Attorney General Ogden having received from
the
AUD1ToRIAL COMMITTEE
statement CT The accounts Of each OF the Kel.
logg defauliing tax collectors he has forwarded
the same to the various District Attorneys, &C
comp snied by letter Of instructions, directing
that suits be Immediately brought against the
principals, and next TO proceed against the sure
ties.
The Attorney General was also in consultation
for some time during the day with the Auditorial
Committee upon the question OF the four boxes
in the Custom House, and advised the course to
pursue, as he did also in relation to other mat
ters connected with the Investigation.
Inquiry at the Auditors Office developes the
fact that all but nine OF the tax collectors have
made their
LAST QUARTERLY SETTLEMENTS,
while fourteen have not made their settlements
with the Treasurer. OF the latter number two
attempted to settlein warrants which they would
not swear that they had received in payment of
taxes as they are required to do BY law, and re-
turned to their parishes to secure the cash they
had given for the warrants
In the two cases cited the collectors had
ACCOMMODATED THE PARISH JUDGES,
district attorneys or other officers by cashing
their warrants, expecting, of course, that as they
were receivable for licenses and taxes, they would
be received in settlements with the treasurer,
and losing sight altogether OF the fact that they
must swear that they had received such warrants
for taxes, who from, etc.
Two or three OF the collectors who have re-
ceived their orders from the Auditor have not, ii
seems,
HANDED In THEIR COLLECTIONS
TO the Slate Treasurer, and it is more thai likely
that report of their delinquency will bs re-
ported to the Attorney General.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
THE RETURNING BOARD INDICTMENT.
Views of the Country Press Thereon.
TMorehouse Clarion

[Morehouse Clarion.l
Anderson, Wells, Casanave and Ken
ner, the four Radical villains who COM
posed the Louisiana Returning Board,
are in trouble. They were indicted by
the Grand Jury in New Orleans for per-
jury, and will perhaps have chance to
earn their living by working for the
lessees of the Louisiana State Peniten-
tiary.
[Attakapas Sentinel, Dem.l
1t is believed that President Hayes
has determined to conciliate all the
Southern States, having begun by re-
lieving Louisiana and South Carolina.
In view of what has passed at the Iowa
convention. he thinks it necessary to
show the South even more kindness
than he has done to win the South to
his side, in order that he may continue
to be President for four years honorably
and without violent scenes.
1t is to be hoped, then, that Gov.
Nichols will pardon Wells, Anderson,
Casanave and Kenner, even before they
are tried, and that the solid South,
which so alarms Mr.. Blaine, will be-
come a friend Of the Administration,
rather than its enemy.
Franklin Enterprise, Democrat
There seems to be an uncommon
amount of discussion about the lndlct-
ment against the members Of the Louis
lana Returning Board. None deny the
guilt of Mad. Wells & Co-all admit that,
had they their just dues, they would all
be in the penitentiary now. Yet they
contend that the arrest and prosecution
Of these men are not in exact conso-
nance and faith with the pledges given
to the National Administration as an
inducement for the recognition Of the
Nichols government. We do not pre-
tend to know exactly what these pledges
were. We presume, however, that they
were to the effect that no one should be
prosecuted or prosecuted for political
principles, but that all persons, ire
spective of party or color, should have
full and impartial benefit and protec-
ton Of the laws of louisiana. That
pledge, if pledge there was, could not
have offered immunity and protection
to the violations of law A pledge like
that would be abhorrent to the very
idea and nature Of government. In
such a case, we would have those
who have sworn to enforce the laws
binding themselves by solemn contract
to resist their execution in certain
cases. Every grand juror of the Supe-
rior Criminal Court would have violated
his oath, and been recreant to his duty,
had he not presented for prosecution
any person whom he honestly believed
had violated the criminal statutes OF
Louisiana. The whole mass Of the peo-
pie of the State call for a fair execution
c. the laws, and they want justice done
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veloped, but when tho reporter mildly inquired
OF smooth-fac young man, who did the prin.
oipai eneoring, that individual eimply remarked
in blunt sort OF confidence: ''Unlee singee, sir.
| Ley onlee singee."
The music was exceedingly primitive, the whole
| scale not running through more than four bars,
yet the performers seemed to enjoy 1t thoroughly
hi'as s"'' vow u 'ne'f 'eelnss In repeated Ill
The crowd gathering about the door put an end
TO the concert. and Hing Loo gave up for the time
| at least the dedication OF his friends.
THE ROYAL STREET M1r,LNEns
have for many day been the oynosure OF all the
reporters eyes, or to speak more exactly, not the
millinerF. but their stores and windows. In no
place In America can there be seen such taste
full display OF those nouUdutes de Pdls those gew-
gaws and ''fxings" that 60 30 far to make feminine
ity more beautiful ss In the Royal street shop win
dows. Artificial flowers that vie with the natural
are displayed with that skill OF arrangement 80
seldom seen elsewhere, that perforce, even the
old curmugeon who would snsrl at violet has
to stand and admire the fine effects wrought by
the hands behind the gauze curtains at work on
bonnet or hat. Heartsease that seem to have
been freshly plucked, nestle against the bright
Gloire de Dion, and modest sprays Of mlgno-
nette sleep beside the more bold tea rose.
or course the reporter can know nothing Of
The mysterious hats covered with a wealth of
flowers hanging in these same windows, but OF
the flowers resting on bed OF artificial grass he
can speak with at least some assurance.
ROYAL STREET PIANOS,
that s, those pianos that pour forth such an orr
son of music during the morning hours must
have been remarked by most OF the vast throng
of persons that ebb and flow through this thor
oughfare on the way to business. Whether it il
because they are all situated on the second floor
thus securing greater resonance, or whether
II be that the fair musicians down there are more
expert, we cannot tell, but the truth that from
Bienvile street to st. Ann there are some thirty
pianos OF rare tone, those who have ever heard
them will readily admit. Out of so many 1t is
but natural some will excel the rest, and so to
the reportorial car that just below Cont leads
the van.
In rich, round and expressive notes, the other
morning, this instrument purled firth that
have done credit to an Erard with q Gold
schmidt behind 1t. Up and down the street the
melodious sound ran, and even the city workmen
scrsping the cutters tarried moment to hear it.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
Fire OH sIlinInard.

About o'clock Wednesday morning a fire was
discovered in the hold Of the ship Screamer, in
the vicinity of the scuttle ports.
The ship is loaded with 1900 bales of cotton,
snd an alarm was Immediately turned in.
The captain of the vessel declined to let the
engines work upon her, as the fire seemed con-
fined to one bale of cotton.
The fire was finally extinguished, with a
damage of five bales of cotton. The fire is said
to be the work OF an ncendiary. There is no
insurance on the ship. The cotton is fully in
aurad
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
GLASS BALL SMASHERS,

LeBretOn Wins the Diamond badge and
"R. Mum, ESQ" the Leather Medal.
The New Orleans Gun Club members partici-
pated yesterday in another
GLASS BALL MATCH
for the possession Of the diamond badge, which
has not yet been won successfully three times by
any member Of the club.
Twenty-one balls. seven from the shooter. seven
to the right and seven to the left were fired at
the distance, being eighteen yards, and as will
be seen by the score, Mr..
L. G. LEBREToN WON THE BADGE.
The score is as follows:
Score-L. E. Turner, IL; P. Chaudet, 10; L. G.
LeBreton, II; L. Henry, H. L. Hall, II; l.. B. Da
Ponta, II; B. Mum, As. George, 7; J. Knight, 10.
Mr.. "B. Num-" who made the lowest score, is
one of the champion papabot shots it's said and
for that reason, he presented on the spot with
the leather medal.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-19
The ApiS MelIifica.

This organization held another of its meetings
last evening" at which we're present number of
prominent gentlemen. The beautiful ceremo-
mics of the occasion we're performed in an impos-
ing manner, and those who had the good fortune
to be invited thither expressed themselves de-
lighted. The orderis fast increasing in strength.
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Suspicious Billy,

Yesterday q man named VIM. White was ar
rested aud lodged in the Seventh Sub. Station,
charged with being q dangerous and Suspicious
character. When Billy was nabbed he was at
tempting to sell brass watch and chain, claim
ing that it was gold.
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0I1leiiO.

evening will be cool, in order that the perform
ance Of s'Othello" at the Varieties Theatre may
be a complete success. That the house will be
crowded, is beyond question. for Shakespeare 3
play will be interpreted By some of our bsss anna
teurs, assisted by Misses Shelter and Wilmot.
The management Of the performance is in the
hands Of the Independent Order of B'nai Birth,
and the proceeds are to be devoted to charta-
BILE purpose.