New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-15

equean assorted lot Of Mexicans white egyptians free
negroes and slaves many Of them notorious character
brought up before Acting Recorder Witt yesterday
morning for INDUCING in hellish orgies Wednesday
evening" In house on Kerlerec street. between st. An
thony and Dsuphine streets Mary Joseph, free woman
of color the keeper of the house. fined fifteen doars
the other negroes were discharged and thu whites far
the worst Of the crowd fined Ia proportion TO their
characters Some of them paid and went their way
joicing and the others who could not were locked up
DANGEROUS. --In the old lot ON Esp1anade
street. formerly used by the Union Mills in the rear Of
the Louisiana Ball ROOM several uncovered wells In
which any person liable to fall who s not Of their
existence. boy was found drowned in one Of them
about six months since, and the property is I'M
enclosed similar casualty Is liable to at any time
They should be attended to-
DISTINGUISHED ARRIvAL.-The famous Dr.
Hines arrived in town day before yesterday looking
benign and fathery He has just returned from
years. recuperaon at the Manual Labor School at Baton
Rouge whittier he had been sent for acting too faherY
part towards innocent little boy in the Pontchar
train Railroad ears in persuading him of the danger Of
carrying pocketmoney when there many rogues
about and such kind old gentleman himself to
quaint him Of his danger and take charge Of his for
him On his arrival he repaired to the office Of the Chief
Of Police to notify that unctonary Of his in the
city to state that he is DESTROYS henceh of making
pie will only give him chance he being physician Of
mean capacity as well as a tailor and shoemaker.
Though the Doctor ID descending in the vale Of yearsbe
ing about fertyfve years Of age-he still preserves
rather youthful look and while do not wish impugn
his professions Of reform would advise people not
tempt him with any unnecessary exhibition of innocence
or verdancy Care!
The Doctor applied to Recorder Bright yesterday
after cxpatiang upon the beauty of the weather. with
tha he
Reporters table in his We Of felt intensely
sttered by the offer Of such condensation and
with the Chief Of Police Recorder and the police
In general anxously await his next demonstration.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMES.--This Board
met last evening" pursuant to adjournment Mr. Place
the chair and fifteen members present.
The minutes Of the two preceding meetings. were read
and approved.
resolution was read and adopted instructiDg the
Treasurer not to make further payments to the Gas Com
pany until it shall put proper lights in the City Hall
A message read from the Mayor, informing the
Council of the election of Mr.. Webster Long to the
the Eight Ward caused by the loss of Mr. Lynch
in the Attic. committee having reported favorsbly
upon Mr. Longs qualifications he introduced, and
the oath of office administered to him by the Mayor and
took his seat.
Another message was received from the Mayor en-
closing copy of the Report of the Sanitary Commission
upon the Great Epidemic The Mayor commsnds it very
highly and urges the Council to act upon its suggestions
as to quarantine other sanitary measures This part
the message referred to the Committee Health
The message also urged the Council In view Of the
expiration Of the charter of the New Orleans Canal Co
pany and the consequent reversion of the Canal the
State make arrangements to its ransfer from
the State to the city 1t also informed the Council that
it will be necessary the first Monday in January to
point commissioners to attend to the cys interest in
McDonogh bequest This part Of the message was
ferred to the Finance Committee.
communication received from the Comptroller,
announcing the sale Of contract for grading and she'll
ing certain streets and of the contracts for collecting
market and branding and numbering carriages
cabs carts ETC. Referred to the Committee Streets
| and Landings.
l to the Finance Committee 1t is as follows:
Receipts: 500 1872 29
Expenditures. 9l5e6 81
| Leaving on hand 5Oa5 IS
1 communication was read from the Surveyor stating
that the pipes lack four Of reaching the Work.
house. and that it will the city $1,000 to lay the
necessary pipes to light that institution with gas 1t also
referred 10 the expense Incurred by the city from the
setting of newylad curbstones by cattle, and to the
complaints of propertyhoders ST. Joseph, Julia and
Grod streets in regard to the swamping of those streets
after rain and recommending the construction
sewers to remedy that evil well as to construct
bridges and other improvements in back streets that m
fer in the way. The st. Mary's Vegetable Market
was also reported against decayed and dangerous
advised to be down sold The report referred
to the Committee on Streets and Landings.
communication read from the City Attorney in
reference Mr. Brophy's claim against the City for cal
hire and advising repeal of the ordina by which the
authorities of the Third District employ cabs at the cy
expense Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Several messages were received from the Board Of Al
dermen, enclosing amended resolutions and ordinances
and asking concurrence In other resolutions.
The resolution asking the Surveyor to ascertain the
practcaby of laying railroad from jackson street
Canal street. through Dryades street, Triton Walk
Circus street and ascertain through what other
/ track might be laid, was concurred in. Nc
The Upper Boards amendments to the ordinance regu-
ating the loading and driving of drays etc. and var
GUS resolutions, were coucurIed in
The resolution granting the Sanitary Commission five
hundred printed copies OF their Report for grauous
tribution was concurred in,
The ordinance authorizing the printing of Mr.. Choi
seus digest of the city ordinances under the supervision
of the Finance Committee at of $780, debated
at length, and concurred in, with an anendmen
that the cost shall not exceed that sum
Other resolutions from the Upper Board concurret
in and appropriately referred among Them authori
ring the acceptance of the tender Of the Mechanics
for thu session of the Southern Convention directing
the Mayor to appoint hundred Delegates to represen
the city in that Convention,
resolution approved by the Street and Landing Com
mttee of the Upper Board since the Boards last meeting
which authorizes the Garroton Railroad Company rui
horse jackson street, during the pleasure tn
Council was concurred in.
The Board then took up the tax and license ordinance
amended by the Upper Board Mr. Nleul in the chair
The Board proceeded to hash it, with many amend
ments and such abundance of debate, render it
final shape unimportant the Upper Board being destne
to reconsider it. TheE coeehouse clause however wa
permitted to stand at $780, and this part the ordipanc
maybe considered decided. We lett the Board wadn
tediously through it, by yeas and nays paragraph at
time.