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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAT 13. tll.HIIAU HCWS. Isierasatien Concerning Various Lines to Hew Orleans. Mr, je Foniak, general manager of the L. and If.

Bailroad, left the city yesterday, Mr. Btahlman having' preceded him. General JPassenger Agent Atmore and General Bu perlntendent Rowland remain In the city. It Is learned that Mr. Raynor, trustee of the Mobile Railroad, Is sick, and that the trans fer of the road Is thereby delayed.

There Is prospect of a lively competition Between the great lines, the Chicago, 8 s. Louis and New Orleans Railroad and the Louie vl lie and Nashville. At the conference between the represent ati res of these roads on 8 an day no satisfactory conclnsion was rates. A pooling arrangement was sug gested bat not aaoptea. on da hut he held shortly.

Another confer There is considerable speculation about Hie Intentions of the Louisville and Nash wiiiA ttnmit. The establishment of local rates on "the Belma and Montgomery Road was anticipated and therefore caused bat little surprise among railroad men. It is ported that the Louisville and Nashville Kaliroaa vompany are ouyiu ui uw uuuuo nf thA Jackiinii and Meridian line, which runs from Meridian to Vickeburg, which will prove an important lamuainai vrwnia view of the completion of the Violubarg onfl TatU Road. Whether the Interests of the L. and N.

will MnniM aiaertmination against New Or leans in favor of ensacola as a seaport remains to be seen. Negotiations loosing to th Mthiiahment of steamers between Pen eaoola and Mexican ports, are said! to be of building the Northeast rn and Meridian line Is conceded, bat it is thnmrht thai: the road will connect with the Chicago. St. Louis and New Orleans Ball nii Alton Ponchatoala instead of follow ing the projected route across Lake Pont chartraln and there is no doubt that the formation of the L. and N.

combination will cause the Inauguration of a number of rail road enterprises. Tin umii rvwnruunr are preparing to do an enormous boslness on their Texas road morning fall. The road will be lnrun nm order bv the middle of Vary, and by the time business opens In the autumn about one thousand new freight can and several engines wm oe pni on uio nun. nK. nf an lmmanM fir rain ele vator av Cairo by the Illinois Central Rail road indicates nn expectation iu wvj larirA mm monimut on the Chicago, ot.

nSi and New Orleans Railroad. The ele trmtM tm tn hftvn a capacity of 600.000 bushels. Ex Gov. J. C.

Brown, Vice President of the Texas and Pacific Railway, paid a visit to Shreveport a few days ago and was received tv a rial Airatlnn of citizens. A writer in the Shreveport Standard, of May contends that unless Shreveport is iaAa thA tarminns of the New Orleans Pacific, the road forfeits its charter. We iiavA noma recollection of a contract or furrMmML signed about February 15, 1876, a few rinva before the signing of the charter. whion seems to have been lost sight of by hA AhmrA mentioned writer. However, the Shreveport people have ne ground to fear being leit out in me coxa.

ENTERTAINMENTS. To morrow night, at the Grand Opera House, will take place the entertainment for the benefit of the Associated Veterans of the Mexican War. Borne of the patriot veterans are reported to be in needy cir fnmatnRea. Thev have been bat poorly oared for bv the General Government, and are deserving of such assistance as may be Aanilv rendered them bv the Public. The programme for the entertainment is an excellent one.

The Continental Guard annear in tne of their finest tableaux, and also in the Mystic Drill." The dramatic i portion of the bill includes Delicate nmuid" and the Honeymoon." The com edy will be played with a cast better than has been freanently given to It with reg ular professional assignments of characters. Those who have bought tickets to the per formance, and those who may wisn to aoso, can now secure seats at the box otfioe. The Picayune has received an invitation to the competitive drill and promenade eon cert, riven bv the Crescent City Battalion at thA Fair Grounds on Fridav. Also to the military fete of the Franc Tlrenra at Maemolia Garden on Sunday. The receipt of an invitation to the Volks feat for the benefit of the German Protest ant Orphan Asylum, at the Fair Grounds, May 16th and 17th, la also acknowieagea.

The Amicitia circle give a moonlight re oeotion Friday evening. 21st. at Orleans Park. 1 FUNDING BOARD. Disposing ot Warrants and Other Obllara Uens.

The old Funding Board, declared, to be till In existence by the Supreme Court of the State, met In Lieutenant Governor's parlor, at the State House, yesterday at noon; Present Gov. Wlltz, Lieut. Gov. Mc Enerv. Sneaker R.

N. Ogden. 8. H. Kennedy.

Fiscal Agent, Auditor Jumel, Treasurer Burke, and Secretary of State Strong. The Secretary read the decision of the Supreme Court declaring the old Funding Board still in existenoe, ana ordering tne funding of Warrants held by E. Boyer and others to the amount of $7285 15, after which 1. .1 1 .1. V.nnKl vn A that no warrants will be passed upon until final judgment has been rendered thereon py cue courts.

The following were then funded The warrants held by E. P. Boyer and others to the amount of 17286 15. Bonds and coupons amounting to $45,432, presented by Isidore Newman Bro. State notes and coupons, $1880; Certificates under act 3, of 1874, $493 41, presented py Isidore Newman a uto.

Bonds and annexes $5450, presented by J. B. Lafltte Ac Co. The' largest proportion of the above were fnnilAd iinflAT Ciwl trmentj of court. Claims to the amount of $17,119, presented by E.

J. Forstau A Bona, were laiu over ior action at the next meeting of the board. JudfaKoweoresented tnirtv two thousand dnllranf the "Wdfid warrants" to be funded by the boanLand read an order from the Fifth court to tnat enect to tne Doara. 'x nese are a rtortion of the warrants Issued in 1872 on thA annnm nf Ttlano.hard. wben Reeister of Voters.

The total amount of "Weed warrants' Issued for printing, stationery, Lanka, for election and registration purposes at that time was $204,260. What has become of the remainder of the warrants issued to this amount has hot yet been ascertained by the board. Treasurer Burke objected to the funding of these warrants, declaring that he had been led to believe that this issue of war rants was illegal and without dne consider ation. Tt did not annear that the Questions touching their validity had been fully presented to the court, and be was of the opin ion that the Snnreme Court, in similar cases. had declared other warrants of the same Issue to be illegal.

Judge Howe claimed that inasmuch as the decision of the lower court had not been appealed from, the Judgment had become final aftAF fifteen months had expired, and the question was, therefore, res adjndlcata i he claimed that the board had no other option bat to fund. Speaker Ogden was in favor of funding the warrants in accordance with the order of co art, maintaining that if the qnestlon was referred to the Supreme Court, the de cision of the lower court must be sustained There was therefor no need of onttintr the State to an additional expense when the result weald be the same as now. He wai however willing to nnarnnnA action until the next meeting, and in the meantime obtain the opinion of the Attorney General noon the anbleet. A motion to this effect was lost, Mr. Ogden alone voting In the affirmative.

Mr. Ogden men cnangea his vote in the negative. In order to make a motion at the next meeting of the board to reconsider the vnu iuc taken. The board then voted, by five yeas to one nay, Mr. Ogden voting in the negative, to refect the warrants and refuse to fund them.

notwithstanding the order the court. The board then adjourned. A LAKE LIGHT HOUSE. Changing Color. Lake navigators, and mariners generally should make a note of the ohange be made in the Fontchartraln light, as indi AtAd in the following order On and after May 15, and until farther notloe, the flashing white light at Port Pont nhutMin llffht house will be discontinued and instead a fixed red light will be exhioit ed.

HY order or tne Lago( a.us xmhvu i W. H. Hktjeb, L. H. Engineer.

of tj oo a eaamasi assmBBSBSBSBaasaa THE CITY LEGISLATURE. Several Administrators Give Tent to Their Feeling Aboat the Premium Bead Complications. 4 rtfr nnnnAii meeting vesieraay ui ptnn AMnniMl the cnalr. and Ad ministrators Behan, Chevally, Collins, Glynn. Isaacson, Aiarxs ana iaieworo of Mr.

Dejean, as i Police Commissioner, was read and accepted. The resignation reaas To the Mayor and Administrators City of New Orleans r.m,,iimm After a con at ant and faith ful attention to the duties of a commissioner police without reward for the past three years, I am, by innuendoes and false impressions sought to be produced as to my actions and Judgment upon the evidence before me as said commissioner of police, placed in the attitude of a biased and partisan judge. My acts have not and will never be con trolled by prejudice, party amiiaiions, or otherwise be used to gratify personal ani mosity. I belong to no ring. Knowing and feeling conscious of tne re tltude of my conduct and satisfied that I am unjustly made a party to the present unenviable condition of affairs in the administration of police matters in tnls city.

I hereby tender this my resignation as a member of the Police Board. Respectfully, xuu. ttia Mnr aubmitted the name of Pierre MnrniY tit tin thA vaoancv and the nomina tion was confirmed by theCouncll. Administrator Isaacson Protests. mi a Administrator of Finance had the fol lowing protest spread on the minutes: Dkpaktment of tnance.

vrrx uau New Orleans, May 5, 1880. Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council I herewith present to yon, to be read and spread on the minutes, my protest against a portion of the proceedings in the Third and Fifth District Courts, in the suits of Lucas E. Moore Co. ana actora ana "auora Insurance company vs.

tne ony oi jjow leans. The publie are under tne impression that the answers made by the city's counsel represent the views of a unanimous nnrmoti. For one. I am unwilling to be laced in any such inconsistent attitude. AeSPeCtlUllJ i Administrator of Finance.

Detabtment of Fiw ancb, Citt Hpll, I New Orleans, May 5, 1880. To the Mayor and Admuflstrators of the City of Kew urieans Gentlemen Having returned to my official duties after an absence or several weaas, caused by a severe illners, I find that impor tant litigation nas oeen iuiuuwu nutuuu to the bonded Indebtedness of the city. which threatens to aescroy au reswrsuou of Its wounded credit, and seriously to im pair our efforts to recover in iobi. jinnponiy and to command onoe more the confidence Of capitalists in our securities. I can state with candor that my uniform course of conduct, so ably sustained by the other Administrators aunng my uuiouti career, nas oeen to i eputuaie repumnuuu, and to labor to restore the credit of the city, so as to invite eonnaenoe ana proiuuw iu commercial honor and integrity.

My con fidence in tne propriety, legauiy aim constitutionality ef tne premium bond law and the beneficial results achieved by an unanimous administration in the reduotloa of the bonded debt, aided by the approval of the legal advisers of the city, led to the conviction that there could be no disputes or doubts as to the legaliity of the premium bonds whioh has not been raised Dy the various litigants and already passed npon by the courts, and that so far as vQO ciiy wao vuuvcxuou ibo ua pleadings in the courts forbade the propri ety or efficacy or disputing tneir vauaity after five vears of action under the provi sions of the act creating them. In support of my consistency i rerer witn pnae to tne i nanintinnn offered bv me and passed by the Council deploring the possible action of the convention, wnicn migm create ais trust in the public minds as to the State and city securities, and my purpose by tnese remaras is puma nis" uuu the record In regara to tne aeienses wnicn tii learned counsel for the eltv have deemed it their duty to interpose hi the recent mandamus suits. While I fully concur with any ordinance that would satnonze its attorneys to test the legality of the fifteen mill tax levied in December, 1879, under the then existing laws, and approving of any steps to bring aboat a prompt determination of this Important question to the tax payer. convinced, as am, tnat a ten mm tax is totally Inadequate to maintain an efficient city government and provide for the interest on the bonded debt, I am unable to ap preciate any necessity ana ooudc tne pro priety or ultimate success ot attacking tne validity of a law so solemnly accepted by the city autnonnes ana' aeienueu dj its counsel, even in the Supreme Court of the United States, In the Ranger ease. I feel it Incumbent on as a a worn and bonded officer of the corporation, as citizen and taxpayer, to express In some permanent form, with proper deference for others, mf humiliation ana sorrow at tne legal posi tion assumed for her defense.

To my mind success will be more fatal ana aan geroo to her future credit and prosperity than defeat, and well will we be ablt to say, Another euch victory and we are lost." I therefore respectfully protest against what I aaem an unfounded assault thA cnnatitiitlanalitv of the Dremlum bond law, and while I do so, others doubtless are quite as sincere ana patriotic in tneir views as I in mine but I deplore such heroic treatment of a patient in the agony of commercial bankruptcy and in need of the most delicate manipulation of his resources to prevent aeatn ana aissoianou. Administrator of Finance. The usual monthly appropriations were passed. xne Dia oi neriiaru aau uuuvasuaii ii erecting a nuisance wharf for $976 was ao oeptea. The bid of L.

Godchaux for supplying the Dolice with uniforms tor the summer at $13 per salt, was accepted. Administrator Glynn Defines His Position. The Administrator of Public Acoounts re 2 nested the Secretary to read the following ocnment: Department of Pcblic Accouhts, 1 New Orleans, May 11. 1880. i I think it unfortunate that in discussing the present embarrassed condition of the city's finances the direct interests of the city proper should be overlooked.

While admitting that one of the duties of the City Council Is to provide for the bonded debt of the city as agent for the collection of certain interest funds, still It has another very important dnty to perform, that of providing for the existenoe of the government. The revenues should be collected to pay Its employees, laborers, and the teachers of onr public schools as well as its police. The streets must bo kept in order and cleaned. The lighting of the city and protection against fire must be provided for as well as many other things necessary for the very existence of the corporation. The Injunction sued out by the holders of.

portion of a clettain class of bonds representing a little more than half of the bonded debt, in the Fifth District Court, has had the effect of locking the wheels of the city government, and yet the petitioners in this suit not only admit, but they aver tnat 10 mills are required for the ordinary expenses of the city. Why, then, while reserving their rights before tne courts, not allow this collection of 10 mills as contemplated by the ordinance passed by the Council three weeks ago) Section of the premium bond act provides That no tax for the payment of bonds or Interest on bonds other than that authorized by the preceding sections shall be levied either for the year 18T6 or ny year or years thereafter by the city of New OrldsUU" Now, under the operation ot that law not a cent of Interest has been collected for bonds of the city, amounting to over six millions of dollars but during those pas.t onr years the premium bonds have been fully "provided tor. How have the other expenses of the city been provided for during Tii.t TtAidnd For 187S there are six months' bills and rolls unpaid, for 1877 three monihs, for 1878 four months, for 1879 about half of one month and now, for the first time, the city being placed in a precarious position by tie new constitution and act 78 ot the last General Assembly, it attempts to provide for its alimony first, a dog in the manger policy is aaopieu vj oviiwu uum lumhnM.Ht thAv amv nPAviriA of its bondholders they say pro viae promptly for our interest, or you can't get a cent for a ay thing else In the meantime," and their threat has been carried oat. Take the ease of the police and laborers, who tor the last five months have received bat two months' pay. It bj the same with the Fire Department, Gas Company and other creditors ot the city.

When all classes of the city's creditors have made concessions to the poverty of the corporation, why should one class be so exacting 1 I speak not of the position whioh the elty waa forced Into In fighting the injunoUon and mandamus salts, nor has it ever been the practice of the Council to dictate the defense of city suits to its attorney. In this particular case the City Attorney has placed himaelf and the Council In their true fight; he has taken the responsibility of tne defense, ana nas y7" the Council desire to instruct its attorney to withdraw his defense or to confess lodgment. It should so act, otherwise It should be silent and let the law take it course and settle a vexed question. Jko Administrator. Administrator Be ha a submitted the foUowlng i would like to and intended to make a few remarks on the question of the City Attorney's defense In the premium bond salts, but I am prevented from so doing by a severe cold and sore throat, which deprives me of the power of speech for the present.

However, my views are well known to the Mayor and City Attorney, as stated at the time. The matter beiog before the highest tribunal of the State will soonN be decided, and the law, I hope, Mr. Marks protested against the Council dictating to the City Attorney, or taking a position antagonistic to his pending a decision by the Supreme The Mayor called the attention pf the Council to the fact that It had never passed upon his veto of the ordinance remodeling tne Duages. Administrator Chevally remarked tnat ne was no prepared to vote at this time, as the matter was still in the courts. Administrator Collins observed that the Council had previously decided not to act on tne veto until the Supreme Court rendered its decision.

The Secretary read from the minutes or the previous meeting alluded to, to ehow that the veto was only postponed, subject The Council was evidently in no humor to take up the veto and adjournment followed. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Their Treatment of Commercial Matters Laat Night. The Chamber of Commerce held meeting last night, with President Bossey in the chair, and a quorum of members present. The Secretary read his annual report showing the financial condition ot the Chamber to be rather low owing to the failure of the Louisiana Savings Bank.

Postal Teasels. The Philadelphia Board of Trade, having asked the co operation of the chamber In a memorial to Congress that postal mall service be established between the United States and West Indies, to be carried exclusively on American built ships, the committee to whom the matter was referred made an exhaustive report. The committee, consisting of Messrs. Rnrwell. Coleman and Josenb.

reported a very lengthy memorial to be forwarded to jCongress, advising the establishment of the service without respect to the build of the vessels carrying the mail. The memorial was received and adopted. Postponing the Election. The President said that as nothing remained on the Secretary's desk to be voted on, the subject of proceeding with the eleo tlon of officers was open for dlsousslon. Mr.

Adam Thompson moved that the election be postponed until the next meeting, in order that a larger attendance of members might be secured. The motion to postpone was carried. A communication from the Boston Chamber of Commerce, asking for the co operation of the New Orleans Chamber in securing the re enactment of the bankrupt law, was laid over until the next meeting. The meeting then adjeurnel until the first Tuesday in June. ARMY OF TENNESSEE.

The Benevolent Association Army of Tennessee met last evening. A number of new members were admitted, including Gov. L. A. Wlltz and Mayor I.

W. Patton. A committee of twenty five was appointed to take charge of the arrangements for the decoration of the graves in Chalmette Cemetery on the 30th. Gen. Reicbard.

President of the association, was granted leave ot absence for six months. He intends visiting Europe for the benefit of his health. Capt. F. Richardson.

First Vice President, will discharge the duties of President. LOTTERY CASES. Venders of Keatacky Lottery Tickets Sent Before the First District Court. Some time "ago the police were informed that a number of men were promoting the sale of Keutaoky Lottery tickets in a house on Exchange Alley. A warrant was issued by Judge allltenberger, in accordance with an affidavit made Wilkinson, of the Third Precinct.

Armed with this warrant the police entered the above premises and found six men there under alleged suspicious circumstances. The man who was afterwards proven to be chief of the concern, Garcia, is still at large, and G. Sllges, the secretary and treasurer, and B. Boguille, Francois Pree. J.

D. Alexandre, M. Perez were arrested and some Kentucky lottery tickets found npon several ol their persons. The case was examined Into and yesterday fixed as the day for final argument and decision. Col.

Frank C. Zacharie appeared for the defense, and Mr. Arthur Gastinel for the State. Juge Milteaberger then rendered a decision committing J. Sltges, M.

Perrz and J. D. Alexandre for trial before the First District. Court, under bonds of $250. B.

Boqallle and Francois Puree were discharged. Immediately after this decision, an appll cation for a writ of habeas oorpas upon Criminal Sheriff Fltzpatrick was lmmedi atelv filed in Jndge Rlghtor'S court. The writ was granted, and made returnable to day at 10 o'clock, A. M. APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR L.

Mathews, police uror fortheSeoond Ward, parish of Jefferson, right bank vice D. white, resigned. Trustees of the Franklin College in the parish ot St. Landry, incorporated under act 19, approved March 5, 1831 Ex Govs. Joshua Baker and A.

Mouton, original appointees; H. L. Garland, B. A. Martel, C.

C. Swazee, T. H. Lewis. F.

F. Perodin, J. J. Thompson. Theodore Chaoerle, Joseph Blaek, R.

H. Little. J. B. Walton, assessor of the First District, parish of Orleans, vice E.

O. Payne resigned. By virtue of act No. 41 of the United States Congress, approved April 23, 1880, 1 hereby nominate as Commissioners to represent the State of Louisiana at the International Exhibition in the city of New York, in the year 1883, in accordance with section 4 of said act, Carlton Hunt and J. Henry Behan.

I also nominate as alternate Commissioners, Samuel Manning Todd and Victor Meyer. Louts A. Wiltz, Governor of the State of Louisiana. CLAIMS. Certificates Receivable for Taxes.

The board, under act 93 of the session of 1880, met in the Governor's parlor at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Present Gov. Wlltz, Allen Jumel, Will A. 8trong, W. J.

Behan, Adolpb Meyer. The Secretary, Hon. Will. A. Strong, read the minutes of the last meeting of the board, whleh were approved.

Mayor Patton offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the claims of Thos. Duffy, J. R. Alcee Gauthreaux, J. C.

Egan. E. W. P. Harper.

Thos. H. Handy, Thos. Maxwell, J. C.

McConnell and Allen Jumel against the State of Louisiana having been exam' ined and passed upon favorably by this Board of Commissioners In conformity with act 93 of 1880, the Secretary is hereby authorized and instructed to issue the following certificates, viz. The amounts attached opposite the names after the numbers of certificates appear, are Thos. Duffy, $6,429 00; J. K. A.

Gauthreaux, $129,936 57 J. C. Egan, $17,528 14 E. W. P.

Harper, $41,018 65: Thos. H. Handy, $9517; Thos. L. Maxwell, $1,918 80 Benj.

Ann bruster, $1 1,000 J. C. MoOonnell, $2293 40; Allen Jumel, $2918. Total $248,822 61. The parties so receiving the certificates above indicated to receipt for the same in the manner prescribed by rale 8, adopted by the board." Other claims were presented, but the order of court preventing action thereon, tney were simply examined, when the board adjourned.

ITRIP TO DONALDSONYILLE. Monday morning it was reported that the steamboat Laura Lee. while setting oat for for Donaldsonvllle with a party of exenr onists. had broken her machinery, and been obliged to give up the trip. The cam rod was broken when the boat was backing out from Jackson street, bat tbe damage was repaired in half an hour.

The vessel left Jackson street at 9 A. reaching Donaiasonvuie at 11 r. ra, ana arrived lnport at 4 o'clock, Monday. MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE. AceMeata to Fire Kagiae.

At about naif past 6 o'clock yesterday evening Corporal Thoman and Officer Tiller detected flames and smoke issuing from the second floor of the building forming the Burgundy street entrance to the Grand Opera House. The alarm was immediately turned in from hex An examination showed tias the fire was caused by. tho explosion of some chemicals, known as "red fire." The tire was extinguished before the arrival of the fire department, and the damage caused was verv slight While the engine of Vigilant No. 3 was on its way to answer the above alarm it ran 'TtY tYtn slitter corner of RamoarC and 8t. Louis streets, causing the horses to fall and slightly damaging both the animals and the engine.

a a the truck of American Hook and Lad dAi Kn. i came out ot its engioe hoase to at tend the same fire, it collided with a passing vehicle. The driver was thrown from his seat and reu near to tne icet or one or tne horses. The animal kicked him into the gutter, bruising lum. LEVEE FACTS.

Official Information was received yester dav at the office of tbe State Board of En gineers, that the levee at.the Cazebon place, six miles below the ferry landing, Algiers aide, was badly in need of repair, and that the water was oozing through the levee. overflowing the road. This being within the city limits the State Board of Engineers notified tne city autuormes or tne tacts in the case. The Sarah crevasse, parish of Plaquemines, right bank, whioh was closed on Sunday alternoon. was 80 feet wide and 12 feet deep.

The crib work which enolrcles this break is 395 feet in length by 14 feet in width and 4 feet depth of water. This work was completed on Monday, thus averting the evil effects of one of the most threa tending of destructive crevasses that has occurred along the for years, as tbe section of country threatened by this crevasse embraced the most valuable sugar plantations in tne otate. THE FUNERAL OF HEMECOURT. At 5 o'clock, P. Monday, the last offices of respect to a good man's memory were paid by the many friends of the ex City Surveyor Jules A D'Hemecourt, at his late residence on Royal street.

For sometime before the appointed hour they began to arrive, and it was not long before the num ber waa exceedingly large. We noticed present Mr. Chief Justice Bermudez, of the Snnreme Court. Hon. Carleton Hunt, the Dean of the Faculty in the Law Department of the University of Louisiana, Col.

Wrot nowskl, U. 8. Engineer and Architect, now superintending the works on the Custom House building. Drs. Mercier and Lewis, Judge Theard, Messrs.

Lewis Gaily, Pascal, Capt. Chas. Cavanao, Col. fiiartgny, Baioy, Hlactte, Bcnmiat, triraraey, ruie, l.au bo, Aldisrn. Mnsson.

Fremaux. Bonneval. Dr. Llado. Labatut, Raymond, Janvier, La harre.

Dr. Lemmohler. Prof. Durel. Dr.

Martin, H. Peychaud, Dr. Ferlet, Marqnez, Notarv Castell. Dr. Turpin.

Lanata. Bouny, Fatjo, Brunaso. Senator Pollock, Bonne caze, Larue, Wintz, President ot the City Railroad Company. Dugazon. and many other of our most prominent citizens.

A srreat coucours of ladies ou foot and In farriac es followed the hearse, together with a large number of tbe Little Sisters of the Poor, for whom the deceased had done so much during his life. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Palmer, of the St. Louis Cathe dral. The remains were lying in a metallic ennket In the centre of the parlor.

The room was tilled with the perfume of myriads of flowers and the atmosphere laden with their fragrance. Badly and slowly the procession passed from the mortuary house to the last resting Dlace In the old tst. lxmis cemetery, en a careworn spirit is at rest: a loug bur dened heart unladen a busy brain forever tilled. Old D'Hemecourt died in peace, surround ed by true, loving friends. The fragrance of tho flowers thrown on his tomb will be grateful to noses stifled for years with the stench of party rottenness and indivldual natrint norrnDtion.

We think that a man like him can at any time be compared with many of our distinguished fellow citizens," whom recreant pens iaua to tne saiee. FOUND IN THE RIVER. At a point about four miles above the Quarantine Station, yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, the body of a white man was found floating in the river. The deceased anneared to be about 55 vears of age. and about 5 feet 8 inches in height.

The body was clad in a gray sack coat, blaok pants OTirl Villi A vent. Upon examination It was discovered that tbe pants were held up by a single trues, and that the pockets contained $3 au some amnJi change. A thorough search was made to ascertain his Identity, bat all efforts 11w1 njrtA Armas. Jnatiee of the Peace, assist ed by Dr. Carrington, held an inquest, bat found no marks of violence about the body leading to the supposition that the deceased hiui of thai nnmmlttwl anlclde or was acci dntliv drowned.

The remains were in terred near the spot where they had been found. LOUISIANA LOTTERY. Rrarnlar 'Monthly Drawing. The regular monthly drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery came off on Tuesday morning at tbe office of the company. Up to noon the following were the principal prizes drawn 2e.

67.032 drew the capital prize, So. 49,262 drew tne seoona capital prize. $10 000 1 No. 98,032 drew the third capital prize, $5000. $2500.

29,002 44,451 $1000. 14,226 17,057 19.504 46,984 74,889 494 31,996 66,137 72,798 19,056 32,592 62.399. 85,908 24,561 36,607 24,888 44,546 70.75O 94,292 26.293 54.059 72,044 97,711 89.138 A nnroximation Frizes. icvhl .17.031 to 57.040. Inclusive.

$300 each. Nos. 49,261 to 49,270, inclusive, $200 each. Nos. 98,031 to 98,040.

inclusive, $100 eaoh. 1000 numbers ending with 32, being the last two figures of the number drawing the capital prize of $30.000 10 each. No. 49,282, drawing the second capital prize, $10,000, was sold in New York and Hard Times Landing, Tensas parish. La.

No 98,033, drawing tbe third capital prize, 6000, sold In New York: and Nos. 29,602 and 44,461, drawing $2500 each, sold In Vickaburg, New York and New Orleans. CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES. The Signal Officer at this station reports as follows Hlghes't temperature in New Orleans on Monday 8C, and the lowest during Monday night 74. At 10 A.

M. Tuesday, the thermometer stood at 84. Fair weather continues, becoming slightly cooler In the West Gulf States. The weather bulletin gives the following changes in the rivers during the past week The Mississippi continues above the danger line at Vickaburg (7 Inches) and at New Orleans (10 Inches.) During the past week the rivers have generally fallen, exoept tbe Mississippi at Cairo ana Memphis, at which Btxtinni a rise of aboat 4 feet has occurred in consequence of high water from the Ohio, noticed in last week's Chronicle on Thursday the water at Cairo was within one foot of the danger line, but It has since fallen. The Missouri has remained almost stationary at Omaha and Leavenworth.

The rivers have fallen as follows The Red River at Shreveport and the Arkansas at Little Rock, 4 feet the Missouri at Yank tn feet; the MlssisslDnl from La Crosse to St. Louis from 3 to 13 inches, and at Vioks bnrg and New Orleans, 3 Inches; the Ten nnjuiee at Chattanooga, 6 feet: tbe Cumber i And nt Nashville. 5 feet the Ohio at Pitts burg 4 feet, at Cincinnati 22 feet and at Lou isville 9 feet; ineBavannan at Augusta, feet. Urnna liable Letters. Not prepaid Flsk and Backer, Dupont Jules.

Mc Lei lan Wm. H. Miss. Pierson Louis Rock Co. Recorder, Laooul Laura Miss.

Misdirected Arne Jine, Beann Geo. Miss, island J. onnton (jnariey. Malls. The malls for Havana via Cedar Keys and Key West, by the steamship Clinton, will close at the Post Office at 7 A.

M. Thursday, and those tor Mexico, oy tne steamsnip uiy nf matIm. same dav and hoar. Tne malls via tne acason roaa now eiose at 3:30 P. In place of 1:30 P.

M. as heretofore, thus giving two hours additional for business men to make np their mails by this rosrte. ThA fwrretarv of the Treasury having ad dressed a circular letter, under date of the 7th to collectors of customs, that, "as the annroniiatlon for fuel, light, water, and miaAAiraneoua Items for nubile build inn for the current year Is not sufficient to meet the requirements of the publio ser vice for gaa ana water oeyono, tne izin Collector Badger has addressed a communication from tne Custom House, dated the llth Inst to the Manager of tho New Orleans Gas Light Company, Inclosing a copy of the circular. The Collector concludes his communication as follows Officers of the Government are forbidden by law to bind or involve any of the departments for the future pay meot oi money c.woo wv It. therefore, becomes my duty to notify you to cease furnishing illuminating gas to this building until I am further advised of an appropriation for such purpose, such stoppage ot supply to take place at 8 A.

M. on lain 1UBU CHINAMEN IN TROUBLE. tc Chinese sweet singers, Tin Sing and Rang Sine, came from down the coast last Friday witu a io ui kwiu sion which they endeavored to dispose cf in a somewhat rapid manner. One ot their countrymen, John Jackson, No 133 Toulouse street, recognized the goons as belonging to a store in the parish ot Plaquemines, and made an affidavit against the Chinamen before Judge xuiiten oergur veoieiuj t. that Jackson would ask to be sworn in tbe regular Cnjnese fashion.

but in reply to tne quijr i mo juuw, i.t mato aweAHiA atue sameo lixee jueii can man." lie tnereiore too a moRuuumu EDglish oath with the grace ot one initiated. and tne accuse we owl stolen goods, wnicn amount to about $200, when the case will be examined. REPUBLICAN POLITICS. Vpotcrdav a Grant Campaign Committee irim organized witn Mr. J.

G. R. Pitkin as Fresidtnt. SUCCESSFUL BURGLARS. A bold and successful burglary was com mitted at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, at Nick Leindinger's grocery, located at the corner of Lafayette Avenue aud Giraud street.

At. that, linnr aome nartles found an en ti unfA into the premises, and after removing drawer from tne armoir, carrutu it tu mo neutral ground on Lafayette Avenue, wnere tbey emptied it of its contents, consisting of sio In rash, one gold chain and silver watoh. a pocket Doobt. insurance papers bus uia Tvnrtru.it of Leindinger's children. When the Inmates ot the house awoke search was made for the drawer, which was fnnnd emotv on the neutral ground, wnere tne tnieves naa lert it.

THE CUT DIRECT. During the colored Odd Fellows' ball at the Exposition Hall, at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, nitna uovie. anas joiiii son. waa out three times and dangerously wounded, it is said by her husband, Joseph Johnson. Johnson, who was arrested immediately thereafter, was interviewed in the morning by a reporter ot tne ncayune, to wnom ne poeitivelv denied having Inflicted the lie sala teat ms wne ana mmseu naa been separated for some time.

During the hall he was devoting his 'tentlon to an other lady." wben his wife made a rush at him. He rushed at her and both fell. He rolled over a chair, and when he rose his wife complained that she had been cut. The woman was conveyed to the Charity Hospital, where she now lies in a critical condition. IN THE COURTS.

Tn the TT. s. Circuit Court the case of Roth Williams Co. vs. Mrs.

E. A. Bailey and husband was decided, alter nve aays' trial bv a verdict for the plaintiffs in tne sum oi tni (W with lpgal interest and costs. The Grand Jury in tins court was ois charged until further notioe. ThA (Irani! Jnrv met vesterdav.

and ronna a ti ne bill of murder against Corporal Ed. MUTDhv. of the sixtn tr recinct, cnarging hnu with having, on the 7th of March. 1880. shot and killed, at No.

S49 Chippewa street, James Weiss, colored. A capias was issued for the accused, who was arrestea ana con fined to the Parish Prison to await arraign ment. Judge and Mrs Billings left last evening for Cincinnati. Mrs. Billings will then go Kt.

while the Jndge will return to tonicity to attend to the business ot nis court. In the Fifth District Court the case of the flour inspectors was argued. A venire for 250 jurors, returnable on the 2d of June next, has been issued by the Fourth District Court. In the case of McConnell vs. Parley, judg ment for plaintiff for $14,660 59, witn 8 per cent, interest per annum from September 23.

1869. allowing to the defendant certain credits to tne amount oi r4. 'The 8upreme Court will meet every day, except legal holidays, for the remainaer or tne term, in oraer to niaKejuuiciiu uja amu dispose of some special cases. i In the case of the State vs. Wjn.

Sinclair, charged with breaking and entering the store oi jsenjaniin uouvercie uu iu aou ui January, 1880, the jury, which was locked up since Monday night, returned into court with a verdict of guilty, recommending the accused to the mercy ot the court. TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. Mrs. Emma L. Tbarpe to Maggie bcott, one lot ana improvements, uuuuucu oy Boarbon, Cattomboose, Bienvlue and uau obine streets, measuring 20 feet front on Cus tomhouse, by 63 feet in depth, $2250.

O. DeBoucbel to tl. LL. ttroaa, one tot ana Improvements, bounded' by Louisiana Avenue, Toledano, St. Charles and Prytania streets, measuring 88 feet front on Louisiana Avenue, Dy loo icet in aeptn, 8.

V. and L. Bernard and Mrs E. Sny dam to Denis Sheen, one lot and improve ments, bounded by publie Koaa, (jiouet. rao reau and Chartres streets, measuring iz feet front on Chartres street, 837 ieeton clouet and 124 feet on tbe Mississippi River, $5000.

John Wolf to Mrs. A.T5. Bois, one lot and improvements, bounded by Delord, Dryades, Baronne ana uauiope streets, ineaauxiug feet on Delord street by 118 feet deep, $1600. A. Lanat.a to 1..

iieiery. one lot ana im provements, bounded by Treme, St. Claude and St. Peter streets and Carondelet Walk, measuring 67 feet on Sc. Claude street, 106 on St.

Peter street ana iux tee uu vaxvuuo let Walk, $2900. F. Lanata to Delery, one lot and improvements, bounded by sanie streets, measuring 48 feet on Carondelet Walk and 44 on St. Peter street, $1550. Mary E.

Porter and others to Mrs. Louisa Isaacs, one lot and improvements, bounded by Felicity Road, 8t Mary.Camp and Chestnut streets, measuring 27 feet on Felicity Road by 128 feet in depth, $2560. Vincent Micas to A. P. Dumas, thirteen lr ts and improvements, bounded by Canal, atk and Gasqnet streets and Hagan Avenue; five measuring eaoh 27 feet fronton Canal street by 112 feet In depth, five measuring each 27 feet on Gasqnet street by same depth, and three each 32 feet on Clark street by 138 feet In depth, $3000.

i Tnwnhi to F. D. Biinkman. one lot aud Improvements, bounded by Carondelet, measuring 30 feet on Carondelet street by xao feet in depth, $300. A.

Lanata to Jos. JHrech. one lot and Improvements, bounded by Decatur, Chartres, Toulouse and Jefferson streets, measuring 17 feet front on Decatur street by 74 feet In depth, $2000. J. Same to B.

Blardone, one lot and Improvements, same square, measuring S3 feet on Jefferson street by 69 feet in depth, $1050. Miss E. Haydel to James Jackson, one lot and improvements, bounded by Peters. Gra vier and Common streets, measuring 28 feet front on Peters street and as feet on Tchoup itoulas street, by 83 feet In depth. $9960.

at.ifrA m. Wallace) to D. R. Carroll. two lots and Improvements, bounded by La harpe.Dorgenols, Columbns and Rooheblave streets, measuring each 32 feet on Laharpe r.v 1K8 fAAt in denth.

$525. A. Lanata to A. Cusimeno, one lot and Improvements, bonnded by Deeator, Clay. Jef feet on Decatur street, by 70 feet on Jeffer on street, 15800.

i RIRTHN. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS BACotded at the office of the Board of Bealtk Tuesday, May 11 Btrtka. Mrs. Octave Lonla, a son, April 20. Mrs.

Adolph Keetner, a daughter. April 22. Mrs. Foster Chase, a aon, February 15. Rfarrbmaree.

Thomas Bielly to Mlaa Mary Bicker. fiiaiinVe M. T. Kelecom to Miss M. A.

P.ClO Deaths. Francois Sede, colored, 47 years, 316 Da maine, native of Louisiana. jf KlliAbeth WuUiams, 65 years, Love and Plnttnj1 fl.tiTA nf Hftttl St. Madelaine Canibre. 89 years, Grand Route St.

John, native ot LooiHtana. P. K. Kivera, 68 years, St. Peter and BoyaL A.

Tf.lv Henry Fender, colored. 49 years, Cypress and itoman, nmuve oi jnarjuuiu. Madeleine Baguette, 46 years, 225 Chartres, wr fca a aA Margaret 8 years, Dryades near First, native of Pennsylvania. Alph Barlongue, S3 years, 358 Craps, native oi ew urieana. Gritty Advertiser, New York Correspondence Chicago Times; Denman Thompson, with the aid of that marvelous combination of sheer grit and energy called J.

M. Hill, has knocked, theatrical and other people here away off their pine. They said that Thompson was played out for uotoam. no uugu im lfHnVA, fit. Anil.

the country rsoston, ixiii ui. uuuu, and the like but he would never catch ou In Gotham again. That's probably whv Mr. Hill came here ahead of his star, and rsonally worked np this gentle village, never saw a town so thoroughly adver tised in all my lite. Last sunaay every daily paper in the place bad a full page Aiwuit TTnole Josh." And there isn't a ot any importance in the whole citv that hasn't had that much of an advertisement at least once Bince air.

nm orrlvwl His bill for newspaper aaveru sing aione has reached the very tidy sum oi faouo oi which nearly $4000 was laid out in one dav. That is a good deal of money to ly out in newananer advertising. It means the gross receipts of one good week's business, and there are not many managers who are will ing to lay out in ne aar wnat tney exnecs to take in on a whole week. But its eff was felt on the first night, for Thompson opened to more money than be has ever opened to before, excepting upon one occa sion. Tbe Business Is Growing Bigger, too.

and he will play this week to closfe upon sonn. J. M. Hill has got thl advertising busi ness down finer tnan unynoay ever laucea with aboat it. Last Bandar, for Instance.

be had an exceedingly bad full page advertisement in the Herald. When I spoke to him about it, and expressed my astonishment that he should expend all that money tor euob a weak showing, he smiled quietly and told me ne aia it on purpose. On rmrooset" I gasped. "Yea," he replied. "And yon prove to me that I was just right in the experiment.

I advertie in order to make people talk. When I wrote out the copy for last Sunday's Herald I put it in that shape so as make evervbodv wbo saw it say the 'ad' was one of tie worst thev erer saw. No wben I succeed in taking in an old bird like you, I am satisfied that my scheme was a good one." aaid and tried to look as if I had known all about it tor a week. Bat I hArtn'r That is the nlan I always follow. oea tinnoi Mr.

Hill, in that drv. convincing wav of his. You have doubtless heard a good many people pitch Into me for buying whole pagts OI newspapers, wuen nau oi man space would do just as well. They all say to everybodv they meet that I am the most foolish and reckless advertiser they ever saw. That is where they are all mistaken.

can afford to oav for that extra half page. just to make them tell all their neighbors have wasted nit nionev. Do you catch the ideal If I only took half a page it raltrhr. Atrrant the attention of the people who saw the paper, but it would not be sufficiently astonishing to make them com ment upon it to tneir acquaintances, now, those comments are just what am alter.1 A Boston Lawyer's Opinion of tiae Massachusetts Supreme Court As he and his client were leaving the court room, the lady, who Is well known as an exponent of woman's rights, said to him, "That was rank injustice." "Certainly, madame," Mr. Paine replied.

Mr. the lady continued, "when we women get a fcbance to sit on that bench each injustice will not be possible." With one of his rich, rare smiles, the lawyer said Madame, we never expectr to see a greater set of old women than are at present on the Massacha aettji Snnreme Court bench A short time ago. while on his way in the horse cars to Cambridge, he was observed one of tne younger ana lesser iigats oi tne ie bar. wno was acqoaintea witn mm. reading a covered book, and the voungman.

catching his eve, said: "Ah I Mr. Paine, reading law! I thought you knew the law, and it for youngsters to study it." Gravely he replied "lam not i oAsitTiir law. I am reading one of the deci sions of the Massachusetts Supreme Court." The best, however, of all, whose accuracy is vouched for by many, persons, is a little passage of arms between Mr. Paine and the rhief Justice. During a trial Mr.

Paine. while calmly arguing a legal point to the full bench, was interrupted by Chief Justice Gray, who said Mr. Paine, you know that is not the law of this State." Without the change of a musolo, without the elevation of his voice, witn on ly a uttie pallor about the temples to ehow that he felt the insult, Henry W. Paine said I her vocr Honors' pardon. It toot the law in this Commonwealth until your Honor inatapoke." The emphasis on the was.

tbe Til pa aiunmuuuon iwtwnju yuur nuu ors," the full ben oh, and your Honor," who had criticised him, caused the burly Chief Justice's face to assume a redder tint than high living had. already Implanted on it. German Colonies. London. Times.

From time to time for many years past the suggestion hss been thrown out by German writers, who have been duly Impressed with the astonishing progress made daring the pit Bent century by the colonies of England rha.fc (WirmanT shonld at length attempt to found colonies of her own. Why, it has fre nnentl been asked, should Lngiana. ranee. Spain, Holland, even little Denmark, possess across the sea vast territor'ee in which their mrnina noDiiiaHon can nna nome. ana to which thev can transDlant their own lan fuage, literature and laws, while Germany oes not possess an inch of soil out of Euro pet Why snooia uermans one 01 tne greatest of colonizing races have no colony to to where German is spoken, and the hat ta and customs, the laws and the govern ment, are an oi an unmixea vrerman character Why should the millions of emigrants from Fatherland be condemned to lose their native tongue, to forget the land of their origin, and sooner or later to be swallowed up In foreign races 1 For such assuredly is and has always been their fate In America, in the numerous British colo nics, as well as in the colonies of France and Spain.

Until within the past two or three years questions like these, often as they were mooted, never led to any prac tical result, uermans stiu eonunocu to emia rate in their tens Of thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands yearly. Tney stiu oontinnea to supply a targe, steady, hard working, law abiding con tinent, tn tne untisn ooiomes. ana particu larly to tbe United States, and they stiu ronanuea to meet, sooner or later, weir fate of forgetting their mother tongue and literature, ana oi oeing ausoruea in uie Homlnnnt tam. The reawm of tnis state ot tningswas always aet down to the fact that at home Ger iinv itself was not united: that there was no German fleet that until the Sismarekian era neither Germany nor any State In Germany was able, either by help of material riAval reaanraea or bv the respect the Ger man name Inspired, to take possession ot and to defend any of the unoccupied or sav ace. territories of the earth snob, as might be adapted to receive a German colony.

The in en of German oolonlea was. in aet. resign ed as a hopeless dream. Since the unifica tion of Germany under the present Emperor a rluiiiffA has been rapidly Doming over the popular notions as to the practicability of founding Germ an oolonlea abroad. Schemes of this description are now no longer looked as utterly impracticable.

Within the oast two or three years the subject has been constantly agitated in Ger many. A central sooiety nas dmh ib wm ence in Berlin for some time, whose special object it is to bring the question to a practical issue. A pamphlet published last year by Dr. Fabri. a Rhenish ecclesiastlo, advo cating the foundation of German colonies rapidly ran through several editions and produced a deep impression on the nation.

Several debates have beed held in the Ger man Parliament, the general tone of whicn was wholly favorable to the policy of the GAtman Government availing itself of any. or of the earliest opportunity of planting the German flag on any territory adapted to become a uerman eoieny. The law prohibiting the transaction of business on Sunday has been interpreted In a curious ease in the Supreme court nf Mlphiffan. A man on Rnndav subscribed 25 toward building a church, and when called npon to meet his obligation he declined to do so, holding that the tract was made on Sunday, and was therefore void. The law, however, allows work of necessity and charity, and the court ruled tnat tne auDscnption was worm tv.

and therefor allowable under the statute. Your physician will recommend Lyons' Norwegian Cod liver Oil. Bemove your pimples by using Harrison iJermaenra. Parole whisky an Invlgorator. rLondon Times.1 1 The phenomenon of a milky aea has hM known to occur in certain parts, bat has not been very thoroughly scrutinized, gome have considered the luminous appearanee in question an electrical effect in thanaar tonus others nave aiiriDunea It to cadavarlfr decomposition of marine animals ana plants, ouiera tu amuuuuii spwn.

ritn fishes moving about In It. But th truth appears to be that it results from a si'cumuwuuD i sniaiuauiH) ciauui or be. coming phosphorescent, spontaneously sr Dy inetion. Some Interesting information on the'anH. ject (of an exact character) Has been lately puDiieneo Dy urat.

roruam, oi tne renoa iron clad L'Aruiide, which In February Jagt met with a milky sea in the passage from Point de Galie to Aden. The nights of February 9, 10, 13 and 13 were cbaracterisea by the phenomenon in all its splendor, the ship during this time traversing 640 miles (lioo kilometres) in a mean latitude ot it degrees north, between the meridians of ti i degrees and 51 degrees east longitude. There was no thunder storm, the sky waa clear, the moon new, the barometer, ther roomerer and hygrometer were regular and a gentle northeast monsoon was blowin The temperature of the surface ot the water' as constant at iwenty nve aegrees. Tus sea was like a snoW covered field in a clear night, aud all trace of undulation wi lost 6ight of. The milky look was hardly disturbed by tbe motion of ths ship and woiking of the screw (which shows' that the aver naa consiaerauie tsy day all dieappearea but the hue ot the aea vM somewhat altered.

Looked at attentively over the ship's side at night the water was seen to contain an enormous number ot luminous particles pressed close together, and wore biiiiiunt lose to tne siae wnere disturbed.) Some fonr hundred of these cor puscles one to two centimetres long could be counted In a backet holding ten litres ot thewaJer. Drawn out. these ware seen to be of gelatioous substance, which qnickly died aud disappeared, leaving a dark globule one uuillime ro in diameter, which, in tbe microscope, presented a transparent ovola animalcule, nnea witn eggs, ana mo ring its tins and tentacles Incessantly. A drop. of water added to tne aara gioouie Drought back its luminosity ana wnen tne creator was bruised in tne nana, it gave a nngbt mark, which was quickly extinguished, and whicn bad no smeu.

The milky water, kept till day and looked at lu the dark, shows as luminosity, even though agitated nor does the water procured by day and brought into darkness. It remains to be determined what causes the luminosity of those animalculae, and information is aiso aesiraoie as to tne position of the various milky seas on tbs globe, the times of their appearance, whether thev persist in the same place or not, etc. Several of the officers on board L'Armids had witnessed the pnenomenon Deiore, oat never so brilliant or so continuous. The Armide, In going out, had passed thirty leagues furtner north in February, 1678, without encountering anything ot the kind. Freak of Nature.

A Monntaln la Mexico Sight. Sinks Oat of We translate the following from La Union De oc rata of Sau Luis Potoel adjaaent to the hacienda of Santa Catarina, aboat twenty leagues to the east of this city, a very remarkable treat oi nature nas occurred, the facts concerning which we have received from a gentleman who visited the scene. On the 7th instant the people ot the hacienda and vicinity were aroused by a startling noise resembling thunder, Upoa. assembling to see what was the matter It waa soon dlsnovered that a small mountain In the immediate vicinity had sunk Into the earth, and it must nave wens out oi Bigni like a flash. Our informant, witn mane ob servations and learned tnat tne aperture thus opened was 200 metres in length, 150 la width, and its depth from 130 to 150 metres.

It was with great difficulty tbe rim of the cavern waa approached, as all about there were great yawning fissures which threaten to open etui wider. To miss a step there was a danger ot finding a grave in the depths beneath. Some stones, weighing about two pounds each, were thrown Into the cavern, and It took from nine to ten seconds before thev struck the bottom, their contact wita the surface beneath making a great report. After these briet observations the" exploring parties retired hurriedly from thesoeue, as the earth was trembling and shaking as it upon a balance. The location of this strange phenomenon Is situated In the tierra caUente (warm region), and mesquites and palm trees flourish all about.

Whenevep any portions ot the earth along the rim of toe cavern fell into the depths immense clouds of whits dust Issued forth. The oust was camea aboat by tbe winds and made all the trees In the vicinity periectiy wniie. Bpecuiaaos Is rife as to whether the mountain sank owing to earthquake lnfiaences or was tne result of gas explosions. It could not be at rib ted to the former very well, as shocks were felt In the neighborhood. The Non Nomadic TnfUans.

New York World Washington. May 5. James Stevenson, of Prof. Powell's Ethnological Boreas," appeared before the Ponca Committee today. Mr.

Stevenson traveled In the Upper Mis sonrl country extensively and visited many Indian tribes while connected with CoL A. i Vaughan, agent for the northwesters tribes, and with the expeditions commanded i by Gen. O. K. Warren, and daring the last year made explorations among the Paeblo Indians and the rains et Arizona and New Mexico.

His testimony had no direct bearing on tne removal of the Poncas, but was of a very Interesting character, relating to the pro gress of those tribes called non nomadic or permanent dwellers, such as the Mandana, Kickarees, Pawnees, Groe Ventree, Wiane bague and Pueblos, of the Southwest. He gave an account of the political and religious organizations which have prevailed among them from time immemorial, and of their peculiar aboriginal arts and industries. These people were susceptible of civiliza tion and kad been eelf suatainlng ever since long before the Spanlsn.oonquest. They re aide In communities or are communltueia their mode of life, They live In an arid re gion, yet they manage to cultivate tne soil and raise cattle and sheep. The Wool from tbe latter bad become an im portant feature of trade between them and the whites In Mr.

Stevenson's opinion all the Northwestern tribes, like the Poncas, Pawnees, mnebagos, Mandans ana ome has, were predisposed to civilization, and could be readily brought to a fair state of cultivation, and not only would they become self sustaining, but In ume attain useful and respectable etasensnip. xne uetuos i New Mexico and Arizona hold elections overy two years, when civil officers are se leeted to act aa a Legislature. A Governor and council to assist are appointea, ana tne laws are rigidly administered, niakiug toe Pueblos a self supporting people both la law and fact. jvenrn TTnb 1 1 u. Th re are.

In ranee. as in England, five hereditary nobility titles, which correspond with onr own namely, those of Dne, Marquis, Comte, Ylcomte and Baron though aome mysterious aimnuuM attach to tbe relative precedence of Mar qui and Comte, which we do not pretend to fathom, only observing by the way that Napoleon bated ana never wouia comer former title. We may also note the curioM custom in one or two families of alternating titles, the Marquis succeeding nis iinrw Co line, and being In his turn succeeded, by his son as Comte, and so on. There is no such title as Prince, other than oeionguw royal or imperial families. Princely prefixes to French names are, tnereiore.

of foreign Importation ana ongn. most eminent before the revolution beloogea to the dignitaries of tbe Holy Roman Empire. Napoleon, indeed, created a few princes otner man oi tne wuuu but they were made princes of localities not In France. Of such were Ney, createa Prince de la Moskowa. and Berthler, createa Prince de wagram.

one ot tne.ouiui" of our Bed Books holds that tnoaga nomenclature and sequence of rank Of tn" five degrees of French nobility with our own, such correspondence exi bnt in name or theory. A foreign connteas. he says, is in no way a countess seneeot the term. But the only auiereuw it is, of coarse, a. striking one i foreign countesses are not r.

rather are not the wives of hereditary wins la tors. With that exception mere motion whatever as regards rank; and tne wlie of an Irish or Scotch Earl flavin seat in the House of Peers Is aa exact counterpart of the wife of a recognized iron in Count. TA Saturday Series Take the summer ears for the 8 panlsa Fort grand promenade concert to night. RniM tm vnur fcervons eystem with Harrt son's Cod Liver Oil and Lime..