New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-12
NEWS OF THE CITY.

POLICE APPOINTMENTS. The Board Of Police
met yesterday and appointed the following gen
tlemen Captains Of Police in their respective
Districts For the First District, Henry Moye-
men; for the Second and Third Districts, Bald
win and Mazerat were re-appointed; for the
Fourth District, John Seib, the former Lieu
tenant, was appointed.
His Honor, Recorder Summers, yesterday
afternoon arrested with his own proper hands
an Individual named James Doyle, charged with
assault and battery and also with another of
fence, which, for the sake of deeency, shall at
present be nameless.
Harmon and Mary Farmer are under lock
and key in the First District, to answer charge
Of violently depriying somebody of certain funds
BLooDY.-A man named Leslie Beckwith was
found last night lying upon the pavement at the
corner of Broome street and the Leyee in an in
sensible condition and covered with blood. He
had received several terrible wounds and contu-
sons about the face and head which must have
been inflicted with deadly weapon of some de-
scription, andwas taken to the Charity Hospital
in state apparently bordering upon death.
We understand he was coal-boatman. Moth
ing could be learned in regard to the authors Of
| the affair
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. Board
met last evening, Col. Campbell in the chair and
quorum present.
After communication from the Comptroller
had been read and disposed of, the President
proceeded to name the following gentlemen upon
the standing committees:
STANDING COMMITTEES. 5gs
Ffnance--Piaee, Chairman; Levy, Wilt,
Howell, Filleul.
Streets and Landiags-Levy, Chairman
Olivier, Thayer. Witt, Raymond.
Ciaims--Bloomfield, sr., Chairman; Conant,
Robert, Reed, De Armas,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Chairman; Filleul
Robert, Stith, Tracy.
| Reed, Rolling.
| FIre-Howell, Chairman; Bennett, Lamothe
| Trewinsky, Delesdernier.
| Observation-Disclosures, Chairman; Stith, Col.
| les, Bloomfield, Trewinsky
| Heafth--Stith, Chairman; Dolbear, Tracey
| Thayer, Lynch.
| Prisons and WIork-H onses-De lesdernier
| Chairman; Filleul, Cooper, Read, Lynch.
| Improvements and Bnifdings-Thayer, Chair
man, Bennett, Lathrop, Olivier, Robert.
| Charitg--Lathrop, Chairman; COLES, De Ar,
mas Lamothe, Place.
/ House Of Refuge-Barkley, Chairman; Coop
| er, Trewinsky, Rolling, Delesdernier.
| A motion was made by Mr.. Stith that til,
1 protest submitted at the previous meeting b,
| the defeated candidates for Assistant Aldermen
of the First District, and referred to the Judi
/ eiary Committee, be transferred to a speeia
/ committee. The motion was adopted, AMI
| Messrs Witt, Robert, Thayer, Levy and Dol
bear, were appointed on said committee.
4 Communications from the Treasurer, Comp
troller, Street Commissioner, etc, treating o
sundry small matters, were then read and re
ferred to the appropriate committees.
i A communication from ID. |. Ricardo, offerin,
himself as candidate for City Notary, was lai,
| ON the table subject to call.
1 A memorial was read from number of citi
zens Of the Third District, calling upon TIL
Board to bestow its attention upon certain in
iquitous institutions in that portion Of the city
and apply some sort of extinguisher to the ex
istence thereof. The document WAS referred t
the Mayor.
i Permission was granted to Mr.. Gator to us
the Place d'Arms for fire-work exhibition.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Witt abol
ishing the office of Chief of Police, and afte
considerable discussion upon the subject, tn
same gentleman offered a substitute, requestin
the Police Committee to report an ordinance re
organizing the Police Department and maxim
such changes as may be deemed necessary, an
also requesting the Mayor and Recorders to a.
pend the appointment of police offcers -
such measures be taken. The substitute We
J adopted
A resolution for providing o suficiens sslic
force to protect captains and seamen frol
boarding house runners and others, was read an
referred to the Police Committee,
joint resolution was offered by Mr.. Still
requesting the Mayor to tender an invitation /
the Southern Commercial Convention, now
session in Charleston, to assemble in this city
December next.
A resolution authorizing the sale of COL
tract for laying brick sidewalks in the Thir
District was read and referred to the COMMITTEE
, on Streets and Landings, and the Board the
adjourned.