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NOTES.-GLas prings have been discovered near Utica,

M. Y.-Five banking irms of London can be traced

beak to 1677.-. The Grangers of Western New York are con-sernlg the feasibility of establishing grange

uateual insurance companies.-- Many inhabitants of Lower California are re-

holring to United Staps territory, on account ofIae unsettled state of affairs there.

-ni the Servian military bands the basedram is placed upon a two wheeled cart, and isdrawn by a trained dog while the drummerpuands it.

-The two hottest days ever known in Austealiawere the 15th and 10th of January, when thetlrsmometer registered 105 degrees in the shade

-- The lateat news from Cape Town representsik LZulus as exhibiting a restless feeling, lead-ug to the suppolition that at any moment theyIry break into Transvaal.

-The Ban Franoisco Common Council haspised a special bill permitting a certain ChinA-i-ito carry a pistol three months, because his

i1 Is threatened by persors against whom he haslasooded.

.-4he Fruit Growers Association of Florida~ itione the Legislature to appropriate $5000 an-s-elly to the newly established Board of Im -a.

getlo to properly advertise the inducementsAeoolonising in the State.-M. Guillemare has reported tc the French

Aeademy of Sciences that from the gum of pinetues in a sandy waste between Bordeaux andbyonne he has extracted a very valuable oil,partuolsrly suitable wbere a white and steady.ght Is needed.

-A bill to incorporate "The Real Estate Bankdo Virgnlia" Is pending in the Legislature. The4dls beak will be established in Blchmond, and

.erifolk, Lynohburg, Itaunton, Winchester, Alex-ludrk and Danville will each have a branch. A

useLdent and board of twelve directors will be4 ted by the Legislature for each bank. The

11 house will be authorized to sseue $500,000,ind each branch $400,000, in notes of small de-

wndantlon.-The attempted assassination of the family

ot Mr. Wm. H. Price, of Davenport, Iowa, inovem•ber last, is explained by a girl employed

*a the house as a domestic at the time. She

Mates that a shell, which had been picked up onugms battle-field, had been taken from the gar-

i, where it had been lying for years, a few daysore the occurrence referred to, and placed on

•asPtel, whence it probably fell to the floor andied-s the explosion which was attributed to a-- d_.grenade throwrtby an aseassin.

e Icwa lawyers •ave had a wrangle over ag ter. Alarge fragment of the big meter of 1875

gi in the highway on-lands owned by the AmanaUdalety, and a Germid named Mase picked it up.

reeoolety claimed tle under the law of score-tIa, the realty in the highway belonging totrm, and whatever came to the land's natural

.iitiion being part bf the realty. The G,rman•• In a counter oltmn based upon original dies-Oeery and the nine points of the law. Thecart has decided that the society have the bet.t 4tle, and the fragment of the meteor will be

placed in the State University.-------- o c---

A GOLDEN RULE.

she Eayes KMul4Put Southern Men Ineouitlern omees.

[N. ~. Herald.]Concerning the Southern question welittle apprehension. The remedy, at least for the most glaring

_Mbles, is so easily applied and so gene-ra•y demanded that we have no fearstflr the future of Louisiana and South

oIlina. But a thorough reform of theFederal civil service in the SouthernStates is one of the greatest needs of thatGeotion. The venerable ex-PresidentWoolsey spoe words of wisdom when.last fall, he urged that Mr. Hayes, itelected, should "put Southern men inSouthern offices." No one can read theletter of acceptance without seeing in ita purpose to do just this, and to redeemthe Federal civil service in the SouthernStates from the hands of men who haveno root in the soil of that region, no in-terests in common with the. people, butare mere placemen, who have too longmade office their sole livelihood andabused their places for political pur-poses and intrigues. We hope not tosee under the administration of Presi-dentHayes the scandalous spectacle ofa man like Packard at the same time

naited States Marshal and chairman ofapolitical State committee.

DouuLan DAU.Y.-On and after dunday next,41 It inst., the Jackson Road will have two

irsa daly, running to and from theOmnaetlons for all poista North,

in elegantbottlerasa,

SOUTHER NIEWS.

Louisiana.

Natchitoohes enjoyed a frost Sunday,Steamboat racing has revived on the

Red.A pottery has been established at

H ahnville, parish of St. Charles.The Attakapas Begixter has changed

hands. Messrs. Brookahier & Wood:are its present owners.

There are several cases of small-poiamong the colored people in the vicin-ity of Casey's mill, in East Feliciana.

A negro deck hand employed on thesteamer Frank Pargoud fell into theriver, between the boat and a coalbarge, at Baton Rouge on Tuesday nightand was drowned.

As an evidence of the mortality6 among horned stock in Louisiana, theeditor of the Lake Charles Echo noticedlast week fifty-seven dead cattle alonethe road from the Lacasine to Lake Ar.thur, a distance of only fifteen miles.

It will take a tax of 12 mills to defraythe parish expenses of Lincoln paris;for the present year. The sentinewants the Police Jury to hold an eleo.A tion at once to order such a tax, as Ii,t cannot be collected except it be so ore dered by the jury, under the recent de-elsion of the Supreme Court.

We hope the following remark of theAttakapas Register, concerning thehealth of Morgan City, is only the usualexaggeration of country papers: "Anunusual amount of sickness prevails inSand around this city. Scarcely a houseis free from some form of sickness, andfunerals are not among the most unfre-quent gatherings."

STwo new post routes have been estab-lished in St. Mary's parish, one fromCentreville to North Bend, on BayouSale, and the other from Cypremorl' Landing to Kemper's, on Bayou Cypre.mort. This will supply mail faotitlesto the large number of people living onSBayou Cypremort and Bayou Sale, whonow have to go from ten to twentymiles for their mail.

The steamer Minnie, on descendingl the river, was in the act of landing atPringle's Landing, parish of PointeCoupee, when one of the deck hands,preparatory to landing, threw out astage-plank and started for shore. Anindividual standing on the shore neat1 by the stage-plank, named Despalia,recently come to the parish, instantlyand without apparent cause, drew hispistol and shot the hand who hadthrown out the plank, and attemptedto shoot at the mateand engineer olthe boat. The boat lstantly backedfrom the shore and attempted to land atsome distance further at another land-ing. Despalia followed the boat to thesecond landing, and fired three sue-cessive shots at the officers of the boaton her second attempt to land. Unableto land, the boat continued her coursedown the river. The deck hand is sup-posed to be mortally wounded. Des-palia has not yet been arrested, ana isyet at large in the parish.

Texas.

The measles prevail at HIotncon.There are only four Radical papers in

Texas.Last Friday, March 2, was Texas In-

dependence Day.The State Medical Association con-

venes at Galveston, April 2.The Dallas Mail has been changed

from an evening paper to a morningpaper.

The negro who so brutally murderedpoliceman Neal, at Waco, has been ar-rested at Jewett.

One hundred and thirty-two recruitsfor the Tenth Cavalry, colored, passedthrough Comanche the other day..

Two new postoffioes have just been es-tabllshed in Comanche county, OliverSprings and Sabana Creek.

A gentleman in Jefferson has placeda fine marble tombstone at the graveof the unknown woman murdered there.

At Winchester, in Fayette county,Joe Isaac was shot and killed by oneClark Oliver. An old feud and badwhisky.

The large cattle firm, Coleman &Mathias, have lost 3000 head of cattle,mostly cows, out of a herd of 100,000during the past season.

The Paris North Texan chides a min-later who refused to perform the mar-riage ceremony for a love-lorn couple ofthe "colored persuasion."

A stabbing affray occurred at San Sabathe other day. A young man fromColin county, named Ben Watts, fatallystabbed young Hadenbaum, a Swede.

The loss of the Baptist Church andOpera House by fire at Waco last weekentails a severe loss upon that city.-Both buildings will speedily be rebuilt.

Fort Worth has voted, by a handsomemajority, to take charge of her publicschools, which is a sensible and pro-gressive step on the part of Fort Worth.

The commissioners to revise and di-gest the laws of Texas have been insession at Austin this week. They metto compare notes and mark out morework.

Mr. G. B. Nicholls, the first announc-ed candidate for the Mayoralty of Gal-veston, has withdrawn from the fieldand given in his adhesion to Col. Stone,Democratic nominee. There are onlythree candidates: Messrs. Stone, Ful-ton and White.

It is generally understood at Austinthat the contract entered into betweenthe State and Messrs. Kampman &Dieng, of Ohio, for building the East-ern Branch Penitentiary, has fallenthrough. the specifications being so de-fective as to vitiate the whole proposi-tion.

A serious, if not fatal, cutting affraytook place on the streets of Jeffersonlast week between A. V. Callen, an oldand highly-respected citizen of this

county, and a man named Demsey. Itseems that Demsey made some asser-tion which Callen said was a lie. Dn-sey, meeting Callen on the 'streets,called him to account, when a difficulty

ensued, in which Demsey received avery dangerous and probably fatal stabwith a knife. Callen surrendered to theauthorities, but has since been releasedunder bond. The physicians say it isalmost impossible for Demsey to re-

cover.

The New York Herald thinks " it is aqueer sight, that of a Boston girl andher beau at eventide trying to look atVenus through the same telescope," but

it Is a queerer one when a visiting loverhides in a Chicago girl's overshoe in thehall while her father parades the housewith a big club looking for the invaderIn vain.-[St. Louis Republican.

BUmrrr's F.Avoxno ExmAcrs.-The superiUwe of es extracts oonsisl in their perfeo

and great strength. They are warrantedofr the poisonous oils and asde whioh a.suluto the of many ol the feo oum

os* lth. guke. in amaci

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THE LEGISLATURE.The Hoase

The House assembled at the appoint-ed hoair; Speaker Bush in the chair,and a quorum present.

Prayer by the Rev. Father Hubert.COMMI TTEE REPORT.

By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, Chairmanof the Committee on Judiciary-By sub-stitute for House bill No. 124, repealingthe act creating the Louisiana LotteryCompany, etc.

Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, made aseparate report, as follows:

I concur in the report of the majority.I am of opinion that the State can atany time repeal the act No. 25, of 1868,incorporating the Louisiana State Lot-tery Company. That act does not im-port a contract with the State, and i if itdid, the State has reserved to itself theright to dissolve this corporation underthe provisions of the Civil Code, act447 (438), which forms part of the con-tract, and fully protects that right, asfollows:

"A corporation legally establishedmay be dissolved by an act of the Leg-islature if they deem it necessary orconvenient to the public interest: pro-vided that, when the act of incorpora-tion impairs a contract on the faith ofwhich individuals have advaneedmoney,or engaged their property it can-not be repealed without providing forthe reimbursement of the advancesmade or making full indemnity to suchindividuals."

The act of 1868, No. 25, is in my opin-ion, unquestionably repealable.

ALB1iRT Voonmraus.The substitute was taken up and read

a second time, but the House, by a voteof 46 yeas to 21 nays, less than four-fifths refused to suspend the rulesasked for by Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Or-leans.

On motion of Mr. Fitzpatrick the billwas made the special order of the dayfor to-morrow at 1 o'clock.

House bill No. 164, relating to a con-tinuation of the charter of the New Or-leans Mechanics' Society for the fullterm of thirty years, was called upunder a suspension of the rules, andpassed finally.

Mr. Ryland, of West Feliciana, chair-man of the Committee on Agriculture,Commerce, etc., reported: Favorably,with amendments, on Senate bill No. 99,to amend section 2702, e, ., of the Re-vised Statutes; favorably, with amend-ments, on House bill No. 135, to amendsection 1682 of the Revised Statutes;favorably, with an amendment, onHouse bill No. 115, regulating the officeof Port Warden of New Orleans; un-favorably on House bill No. 168, regu-lating the office of Harbor Master ofthe port of New Orleans.

Mr. Voorhies, of Orleans, called upHouse bill 115, to regulate the office ofWarden of the Port of New Orleans.

Action was suspended on the arrivalof the Senate, when the G-eneral As-sembly in joint session, proceeded toba!l!ot for a United States Senator, withthe following result:

Bnate. Hounse. TotalJonase.............. r,2 -Gibson..i ............... 1 14 17Robertson...... ............ 4 7S heeler ......... ...... 7 9 11Jno. Young. .......... r, 1t 1

Total............... . 21 6n 87No choice and the Senate withdrew.The Port Warden bill was again taken

up by the House.Mr. Voorhies explained that this was

the same presented in the last Legisla-ture. It reduced the wardens one-half,the total expenses nearly one-half,and did away with the compulsion ofmasters to have their vessels inspected,and generally to do away with one of thedrawbacks to commerce.

The bill was passed finally. A motionto reconsider was followed by a motionto lay on the table, which was carried.

House bill 135, to amend article 1682of the Revised Statutes, relative to har-bor masters, was taken up on motion ofMr. Voorhies, and passed finally.

Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, chair-man of the Committee on Corporations,reported favorably on House bill incor-porating the Mississippi, Terre-aux-Boeufs and Lake Railroad Company.

Mr. Bowden, of Franklin, called upHouse bill No. 143, to amend and re-en-act section 683 of the Revised Statutes,relative to corporations.

The bill is like the old law in everyparticular except that its operation ex-tends to the co-operative and Grangers'stores. The bill passed finally, and amotion to reconsider was laid on thet.ablhl

Mr. Lyons, of East Feliciana, in thechair.

Mr. Leonhard, of Orleans, by consentintroduced a bill to repeal, to amendand re-enact article 644 of the Code ofPractice and to repeal act 79 of 1876 andact 39 of 1872, etc.

The House bill relative to taxinglands in Lafourche parish for drainagepurposes, was called up by Mr. Blllleuand passed finally.

By Mr. Ferguson, by consent-A billcreating an additional justice of thepeace for the parish of Orleans, andproviding for the appointment andelec-tion of a justice of the peace and a con-stable for the upper districts of theparish. Referred to the Judiciary Com-mittee.

By Mr. Kidd, of Jackson, by consent -A bill providing that the warrants ofthe census takers of 1875 shall be receiv-able for the taxes of that year. Referredto the Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Barbin, of Avoyelles by con-sent-A bill creating two additionaljustices of the peace wards for Avoy-elles, and giving the Sixth and SeventhWard justices concurrent jurisdiction.The bill was passed finally.

By Mr. Bell, of Orleans, by consent-House bill No. 104, a bill to amend andre-enact an act incorporating the Fac-tors' Warehouse Bank. Referred to theCommittee onzBanks.

By Mr. Lea, of St. Helena, by con-sent-A bill authorizing judges to issuerules on application for injunction andtry the same in chambers. Referred tothe Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Washburne, of Morehouse, byconsent-A bill amending sections 815and 816 of the Revised Statutes. Re-ferred to the Judiciary Committee.

By Mr. Jonas, of Orleans, by con-sent-A bill providing for an appro-priation to pay - Maclin for woodand coal supplied to the State-Houseand other government buildings in 1875and 1876. Referred to the Committeeon Claims.

By Mr. Sellers, of Union, by consent-A bill to fix the salary of the privatesecretary of the Governor, and to pro-vide for the mode of paying the same.Referred to the Committee on Retrench-ment and Reform.

House bill 153, the bill re-organizingthe Board of Health was taken up, andthe question of giving the board thecontrol of the ofice of Recorder ofBirths, Marriages and Deaths.

The proposition of Mr. Voorhies ofthe previous day to strike out this see-

ve gavseProa lively debate between

Investing such extraordinary powersr tthe Board of Health as the control ofthe slaughterhouse inspection, of thecoal oil inspection and of the office ofrecords of births, marriages and deaths,

The opposite party contended that itwas necessary, in order that the reve-nues of these offices should defray theexpenses of the Board of Health. Themotion to strike out was lost and thesection adopted.

Mr. Aldige, of Orleans, now offeredan additional section, providing that therecording of births, marriages anddeaths be made obligatory in the coun-try parishes as in the city of New Or-leans, and constituting the parish re-corders as recorders of births, mar-riages and deaths.

This was opposed by Mr. Billieu, ofLafourche who contended that theBoard of health bill was of benefit toNew Orleans alone, and that the coun-try had no business to contribute to de-fraying its expenses.

Several amendments were offered, andduring consideration of the section itwas discovered that there was no quo-rum of the House and an adjournmentoccurred.

The Senate.The Senate met at 12 m., Lieut. Gov.

Wiltz presiding.Prayer by Rev. Father Hubert.A message from the House announced

that that body had passed House bill133, amending section 1929 of the Re-vised Statutes; House bill 189, regula-ting the sale of sewing machines-House bill 189, regulating the sale otcoal oils, etc., and House bill 188, rela-tive to criminal proceedings by Justicesof the Peace in Claiborne.

Mr. Goode, for the Judiciary Commit-tee reported favorably on the act todefine the limits of the Second JudicialDistrict, etc., and to reannex the Sixthand Seventh Municipal Districts of NewOrleans to the First Judicial District.Report lies over.

Mr. Mitchell, for Committee onRailroads, reported favorably on Housebill 191, "An act to incorporate Mor-gan's Louisiana and Texas Railroadand Steamship Company."

Mr. Breaux called for the reading ofthe bill, pending which the Senatejolned the House to ballot for UnitedStates Senator.

Returning in a short while, the read-lng of the pending bill was resumed.

MIr. Breaux withdrawing his call forthe reading of the bill, neverthelesstook occasion to speak in general termsagainst the passage of bills creatingcorporations, as he wished to guard theSenate against monopolies.

Mr. Kelly in the chair.Messrs. Ellis, Boatner and Robertson

explained that there was no monopolyin the bill and could be none, as noth-ing was asked from the State but thesimple right of way usually granted toall railroads. It did not conflict withthe privileges of the New Orleans andPacific or any other road.

Mr. Mitchell, in answer to the intima-tion that there was any monopoly con-templated by the bill, replied warmlyon the part of the Committee on Rail-roads, that the committee would nothave entertained such a thtug. It wasnot a bill sought by Mr. Morgan, butone proposed as an acknowledgment ofthe enterprise of that gentleman, andto encourage his desire to promote theinterests of the State.

The report of the committee wasadopted by a vote of yeas 13, nays 9,and, on motion of Mr. Steven, the bill,under a suspension of the rules, wasfinally passed as amended by the Houseand reconsideration refused.

It will be remembered, as explainedby Mr. Robertson that the bill originatedin the Senate under a resolution of Mr.Goode requesting the committee to con-fer with Mr. Morgan to induce him toextend his road to Texas. The bill as itoriginated in the Senate during the reg-ular session was reproduced in theHouse in the present extra session.

Mr. Breaux gave notices of bills torepeal the private market act, and thebill creating the New Orleans SanitaryExcavating Company.Mr. Wheeler, without notice, intro-duced an act to abolish the parish of

Carroll and create instead, out of thesame, the parishes of East and WesCarroll. The bill is accompanied by amemorial stating that the seat of Jus-tice had been peremptorily changed bythe Legislature in 1870, from Floyd onBayou Macon, to Lake Providence, af-ter public two-story fire proof building,sixty feet square, had been erected ata cost of $42,000. The memorial alleges

that for several months in the year it ismpossible for the people west of theBayou Macon overflow to attend courtx~cept at great expense and trouble, byway of Vicksburg, by a route of 130miles. The bill lies over under theu!es.On motion of Mr. Zcharle, the Faill

vs. Stamps contestation for a seat inthe Senate, was made the order for oneo'clock Monday.

Senate bill No. 29, to enlarge the ju.ridiction of the Third District Court olNew Orleans, was taken up and discus.sed by Messrs. Georue, Zaoharie, Ducros, Goode, Ogden, Grover, Ellis andBreaux.

Mr. Steven in the chair.The majority report was adopted by

a vote of 12 to 7. The bill was placedback on the calendar.

The only objection to it resulted fromdoubts as to its constitutionality.

Dr. Perkins asked to call up Housebill 179, to provide for gauging and thesale of coal oils, etc. Referred.

The bill relative to the sale of pianossewing machines, etc., passed its secondreading and was referred.

The Senate went into executive ses-sion, and thereafter adjonrned till 12 m.Thursday.

- *--~c ---TRAINED ACQUIESCENCE.

How the News of the Final Decisionwas Received in New York.

[N. Y. Herald.]The state of feeling in regard to the

settlement of the Presidential questionwhich was evinced in this city may bedescribed as complacent. A drearier ormore disagreeable morning has seldombroken over New York city than that ofyesterday was. The wind blew in suddengusts between momentary lulls and therain beat mercilessly. The statistics ofruined hats were tremendous. Dis-gusted with the inefficiency of the StreetCleaning Bureau the' Celestial StreetCommissioner took the matter into his

own hands and made thorough workof it. But better than this, the)residential question, which hasdragged its slow length alongfor months, to the detriment of businessand the disgust of business men, wassettled at last. The state of the weatherwas in itself sufficient to prevent anygeneral expression of opinion, butwherever little knots of men were to beseen there the presidential questionwas, in a subdued manner, the ,iopic ofhe day. After all, however the won-

derful part of it was how little was said

b a s. In the sreet eams eer'bryb-st s eedlp sul

all the day long It waso.nl when tmenCame into friendly contact that the sub-Ject was referred to, and then, even,where opinions were widely apart, inthe most friendly spirit. As menshook hands one would say tothe other, "Well, it's settled at last--Hayes has bulldozed Sammy complete-ly." In nine cases out of ten the sub-stance of the political conversation wasembraced in the three words-"Hayesbulldozed Sammy." Republicans as wellas Democrats used this favorite form ofexpression, which, when it came fromDemocrats. was usually supplemeftedby an intimation that Sammy was wil-ling, only that he was not able, to bull-doze Hayes. But the remarkable fea-ture of the day was the general, almostpainful, silence on the subject. In noother country in the world could theinhabitants of a great city have re-mained so absolutely quiet on the daywhich settled the rulership of the na-tion. It has been the habit to speak ofthe loquacity of the American peo-pile, but when a whole populationcan hold its tongue under such circum-stances the fact is proof of a contrarydisposition. An Indian stoicism seemsrather to have taken the place of talka-tiveness with us, and it was certainly asin ular spectacle to see a dozen menfacing each other in the Broadwaystages without any one of them openinghis lips on the subject which was in theminds of all. This silence, however,does not indicate a want of interest inthe politics of the country, as wouldappear at the first blush. Apathy isscarcely a characteristic of the Ameri-can people, however apathetic they mayseem. It does not even indicate a wantof strong party feeling, for with us par-tisanship always runs high, but ratherwhat must be termed, for want of a bet-ter phrase, the spirit of trained acqui-escence. ..... 4@4w,----

A Western Opinion.[Muncie (Ind.) Courier-Democratl.

The South came in solid array to theassistance of the Democratic party, andfor that evidence of their faith inDemocrary, they have been ignomini-ously sold out to the enemy. If theSouth now makes terms with this ene-my, instead of being the victims of abargain and sale by pretended friends,the Democracy of the North have noright to speak or say them nay. TheEastern leaders have proven cowardly,venal and corrupt, and the West hasblindly followed their lead.

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A horrible accident occurred in Hous-ton on the morning of the 26th inst.Two little children, named Eddie andWillie, aged respectively four and twoyears, sons of Mr. Adam Clay, wereplaying in a buggy house, which caughtfire by some unknown means, and thelittle fellows were burned to death.

--- •.k *-- -Important to sugar planters. See Trouard's

advertisement.

FINAbCIAL AND COMMElCIAL.MONETARY.

OFFICE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT,Wednesday Evening, Marchi, -7,, I

NEW ORLEANS CLEARING HOUSE.Clearings. Balances.

March 3...... .... $1,350,875 76 202.L67 24March 5.............. 1,62023 73 139,091 09 IMarch 6 .............. 1,983 228 49 148,295 92 iMarch 7 ........... 1,817,550 49 223,169 40

Thus far this week.... $6.774,678 47 $713,123 65Mame time last week.. 6,911,579 93 651,817 71Total last week....... 10,231,849 75 1,118,761 54Total week before..... 7.040,51X 08 988,981 08 J

The demand,tfor money was light to-day, bothin bank aid on the street, and commercial paperwas unchbnged, Under the advance at New JYork gold ruled Igo higher, and sold to a fair Iextent. Foreign lExchauge followed the courseof gold, closing 1@1%c higher for sterling, and

3 cent for france. hbe bu iness in both wasmoderate. With larger offerings New Yolk sightwas easier. Stocks were quiet. A moderatebusiness was done in State Uonsols at strongerrates. Premium bonds ruled at about previousquotations.

h1 e following were to-day elected Directors ofthe Crescent City Live Stock Landing andSlaughterhouse Company: Messrs. Jos. Herandez, J. N. Avegno; Chas. Deluyter, T. 8. Terrill,Robt. Mott, B. Saloy, C. J. Nicholson, Chas. 8il-lingham and J. J. McGinnis.

We continue to quote: Exceptional commercialpaper at 8@- per cent per annum discount; Al cdo. 910; second grade do. 121•5; collateral loans a7@9; frat class mortgages 8%@9Y%, and secondgrade do. 10(12.

Gold opened at l05/@105%, against 105? atNew York, and after a fair busiLees, closed at

405%(@105%, against 105% in that market. The Csales summed up $46,(,'0, embracing $5000 Cat 105%, $12,000 and $20,000 at 10b5, and 3000 C

nd $6,00 at 105%.Under the course of goil sterling gave way 1@

-/o, and francs 3 i cent. ihe movement inboth was limited.

The sales of ,terling comprised 30.500, em-bracing 2000 bill of lading at 500, 2000, 4000, C5000 and 14,000 do. at 506@3507, and 3000 bank Cat MD0.

The sales of Framnc comprised 100,000 commer-cial at 4.97%,@4.91.%, and 60,000 at 4.963,.

We also notices a sale of 90,000 Marks at4.98%.

At the close sterling bills were quoted at 506@507 for bill of lading and Al cicar, and -(-510 for bank, (bank counter rate at -@-510,)and france at 4.971@4.96% for commercial awlndnominal for bank.

Under more liberal off, rings, commercial sighton New York was easier. the sales comprised$280,000, embracing $10,000 and 20.000 commer-cial at 3-16 V cent discount and $20,000 and $50,-000 do, and $100,000 private bankers' at 7-32.

The banks continue to check on New York atV cent discount, while commercial eight wasstill quoted at 8.16, against 8 16@- yesterday.

The following is the official statement of thesales reported to-day at the Stock Exchange :15 shares Citizens' Bank at... ..... 639 shares Sun Mutuai Insurance Co.... 9415,000 btate Consols at............... 62%

8,000 do. ................ 635,010 Premium Bonds at .............. 82/

21,000 do. ................ 82/20,000 do. B. 80 flat............. 88500 Nicholls Police Warrants........ 57/500 do. do. ....... 572

1,000 do. do. ......... 58500 do. do. ......... 59Stocks were quiet.State Consols were stronger, clos'ng at 603

GS%~ against 62%@63%.Premium Bonds were in fair request, but were

still quoted about 82%(@82%.COMMERCIAL.

OFFPIE NEW ORLEANS DEMOORAT,Wednesday Evening, March 7, 1877.

Quotlaions represent prices for round lots fromfirst hands. unless otherwise stated. In fillingsmall orders higher prices are paid.

COTTON-The sales today (not Including 180and 150 bales additional yesterday, when the ac-tual business was 6300 bales,) were confined to8850 bales at prices requiring no change in ourquotations. We give also the figures and reportof the Exchan,e as below:

Gen'l Quotations. Ex. Q.Inferior ..................- @-Low Ordinary..............10 (@10%Ordmary.............. 1lt'j lt)/ 1 0

s/Strict Ordinary .......... l.(.10 O1i4 -Good Ordinary........... l10••10% 103%Strict Good Ordinary.......11 @11; -Low Middling .............. @l 11%rStriot Low Middling........11./@i1 S -Good Middling............12 12 -

od Middling ir..............12.. :12l6Fair........ ........... 1 @-18-3

The market opened with a moderate inquiry,but although, the movement was cheeked bybrokers claiming oone ons, which factors were Iunwiing to = n, Yet the sal daring the

MW nom i. Aeiuesian4 egt gkilt #$a., tai >i eat

Paid UP CapiLta6 $1, P .

FROM THE TWENTY-EIST A rASTATEMENT FOB L*IV.

Net annual earned pre-mlums and Discountsand Interest .............. I4sit,7I

Losses, Expenes, Taxes,et....... ........... 77, 94

Reserved fund S0t,0o00 andDividend on capital 10per ent.................. 69,547 47-886,70:12

Net Profit ......... ... 71,Assets of tlhe, ,...arny as-

tlmated at their cashmarket value:

Stocks, Bonds, Loans andBills Receivable.......... 898,08 7

Cash on hand and premi-ums in course of collec-tion......................... 16sem,01 yl

Dividend paid on stock ten per cent per aR-num, and on participating policies twentpprcont, pay able in easn.

This old and reliable com any is lmui g 3OIl-oles on Fire, River and Marine risks on the 9 +favorable terms. All losses promptly .ajuaeuand settled upon liberal terms o t thir oMa.a2 amp street. JAMES J. DA',

H. CantmP R, Seeretary. JaileATWENTY-SEIENTB ANNUAL STAT l.

MENT

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CESCOENT MUTUAL INSURANOB CO•-PANT.

New Orleans. Mar 90, 1878.

The trustees in conformity to the ametcharter, submit the following statement of iaffaIrs of the company on the aOth April. 7ll7:Fire premiums.............lol201,006Marine preuims..........8$7,48 97

iver premiums ............ 114.818 6-118.0Earned premiums lessre•D' c .ance and ro-turnr premiums...... . An,.

Losses paid and esti-mated, including allknown and unpaid:

On fire.........sie,e~s 10Marine........ 18,988 65On river....... 71,471 90-9147,890 55Taxes, expenses, re-

bate in lieu of par-tIcipation, less inter-est. discount, etc..... 88,79 11- 281.110$

Leaving, after paying10 per cent in cashInterest on capltalstock, profits.......... ... .8.8 W

The company t..ve the owing assets:Bills receivable............. $03,728 75Loans on bond and mort-

gage........ ........... 448 u-416,7 15Loans on pledge at call..... 120,711 87Cash....... ............ 67.88804- 186Mg 41Heal estate.......... ... ..City bonds, bank and other stocks..... 186,181 9-'remlums in course of collection...,.. i7.68 97

Total luwets...........................$s6o0 71

The above statement is a true and correQtranscript from the books of the company

THOS. A. ADAMS. FreeldenMtHENRY V. OGDEN, Secretary.Sworn to and subscribed before me thhLs d,day of May, 1878. WM. H. HOLIw,-eoond Justice of the Peace. parish o af Or -

The Board of Trutees resolved, That -paying the annual interest of ten oer 0etthe caltal stock of the company thata diydof TWENTY PER CENT be paid in cash onafter the 12th day of June next, to thoseInsuring with the company entitled to reodivg'the same.

TBUSTEES.hos. A. Adams Edw'd Pillbury.

iam'l B. Newman. Jno. E. King,iam'l H. Kennedy Fred'k Camerden,Fohn Phelps, L. Harrisidam Thomson, Andrew Stewart,enry Abraham, Joseph itone,". N. Strong, George artin.lctor Meyer Alfred Moulton)roseph Bowling. L.O . aJure ,

no. M. Sandidge. eo. W. Ientell.imon Hernsholm, A. Levi,imon Forcheimer. John Brunaso

o, B. Wolfe Wmin. H. hewSl. rtot.m . John V. Moore.

is M •HANTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE O..f OF NEW ORLEANS.

104 .............. Canal treet.............t1.

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT..

i In conformity with the requirements of their1 charter the Company publish the followlnge

statement:d Premiums received durine the year endingMay 81, 1876, including unearned vremiuzn oftile previous year-On Fire Risks ....... .......... .....41,4ao On Marine Risks........................ av8s atOn River Risks ......... ..... .... 46,7'8-$

Total Premiums.....................689,4 105Less Unearned Premiums.......... 114,604 0

Net Earned Premiums al8t May. 1876...80M,19Losses Paid-

On Fire Risks............ 89,911 42On Marine Risks......... 55,744 22On River Risks ......... . 8a406s 7

8181.061 87Taxes.............. 11 81,t Rinsurane c and Rieturned .

Premiums............ .. 6.148 22G Exveneos and Fifteen PerCent Rebate Less Interest. 61,480 48

Proflt............................L1'

The Company have the following Assete-al Estate .............................. e

Bank. Raiiroa anid other stoeks.. e.. IaNotes secured by mortgage and DIo(p ~ 0Bil Receivable ..................... 0,Premium in course of collection..... 66.110State Bonds....... .............Insurance storky 1.e 0 iD tockofValetDr ockCo a.. 19,0 * i

arineDry Dook and Ship Yard

Mo•eBonds urnerAssociation 70 9Mo ae Bonds Odd Fellows' Hall... 5A00 0!Judgment on Mortgage Notes......... 1Cash on hand.......................... 6,0 a

The above statement is a ust, tr and .Srecttransceriptfrom the booksof

G. W. NOTT. Seoretary.

BTATE OF LO BIN .Parish of Orleans. City of NewOr i

Ssworn to and subscribed before me. the id 4ap?of June. 17e.JAMES FAHEY. Notary Publis- 4

At a meeting of the Board of Directorson the ad day of June. 187 it was rDay to the Stockholders. on demand0ENT interest on their stock.

DIRECTOBS:P. MASPEBO ED). TO YD FATJO. P. YOU .SZ. RELP. A[ W.SJ. J FERNANDEZ. D. A.J. lLL. OHS.L.

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SAVINGS INSTITUTION.

TEW ORLEANS SAVINGS INSTIT1 No. 15 Canal street. Trustees-A.ton, E. A. Palfrey. Carl Kohn, T. L.BayneUrquhart, George Jonas. John G. GaiA. Adams. Thomas Allen Clarke,ihneider. Charles J. Leeds. Samuel J

Interest Allowed on Depo it..D. UBQUHART. Presidest.

CHAS. KILSHAW. Treasurer. asl•r,

FOR RENT,.

0 BENT.-Three elegantly furnishedf'om~,in a central location, eonvenient to twoof caty •lradeds, to rent, y eases+