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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-31

ROME, May 3o.-In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day NJ mister Melegarf repeated the
assurances relative to the friendly relations
with France and all the other Powers. He
said Italy had conided herself to the;pro:
lection of, Italy's subjects. in the East. An
agreement existed between the several neu-
trail Powers TO mutually afford naval pro-
lection to their respective subjects, In
conclusion, Minister Melegari promised not
hitherto governed the conduct OF the Gov
eminent. ,rfir ,i-lJ - y;
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
I'm THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL.

There was more than the ordinary
stir about the Maison st. Louis Thurs
day morning, and something like an
under current of excitement noticeable
produced by the news of the Weber
killing affair. Packard was eloseted
with some OF his advisers in his private
Office and could not be seen, and from
what drifted through the closed doors
1t was believed that he was preparing
bloody kilograms for Northern readers.
Weber, they say, was the best liked
Radical In the parish Of West FeliciAna,
and did not bear In the slightest degree
the same relations towards the people
there that his brother the Senator does.
The murdered man had assisted finan-
cially several well known young men
and started them In business. He also
at different times quarreled with his
brother on account OF his violent course.
The Republicans about the building
differ IN their theories concerning the
O fair, and some OF them state that they
DO not believe his death was attribute
BILE to politics in the least.
So far the interior arrangements Of
the hotel remain unchanged. The same
row Of metropolitans sit behind the
bulwark OF old ledgers and other
countinghouse books arranged at the
head of the stairs, and the same sleepy
negro lies doing In the Secretary Of
States office. where most Of the police
are chartered
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
EOLEGE AND CITY ITEMS.

PtLFERtNa CorToN. - Alex. Williams
retired into the Harbor Station at 10 O..
m. Wednesday on the above charge.
ARREST OF BURGLARS. BY virtue OF D.
warrant, Miles Bird and John O'Brien
were arrested and locked up in the Sew
enth Precinct Station, charged. from
information received, with having burg
larized the house OF Mr.. M. O. Geheeb.
No. 984b Magazine street, on the night
Of the 4th inst, and committing grand
larceny.
HcENy.-Felix Larose, alias Peter,
alias Valentia, was arrested on Ursu-
lines street, near Chaftres, charged
with the larceny OF gold watch and
chain valued at S25.
For The larceny Of $t4 from Abraham
Johfert caused the Incarceration in the
Third Station OF Lizzie Wilson and
Mary Prophet.
ANOTHER BUBGLARY.-On Wednesday
night last, the residence of Mary Man.
digo. situated on Carrollton avenue,
between st. Charles and Hampton
streets, was burglariously entered
and robbed Of q trunk and its con-
tents, valued ut $50. Wilson Young has
been arrested, and charged with the
burglary,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
PACHAnD WARRANTS.

Seventy-five cents was bid for Pack
ord police warrants at the Stock Board,
while Nichols police warrants were
selling ut fifty. The legal police were
paid in cash for the month OF January,
1877, while the White Leaguers who
held the streets got an average Of about
ten or twenty cents on the dollas for
their certiflcates.-[N. o. Republican.
The true story Is, that Packard police
warrants were once called and bid for
in the Stock Board by one party, 20
supporter Of Packard,) but as there we're
no such warrants on the ma rket and
the only reason of this call was to give
q fictitious value too worthless security,
in order TO quote 1t afterwards La sup
port Of tho Packard government, the
board. by m almost unanimous vote,
prohibited any such calling Of worth
less security, not in The market. and re-
fused to lend itself to this transparent
fraud. BROKER,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
CITY AFFAIRS.
IN TILE l,aTItNnA.

It might have been the rain, or Ii
might have been the fault OF something
else but, be this as 1t may, one fact
was evident last night around the st.
Charles, and that was that news politi-
cal was fat. The oldest and best known
retailer OF the latest on dit sat .diseon-
ISOLATE on the heater, chewing bis. cigar
and muttering, Nichols 10 all right, !"
while the. sharp broker, who has an
eye toward bearing State oonsols. had
to curtail his horns and look to sherry
cobblers for support.
It could not be called very spirited
evening outside the numerous barre0ms,
and the true and great inwardness OF
the meaning Of the words status quo
was never more appreciated. States
men wandered about disconsoIate ever
the fact that they had nothing remark.
able to talk about, and incipient politi-
clans grieved that affairs were 90 fast
settling down to the certainty OF flnali-
ty. 30 far as the. Nichols govern
was left almost out of the
question, and the only problem offered
was, what would be done with Packard,
and what would the so-eallsd visiting
committee do about the status OF the
two Legislatures. Some old wheel
horses In the political traces limited that
they might seek to divide the houses,
giving one to each party. This idea did
not seem to receive even the ordinary
notice given the poorest of rumors.
usually SO prolific about the rotunda,
and at an early hour 1t was dropped.
The surest test the older heads put to
the changing effects OF affairs at Wash
ington was the sale OF bonds, and by
this proof, after seeing the hrmness
with which they closed ut the Stock
Board, even the timid aged ones felt
more confident than ever, believing
that the. brokers here now are organic
political barometers.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
The FATAL DRAUGHT.
The Deadly Work it wrought ON Thurs
day.

On Wednesday Alfred B. Burr, a
clerk at Dunn's Mercantile Agency,
and residing at 95 First street, commit
ted suicide by taking dose Of poison,
from the effects of which he died at half
past 70 O'Clock yesterday. It appears,
ing with his wife, said "Well, my trou-
bles will soon be over"
He had hardly made the remark when
he drew from his pocket a vial and swal-
lowed it's contents.
The terrible thought then flashed
upon the wife that her husband had ia
ken poison, and she Immediately cent
for a physician. By the time the doctor
arrived the poison had begun to do it's
work.
Antidotes were Immediately admins
tered to the unfortunate man and to-
ward night he began to grew better.
Yesterday morning he began to grow
worse and another physician was SUM
moned for a consultation. But all hui
man aid proved unavailing, end the pa
TENT died at Ia 80 p. M. There is no
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09

earn his own living and K
learn civil engineering. After
two years political changes deprived
him OF his position, and he began the
study OF law ut Mansfield, Ohio, with
his brother, Charles r. Sherman, after.
ward United States District Judge. lie
studied Latin and read largely OF Eng;
lab standard authors. He was licensed
to practice law the day after he became
Of age, For eleven years he was
partner with his older brother. John
rode the circuits" It IL stated, CHARLES
managed the business and oounseled ID
the Office" ,.
John Sherman, as a politician, was q
member Of the National Wing Conven.
tion OF 1s4B and 1852, and In the latter
year was chosen q presidential elector.
In 1864 he ran for Congress in the
XItitb District of Ohio, and was elect
cd. The law firm was then dissolved.
He distinguished himself In the House
of Representatives as q fluent debater
and man OF affairs. He WAS again
elected to the XXXth and XAxvIth
Congresses. He was the Republican
candidate for Speaker of the latter. and
after an unprecedented contest wanted
only one or two votes TO secure his cleo
ton. During that Congress he was chair.
man Of the Committee on Ways and
Means. In 1860 he was elected TO the
XXXVIIth Congress, but In 1861, on the
resignation or Senator Chase, he was
elected by the Ohio Legislature to the
United States Senate and placed upon
its most important COMMITTEES, that OF
finance. He introduced and led the de.
bate on the National Bank bill and Legal
Tender acts. He was active In provid-
Ing money to carry on the war and In
maintaining the public credit. In 1859
he delivered decisive speeches, against
the continuance OF the State banking
system and in favor of the National
banks. In the XXXIXth Congress he
u bill to find the public In
Of which much was prom
ised bat 1t was mutilated In the Senate
aud defeated Id the House. He prepar-
ed the substance OF the Reconstruction
bill. which was adopted. In the
XLth Congress-, he became chairman
Of the Finance Committee. He report
cd bill for funding the national debt
and converting the notes of the United
States. It was regarded by many as
lust and wise, and was attacked by
others as o step toward reputation.
He supported tho bill Ia d speech OF
great ability. He served during his
career on the Com mittees
on Agriculture. Pacific Railroad, Judi.
eiary and Patent Ol1iee, besides the
Finance Committee.
In person Senator Sherman Ia tall and
spare. with brown hair, gray eyes, a
large head, and countenance expressive
lf decision, tirmness and self-control.
He speaks without effort or oratorieal
display.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
NWuGsasp ANap ROBBED.
what "a Young Tau GETS for Visiting the
Paeifiy saloon.

what q Young Wan Gets for Visiting the
Pacific saloon.
Pacific Saloon" is the name of one
Of the most disreputable dance houses
that disgraces New Orleans. This den
of infamy and crime Is on Charities
street, between Toulouse and St. Louis,
and has gained q name of late
that would have done credit, to
the Crystal Palace In the days
when men were nightly enticed into
the Palace, and after becoming infatu-
ated with the women and discovered to
have money and jewelry, were drugged,
robbed, and then thrown into the street.
1t was thought that after the Crystal
Palace had been closed for this sort of
work, and Schoenhausen sent to the
penitentiary for twenty years, that the
drugging business would be at an end.
But no, Eugene Soube and Raphael
Soube, the proprietors of the Pacific
Saloon, start this drugging business even
more successfully than the notorious
Schoenhausen.
About 2 o'clock, on the morning of
the 9Th instant, a young man named L..
.. Colen,, stranger in the city, while
tres street, was led, by the strains OF
voluptuous music, into the Pacific Gar
den.
He had no sooner entered than he was
surrounded by a crowd Of women like
buzzards around the carcass Of a dead
horse. The young man becoming fiat
tered at the attention he was receiving
thought he would do the thing up
handsome, ordered drinks, and when
the time came to pay up he drew from
his pocket large roll Of money con-
tanning about $500.
The girls had struck bonanza. A
move was Immediately put on foot to
drug and rob him of his wealth. The
plan was carried out successfully; he
was drugged and robbed Of $500 and his
watch and chain.
Special Officer Mike Hennessey took
the case in hand and arrested Eugene
Soube and Raphael Soube as principals
and locked them up in the Third Pre-
cinct Station.
Yesterday a man named Felix Larose,
alias Peter Valentia, alias Andrew Va
lentia, was arrested, and when searched
in his pocket was found pawn ticket
for watch and chain. The matter
was Investigated and the watch and
chain recovered, which were identified
by Colen as his property.
1t is thought that Larose is the pal of
the Soube brothers and is used by them
to cover up their own rascalities.
THIS SERIOUS CRIME
having occurred III the Third Precinct,
Captain Kelly promptly went to work
TO investigate the whole analr and bring
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
First District Court
The scene of the weber Killing.

From q person thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with the town and surroundings Of
Bayou Sara, where d. A. Weber was
killed on Wednesday, the following
description was CLEANED: Just outside
the. town lies the hill whereon the
little burg OF st. Francisville fs
situated. At the foot Of this
hill the road forks, and In the angle be-
tween the two diverging forks is Court
house Square, in the centre OF which
the courthouse itself stands, entirely
exposed to view. At the very junction
of the forks, and some hundred yards
from where the courthouse stands,
Weber had his store, and some hundred
yards above the courthouse, on the right
fork of the road, he resided. In going
and coming to his home he had to pass
the courthouse, but as 1t is open to
view, his assassin could hardly have
been behind the building. It is
surrounded by brick pillars not
large enough to conceal o man, how
ever. and the only possible hiding place
Of the person who did the deed
would have been either in an out
house or In one OF the upper rooms.
The place is not the resort Of many
people when court Is not in session, and
q man even standing In the road would
have ample time to escape after firing q
shot, before an alarm could be given.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
Continental Guards.

At the annual election of this COM
pany, held on Wednesday evening, the
following officers were elected: VIM.
Pierce, Captain; E. F Perilloux, First
Lieutenant; Chas. A. Thief, Second
Lieutenant; l.. A. Longley,, Second
Junior Lieutenant; J. M. Cullen, Sur
geon; J. F. Purves, Secretary. G.. l..
Hall, Treasurer; NJ. J. Maltby, Or
ond Sergeant; Z. A. Shields. Third Ser
geant; M. j. McAdam, Fourth Ser
geant; J. G. Hood, Color Sergeant; J.
Cathaiohgne, First Corporal; w. H.
Deeves, Second Corporal; G. w. Cooper,
Third Corporal; Fl. FL. True. Fourth
Corporal.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
WHERE THEY SPLIT,
the section Of thc Army zsIil en which,
the senate and House Bisagreed.
IN, Y. SUM-


WASHINGTON. March 4. The following
liz the full text Of the section of the
army appropriation bill which was tho
subject OF irreeoneilabte difference ba.
tween the House OF Representatives and
the Senate, and which, being adhered to
by the House, caused tho failure OF the
bill:
SECTION /. That no part Of the money
appropriated by this act, nor any money
heretofore appropriated, shall be APP
piled to the pay, subsistence or trans
portation Of troops used, employed, or
to be employed IN support Of the claim
of Francis Z. Nichols or Of s. b. Pack
ard to be Governor OF the State Of Lou
isiana; nor shall any Of the money be
applied in support of the claim Of the
two bodies claiming to be the Legisla-
ture Of said State, presided over respec-
lively by l.. A. Wiltz and Louis Bush:
nor Of the two bodies claiming to be the
Legislature OF said State, presided over
respectively by g. G. Antoine and Mi
ohael Hahn; nor In support OF the
claim of Thomas 9. Manning and as
soCiates to be the Supreme Court of
said State: nor In support Of the claim
OF John Z. Ludeling and associates
to be the Supreme Court OF said State,
nor in aid of the execution OF any pro-
cess in the hands Of the United States
Marshal in said State, Issued in aid of
and for the support Of any such claims
nor shall the army, or any portion of 1t,
be used In support OF the claims, or pre-
tended claim or claims OF any State
government, or officer thereof, in any
State, until such government shall have
been duly recognized by Congress.
Any person offending against any of
the provisions OF this act shall be
deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be i'm
prisoned at hard labor for not less than
five nor more than ten years.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
THE GALE THIS MORNING.

Thursday morning heavy, eumulous
clouds were banked up on the Southern
horizon, giving portent Of an approach
ing gale, which broke upon the city at
81 o'clock, with at first brisk but not
heavy wind. BY u a. m, according to
two miles an hour from the south and
southwest. After this 1t Incl eased It's
rate of speed and was accompanied by
a heavy rain fall.
At II o'clock it blew still harder,
making thirty-three miles an hour,
and carrying away several street
signs and doing other damage. Cau-
tionary signals were ordered all along
the Gulf coast.
damage done out In the Gulf, for Its
southwe stern direction always indicates
severity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09

oil the guilty ones to Justice. He had
| not made much Oh search W hen he
| found that George Small had some com.
plieity In the affair and had him ar
rested and locked up rs an accessory
| after the fact.
The Captain, still determined to
acquaint himself with the workings Of
the Pacific Garden, continued his work
with vim; he found that their modus
operandi was very pecu lar and the man.
| ner OF administering the drug was still
more OF mystery.
Tt must be known that In places Of
this kind they have employed women OF
the lowest type and call them actresses I;
these women sing and dance while the
audience imbibe their beer; the audi
enee is chiefly composed OF men who
move IN any other than the best circles
of society.
When the women are not singing or
dancing they appear In the roles OF
walter girls and pass beer to the audi
ence. And when they happen to fall on
fellow that IL little green and has
abundance OF wealth, one OF the seduo-
tive sirens starts to con rerse with him
and prevails upon him to treat. and
when the fellow starts a treating they
never allow him TO stop until he him
self IL pretty drunk.
The facts OF the case are then duly
reported to the proprietor OF the So
loon. who fixes up q drug. and has 1T
ready for the next time their intended
victim orders drink.
"Greeny" Is again requested to treat,
and this time he finds half dozen OF
the fair sex around him.
BEING DRAWN INTO MAgLsTEoM
OF intoxieation by the hattering atten-
ton he has received from the girls, he
treats all hands.
draught and before he knows what has
transpired he feels q drowsiness, and
instantaneously he is lost In the arms
OF morpheus. Their victim IL allowed
to sleep on the ehair In which no had
formerly been sitting, until the per-
Torrance Is over, which IL sometimes
not until o'clock. After the last one
Of the audience has left, save the
drugged man, the proprietor Of the
garden approaches his victim and. u.s.
sisted by the girls and couple OF pals,
they all go through him, taking every
cent they can find and all his jewelry.
They never make miss Of thing OF
this kind, for they never take the risk
Of drugging @ man unless they know he
has lots of luere. After they have got
oil the money that their victim has on
him, the girls who were instrumental
In the drugging come in for their share,
which Is generally very small portion.
The proprietor gets the rest.
The iewelry is generally given to the
pals OF the proprietor, to compensate
them for their share Of the work for II
the latter was caught with the jewelry
In his possession 1t would be dead give
away.
This Is the way the drugging business
Ia done as discovered by Capt. Kelly,
and generally the men who do the work
and also the girls who are generally the
chief actors escape being caught. But
In the case Of the Pacific Garden all
the guilty ones were caught, except q
woman whom the police are now In
search Of, and sent to the Parish Prison
by Judge Mitenberger, Eugene and
Raphael Soube, as principals, In default
Of $4,000 bonds each, and Larose and
Small, as accessories, in default of $3.50
bonds each.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09

The robbery Of man in disreputa :
BILE music saloon on Charities street, on
Tuesday night, demands the prompt
action OF Superintendent Boylan, in
having the place and all similar estab-
lishments closed. The occurrence re-
calls too painfully the foul deeds
OF these saloon keepers DUR
ing Radical domination In this
city, with the countenance and
connivance of the Metropolitans,
and which in one or two cases were at
tended with the death OF the victims,
resulting from the administration or
drugs and blows
At the best, these low dens are the re-
sort Of loafers, bummers and thieves,
and the community can only be bene-
flied by rubbing them out OF existence.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09
BREVITIES.

Collector Casey is expected to arrive
In the city in the course OF few days.
Affairs In the Custom House are at q
standstill, the politicians having given
the place up as rendezvous.
The walking cane disease still RACES
on Canal street, and thrifty peddlers
are driving brisk trade in these arti-
Giles.
Residents Of the Garden District com.
plain that u gang OF petty thieves are
making raids upon bell knobs and gate
Keys.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said, Canal street still continues to be
the thoroughfare for mules ON their
way to the levee for shipment.
The gentleman with the heavy oak
cane attends as usual the theatres now,
and makes known his presence Ia the
old fashioned way, when the audience
applaud.
The face Of the oyster lover grows
more and more elongated as he reviews
that there Is only one month after this
with an s'r" In it.
A little more water and considerable
Magazine Market less amenable to
Shakespeare oft quoted remarks on
the subject Of smells.
II the line of cars whose route is out
Common street would start vehicle
semi occasionally, residents along the
streets through which they pass would
doubtless feel obliged.
The Supervisors Of Steamboats, and
Boilers will not investigate the case of
the Dot. which blew up few days ago.
as the engineer was Killed and he was
the only person responsible.
On Wednesday next, March IA, Prof.
Chaille will deliver lecture at the uni
versity, on Medical Jurisprudence. !"
The subject, which is highly interest
ing to many outside of the medical
profession, will be ably treated by the
distinguished professor.
The quid nuncs who habituate court
precincts are just now hilarious over q
divorce suit filed recently, which gives
promise of some rather spicy develop
ments. The Beecher case will proba-
bly, sink, SO far as this locality Is con-.
cernfd at least. into utter insignifcance
hereafter.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-09

The brutal and unprovoked assault
committed on the old man Coffee, by
the satraps Of Packard on Tuesday, is
not the first instance Of violence on
their part against unoffending citizens.
Several other persons, whilst passing or
Hotel side OF Royal street, had already
brutes, but the matter was allowed each
time to go unnoticed.
But the beating and locking up OF O
man over sixty years old, because.
having been rudely and vulgarly inter-
rogated as to his business before the
main entrance Of the hotel, he had re-
piled that he was enjoying his right as
citizen and a taxpayer, make further
federation vice.
Measures should therefore, in our
opinion, be taken to prevent a recur-
renee OF such scenes. Our police have
charge and are responsible for the peace
Of the city and should exercise every one
Of its parts. Mr.. Packard may assume
to have the right to barricade the st.
Louis Hotel and guard the entrance to
its foul recesses, but the sidewalks are
too sacred precincts to be invaded
by his bummers, and it behooves
the police to preserve order
on the hotel side of the walks, as we'll
as on the other sides of Chartres, st.
Louis and Royal streets. Let the rats
crawl into their holes, IL it be their
pleasure, but let the thoroughfares be
cleared Of their disgusting presence,
and deprived OF their acts Of violence.