New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-29
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resolution BY Alderman Cox Instructed Tie ill.,
o. The paving and gussrs Of Dryadss
,.Is. resolution by Alderman Forsa Instructed he
III, seae ~ tna heors Of the Second District police
'~ss u. "a Gopted and sent esewnfor concurrence
anS COMMITTEE oil Finance fspsrteds recorr IN
sk sree 10 the ordinance relative i,
atnr ths Baasa n = 0ourthonse and ere
Esggets : ~t. - ssnse uasra1ting In favor Of 81 Z.
Il Nsw' wsness iss ros Tersas parish
above ordinance " ass ..s Sssk wss reported The
striking out the porson era4isr, 1 AZ ~
Court<honse Commissaosiesx NH sseat0 REV. u
neg aess IN charge q conaaitses snbsrs 4 T GSunsa
The Committee On Streets snd Iaudi di,su4 ,s,,u,4.s
two resolutions to cause adjudication q coisSsrs
for paving Orleans street with round ssSrsr ss,S
each side or Trelue market with square biStI Z
favorable report upon the petition of Adam
Schmidt as TO coffeehouse license uas made ff1u
the petition Of r. Rhinehart and Others "a Il ~
curnulation OF cotton in certain localities Of he
streets favorable report was made; the commit
tee reported substitute for the resolution of the
Assistants limiting the loads ofyeficIes said snbst
fute being that loaded vehicles shall not be driven
through the streets faster than walk the loads
not TO exceed 6oo0 pounds in weight and fleir bulk
IN accordance with prescriptions submitted inreso-
iufion; concurrence was recommended in resolution
70 cause reiaying 0fpavemeHto on New Levee street;
N that authorizing adjudication Of contract for
filling up portion Of ThaIja street n fTYaf ar
tsarizpg contract for three hundred thousand feet
On .unner for plank roads; ii that authorizing ad.
Indication Of SIX contracts for improving nv ay-
,ng f. aad otherwise improving Gasquet, Arch La
streets; IN that to cause removal ~ glsanfu m,
levee opposite Lafayette street n thaf dfrscfins
the rebuilding Of the bell tower st the Wood cot
tpn pres y that directing that notice M gwen
that Doth sides Of Rampart street are t0 BIZ paved
with square blocks (which matter was inliefsi5al5
5p0stponed) in those instrnctfng r2xcissv III uNe
lamps on Elysan Fields street and Claiborne
1tsr IN kttrsa L.
the placing Of street scrapings in The ponds "a
White street. noR-coneurTence was reeofnsneuded
in the resolution to the sIefiing of flle nor
ton % Of the levee lately filed up between Canal
to cause the draining of portion of the Third
District below Cotton Press street was recon-
mended, as also was the adoption Of the resolution
to request the Water Works Company to place an
ron hydrant ON the west side Of Tfvolf Circle
The report was received, with exceptions above
noted, and accompanying resolutions adopted.
As unfinished business, the reconsideration Of
the vote on the resolution to cause the sale Of bat
lure properly between Canal and st. Louis streets,
came up. and the vote being taken the ID econsid-
Grafton moved was refused gsss
The matter Of the ordinance to regulate the adj
mnls,ration nli q the MeDonogh School Fund was
called up under the unfinished business head
motion that it be laid over without action was lost,
ana tne ordnance being read, was much discussed
and finally coneurred in.
The Board then adjourned
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERAEE. There was no
quorum of this Board The members tresent ad-
journed to the next regular meeting. 81
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ARRfFAL OF THE. STEAMSHIP ARIzoNA The
purser Of the steamship Arizona reports having
left New Orleans on the 18th inst, ana arrived at
indanoia on the 18th, where she was detained by
norther until the 18th; arrived at Brazos St IaeO
on Sunday 18th, and was ready for sea on the 2zd,
but severe norther coming up she could not cross
the bar until the 18th, when she left and arrived IT
Indianola on the 18th, and left same day for New
| Orleans
Sailed from Brazos, 1sthfnst.; schr. j. II. Toone,
| for New Orleans, and schr. Alliance, FOR Sabine.
Left at Brazos schr. Julius Webb for New Orleans.
to sail on the 25th inst. passed selr On the bar.
supposed to be the Sarah Mills.
| The United States revenue cutter Fl. Dodge was
| still at Brazos.
The Arizona brings the following passengers:
Miss Ian5elt Miss Gisbeih Mrs Heniy webb, b.
NJ santsn y Dunbury, A Thomson, W Laiha Iiesls
ARRIgAL OF THE sTEAMsH MosEs TAYLOR. The
United States Mail Steamship Co.'s steamer Moses
Taylor, $. P. Griffin, sq, commander, with mails
and passengers from Havana, 25th inst, to IS. de
Visser. 4ss
4 The propeller Habana arrived at Havana on the
! 25th inst.
A The Moses Taylor brings the following passen-
gers:
a. NJ u Iaysgn ysg and three children sewa aha
Foig Isssss saa as Iinss aak
i aay s n M Essnosse Shs W. aaa ag 4 aass sss
nekby q n Dixon, Center barrow, ads ssysat
Mr ssaeE assisss ssrIsis q plss Is
saG ~ e. sassas sss 4 sn xS Ms
ag K ,@o ee'ersn, g w. Is 9nnnsy NJ Aclaes Petit Capt
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PoIsoNED BY STRYoHsIsE WHIsKv.- Nicholas
Spencer and his wife, both colerad, were poisoned
in Stenbensville, Ohio, on the 18th, BY drinking
strychnine whisky-the husband dying within hall
an hour after taking the fatal dose, and the wife
suffering much at the time the letter was written
to the Pittsburg Chronicle that her death was mo.
mentarily expected. The parties, it seems, pro.
cured bottle of whisky at tavern in town
which, it is said was heavily charged with strycI-
nine. Both partoek of it, and both became alarm
ingly i'll Immediately afterwards, with what resnli
we have stated
CONVICTION OF LANE, TILE BANK DEFAuITER.-
The conviction in New York. ON Saturday, Of W.
J. Lane, the Fulton Bank defanlter, is said to be
the first instance of conviction for defalcatiou
ever obtained in that city. There were no less
than fftysx different indictments fonnd against tic
prisoner nine for forgery, for embezzle
4 ment, and sixteen for false pretenses Though
ably defended, Lane was found guilty by the jury
after a consultation of less than an hour.
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A CRUEL SrEPM0THER.-A Detroit stepmofher was
recently sent to jail for three months for abusing
the son of her husband by former wife, first, h1
nearly starving him to death, and lastly by knock
ing him down with fatiron; tbs poor boy had