New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-10-13

The Breckenridge and Lane party had a mass meet
ing last night at Clay square. We had not time
to visit that distant part of the city, but from
the procession, fireworks, ETC., which heralded the
meeting, we have no doubt that Clay Square saw
sights and was sight itself.
| The unanimous sentiment of the three parties in
town is best expressed by the threadbare question
"When shall we three meet again?" So each OF
the three helps to swell the mass meetings Of the
others the Bell of the triangle, though tire
mendously the brightest and most crowded, and
able at all times to make up the biggest meetings
and professions, kindly and charitably places tsei
equality with the other of the triangle
and lends its gentlemanly thousands to line thu
streets and crowd the parks, enyies the frantic
hallelujahs which some Of the types next day sing
| to the tune of .fThree Thousand in Procession 2
"The Harmonious Democracy in Council!" Given
ty Thousand Freemen in the Field ~ etcetera, ant
so forth, and so on generally.
The procession was not as long as the previou!
Breckenridge procession; but what it lacked ii
length it made up in brilliancy. Several of the
clubs, in their physique character, elegant uniform
military march, and fine effect generally, were
fully as respectable and admirable as anything
that has appeared on the streets, in political way
ticuar report of the meeting at Clay square.
| Mr. II. II. Chalmers member of the bar Of
this city, was the first speaker, and spoke amidst
| much applause, till the clubs arrived.
| After the arrival of the clubs, Gov. A. G. Brown
| of Mississippi made speech, in which he avowed
secession sentiments, Gn the event of the Lincoln
trumph) the separate sentences of which fell like
| lightning darts upon the assembled multitude, and
created almost an earthquake-that is, Just around
the stand in the center.
After the meeting, the clubs reformed in process
| sion Eve wish their reform was better) and had
grand march around town.
| STRIKE OF THE TowBoAT ENGINEERs.-The En-
gineers of one of the Towboat Associations having
concluded upon receiving higher wages, struck OF
| Thursday; that is, as many of them as were il
| port. The wages have hitherto been 1925 pc
month for first engineers, and SIS per month fo
second engineers. The strike was for this in
crease: $l75 per month for first engineers, ant
| Sl25 per month for second engineers.
The strike, as we hear, was based upon the fac
that engineers on the up-river steamers have lont
been doing similar engineering, no better nor more
laborious, at the wages now claimed by the tow
boat engineers. .-..m s4.=u-
and second engineers, after seeing their boat
safely moored and all the machinery in order
packed up their duds, and, in accordance witt
previous notice, abandoned their situations.
The Towboat Association, having been duly fore
warned, had already procured other engineers
(some good, some Indifferent and others bad, a
our information goes,) who were ready to man til
engines at the call. The Association, on Thursda
f1,off
interfere with those who had taken their places
applied for and obtained the presence, at the tow
boat wharyes, of posse of the Third Distric
police, with Lieut.. Mazerat at their head. Their
was no disturbance or attempt at row of an
kind though the opinion has been expressed to US
that the presence of the police prevented antic
pated difficulty, which might have taken place i
their absence.
We have conversed with several of the strikin
engineers who fatty deny that they intended an
interference with those who took their places; say
ing that they believe they are entitled to as goo
wages as the engineers on the up-riyer boats, an
that, though poor, they are confident they ca
stand on their strike till the towboat owners sha
find it proper to pay the schedule of wages whic
they demand
The Towboat Association treated the police
which they had summoned for protection agains
the danger which they believed threatened thel
in the most liberal manner, in the way of cordit
greetings champagne, etc. The police, having
interest in the issue, further than the simple di
charge of their duty in case of disturbance, wei
much pleased with the treatment they receive
from the Towboat Associations as they certan
had good cause to be.
The Towboat Association and the engineers wei
equally proud yesterday. It is a row exclusive
their own, which time only will decide.
TIE LATE FoRGERY.-We yesterday omtte
mention of the most interesting police item of IL
preceding day, namely, the arrest of the perpetr
tor of the forgery ON the Mechanics and Trader
: Bank, and his accomplces, and the whole histoi
, of the transaction.
We must explain why we had no report of til
affair." We were at Chief McClellands office in Il
afternoon, and had not the good luck to meet hi
or any of his specials there. Subsequently, W
looked as usual over the arrest book in the polit
office, but found none of the arrests entered ther
We have for years been in the habit of finding 8
arrests reported on the books. Had we seen Il
arrest of the forgers recorded on the book '
should have hunted the Chief and his officers, al
would have given the particulars of the business
yesterdays Crescent. Though the arrests we
made on Thursday, they were not entered on Il
book till yesterday. The following history of Il
forgery we copy from yesterdays Bee:
In our edition of yesterday we reported the ia
I that forged check for $4,000 had been paid by NJ
R. de Armas, paying teller of the Mechanics al
, Traders Bank, on Wednesday morning The who
affair was traced out yesterday by detective office
Thos N Boyan and Smith Izard, who have mat
2 the most astounding discoveries in the matte
t leading to the implication Of Mr. Henry McGil,
y | the we'll known firm of Il. i. McGill Il Son, col
i mission merchants, No. 58 Magazine street, WI
$ has been arrested and confessed his share in d
l. transaction with the perpetrator of the forgery,
G well-known horse trader and gamblernamed Jam
Il Stevens, and his associate, gambler by the mar
: : of Charley DeForrest.
The history of this strange affair is as follows
l. On the 5th Of October John L. Hardie Co., Il
Il cotton brokers of No. A Carondelet street, drew
. check on the Mechanics and Traders Bank, N
II l49 for $40, to the order of 7. j.. McGil Son,
e payment of small account. This check Hen
e McGi, the junior partner, loaned to Stevens
@ copy from. Stevens bought check book on Il
bank in Corson g. Armstrong; store, on Mond
afternoon in which the checks were similar
l. those used by Harde & Co., and copied the fill
in and signature exactly, making out the fa
check for 1910, dated the 9th.
He drew it to the order of 4. H. McGill 4 sc
a and forged their name on the back. When
N went into the bank Wednesday morning he stepp
=, up to the desk and wrote upon the back the nal
~ of Eugene Girault, a young gentleman OF IT
proachabe character, who has been for q 10
= time clerk in the employ of McCiil! 4 Son. !
Il