New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-03-08
City Intelligence.

Davis. ~ Ward-W. G. Lytle and g, H.. Noble V
G j; Young r. Il. Brunei and J. A. Reghart, VII
Ward worrell Charles Riddle and J, Forgay.
sEeosD D,srnIcT Gate Frs Musierali,y)-I Ward
Ward-Wash Fleming and = Dearue III ward-E
Gi4ue and J. Lanata " Ward-A. Brusle and p
Blenque ward Mouney andJ B saaparn. VI
Maurice Barnett, Sr. and L. Surgi.
THlRp DIsrRIer (late Third MunicpaIty).-I Ward-J
Ducong. r. Albert and G. Debuys. II Ward-v, Lee
blanc, p Malloux and O. Cougot. III Ward-G. Defer
riot, ]. Laidlaw and NJ. Hernandez.
FouRrn DlsTRIcT (ha'e Latayete) Il Ward. G. Har
ris and d, T. u ater II WardT1 Fitch and NJ Gar
US. Mount and j. n. Philips. Ward-J. c. Clarke
anal. Norment.
The Convention organized by appointing NJ. c. Ed
retaries when motion adopted requiring the
to be vra and making majority of all the votes
necessary to choice Of candidates.
Mr. lIagan desired to address the Convention before
proceeding to the nominations, but as opposition
made to speeches he took his seat.
A. D. Crossman the present incumbent and Felix La
batut were nominated candidates for the Mayoraty,
when Mr. Crossman received 35 and Mr. Labatut 16
wlereupon Mr. Crossman declared to be the wing
candidate for Mayor.
4 motion to declare the nomination unanimous
announcing that Mr. Grossman unanimously elected
the WING nominee for Mayor
After discussion precedence, the Convention
and W H. Garland, Charles II fancy VIM. Emmerson
and Adoph Layet were placed in nomination.
NJ S.M
son 4, andMr fancy g. and VIM. IT. Garland declared
the candidate for Treasurer
The next in order the Comprollershp. for which
Adophe Layet and Divide DeBuys nominated though
it was stated that the former not candidate Mr.
DcBuys received all the votes except and declared
unanimously elected the candidate for COMPTROLLER
For the Surveyor. there was but nomination, and
Louis H. Pile was unanimously elected the candidate for
that office.
selection of candidate for Street Commissioner which
there were three nominations: Mr. Dunbar, A. Mon
tayne and James Jos Mr. Jolls received "a Mr.
Montague 49, and Mr.. Dunbar Sand Mr. Jolls was de-
cared the candidate for STREET Commissioner
The Convention then dissolved,
The Delegates from retrospective Districts then retired
to select candidates for District officers.
In the First District the delegates met at the Municipal
HALL and proceeded to select candidate for Recorder
The nominations were c. v Jonte, j NJ. Hawthorne I.
H. Shields Jos. Etter r. Gaiennie. and j. D. Byrne 1t
decided to vote by ballot and majority Of all the
votes made necessary for choice. There
eiT balotings the contest in which almost entirely
between Shields Jonte and Hawthorne. a tie occurring
twice thrice between the first two. The result
however majority in favor Of Mr. Shields who de-
cared to have been unanimously elected candidate for
Recorder
For Aldermen. the following gentlemen nominated:
j. N. Marks, G G. Lahror. George Allen James Stock
G. Tompkins and c. C. Lawrasonand the following af
ter several votings elected candidates for Alder
men; Mcssrs Marks Stockton. Allen, Converse and
Tompkns
In the Second District j. L. Fabrc elected the
didate for Recorder unanimously, Cyprien Duour, Paul
Pecauet f. Gidue H. j. Harris and George Clarke We're
nominated for Aldermen and Pecquet, Gque. Dutour.
and Clarke we're elected so these four were as
the candidates for Aldermen from the Second District
In the Third District there great ,nanimty in the
nominations Joseph Solomon selected the candi
date for Recorder and John Laidaw and REVERE Gardere
for Aldermen,
In the Fourth District there nomination for Re-
corder or Aldermen the people having reserved that
pleasure to themselves.
SUSPECTED Foul PLAYA handkerchief con-
tanning clothing last night brought the High Con-
stables office of the Second Municipality by who
stated that she found it lying the shell road The
states that she passed along the road her
way to the Lake she lying by the roadside with
this bundle him. Upon her return. the
gone. but the bundle remained and the ground
srewed with torn papers The clothing in the handker
chief to have belonged to sailor and consisted of
pair of grey trousers and three shirts of blue and
another of red flannel and the other of striped linen.
FIFTH DISTRICT Contradictory r. Morgan,
VS.. Albert Wintercast and R. F Williams
The plaintiff charges fraudulent transfer the part
of Wintereast to Williams with the object of evading the
tiff in the of $500. For this amount judgement
had been obtained and execution issued when it
found that the real estate of Wnercas morgaged
the payment of four notes issued the 9th May
1851 in favor of Williams and payable in T. 49, "A and 80
months. with per cent interest The complainant
charges that at the time of making this mortgage Winter
cast nsovent but neither voluntarily surrendered his
property to his creditors he proceeded against for
surrender; that Williams was man without means
and possessed neither property credit and at the
time of the mortgage in the employ of Wintercast and
that there real consideration given by Williams for
the mortgage He moreover charges Wintercast with
having concealed the notes received for the mortgage
any were given. being thereby guilty of fraudulent con-
cealment. etc
The plaintiff further charges that Wintercast passed
mortgage to Williams and in January last induced his
wife to him Wntercas in the Second District Court
for large sum- all in bad faith and with view to derud
plaintiff
The defendant Wintercast denied these allegations de-
clarng that the notes had been negotiated and in
the hands of third parties who had given for them va
able consideration.
having occupied the Court for nearly the whole of the
past week and was given to the jury on Friday evening
On Saturday morning the jury came into court and de-
clarng that there possibility of the jury agreeing
they were discharged.
ROBBERY ohm Ford and John Placet were
arrested Saturday morning by the First Municipality
leave the house Of Mr. j. Richly in Phppa street. after
breaking open trunk and robbing it of sundry articles
Of clothing gold medal, and $37 in money Recorder
Genos sent the worthy pair to Recorder Caldwes court
A SCRAPE.--Francis Fairbank and James
Hamilton brought before acting Recorder Etter
Saturday to answer charge preferred against them by
Dr. Cicero Baakee of having broken into his on the
Perdido and Carroll streets and taking his
effects and putting them into the street and
with having pulled down his sign and locked him out Of
his premises.
1t that the Doctor considerably in
for the rent of his premises which he hired from coorcd
woman and had paid attention to repeated notice to
quit so the woman employed Farbank and Hamilton to
help her in ejectng him. and taking the occasion of his
absence they emptied the premises Hamilton seemed to
have known little nothing of the nature of the trans
action that he engaged in, and he discharged by
tho Recorder but Farbank who had been very active
appear trial charge of burglary before Judge
Larue.
A SAD SIGHT.-Four young girls, the eldest
about fifteen, another ten and two six years of
last evening arrested in the street and taken to
the watchhouse. They all well clad had good fea
lures, and quite intelligent Two of them are sis
ters Byrne whose father resides in Esplanade St
another aged years states that she is the daughter
of carpenter named Irwin residing in Paquemine street
between Josephine and jackson streets Lafayette All
four state that they have lost their mothers and there is
none to supply their place They consequently per-
mtted to wander about the streets and occasionally to
take up their lodgings in the wach-house 1t burn
ing disgrace to the city of NewOreans that it affords
asylum for children in this condition. and there
place to keep them except in the company of the most
abandoned of both sexes.
CHARITY HosPITAL.-The following is the re-
turn Of the Charity Hospital for the week ending with
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Discharged. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SIG
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SAD ACCIDENTAL little daughter of Mrs Ken
residing at the of Edward Thomas streets
drowned on Saturday by falling into well in the rear