New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-29
Err 3d., 1860.
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On SATURDAY nlgnt a meeting or the iriendS OF
Southern Rights took place in the Hall over the
Carrollton Railroad depot, Third Ward.
The meeting was called TO order BY nominating
Dr.. McFarlane for President, and g. W. Kooatz
for Vice-President; Geo. II. Helm and VIM. b.
Sempe were appointed Secretaries.
The President, on taking tie Chair, made few
very appropriate remarks. Mr.. ]. 0. Nixon being
called upon, responded in short speech appro
pirate to, the occasion. Judge Fih of Mssis-
sippi, Col GLADDEN., Mr.. George ". Koontz and
George Hyams were the other speakers. They I'll
spoke TO the point, and the meeting was eminently
an enthusiastic one.
On motion, the following gentlemen were ap-
pointed an Executive Committee for the Third
Ward Hon. Gerard Stth, Col. D. 4. Wilson, Geo.
w. Helm, w. G. Lipscomb and ]. B. Slawson.
Robert A. Grinnan, Esq, was elected Treasurer.
THE MUNICIPAL IMBRoGLIo.-On account of i'll
health, Judge Price did not ON Saturday, as was
expected, render his decision upon the misunder-
standing between Recorder Emerson and Mayor
Monroe The decision will be given to-day or on
Wednesday, as we hear.
THE CANDIDATES IN ALGIERs.-From the Al
giers Newsboy we learn that at meeting on We'd
nesday night Mr.. George W. Lewis was nominated
as the Cooperation candidate for the State Con.
vention, and that, at another meeting on Friday
night Mr. MCGEE was nominated as the Southern
Rights OF Separate Secession candidate for the
Convention. At the first meeting, both parties
met and struggled for the mastery, and they had
quite lively and funny time Of it.
| MISTAKE OF THE TMEs.-On Saturday, an
affidavit made against q merchant of this city
for oyerdrawng his bank account to the amount of
4 some eleven or twelve thousand dollars, and
/ against the cashier of the bank for allowing the
| merchants checks to be paid. The merchant was
| arrested in the evening and released on bail. The
cashier, we understand, has not been seen for the
| past three or four days. We withhold names until
4 the matter is Investigated according to law.
1 PIsFoLoR1c.-Richard Jones was arrested on St.
| Charles street on Saturday morning at half-past
1 o'clock, at the request of Wm Molloy, who
| charged him with attempt to shoot. Officer
4 Smith, who made the arrest, having found re-
| volver in the prisoners possession, made, as in
| duty bound, charge against him for carry ing
/ concealed weapons.
| On Saturday morning, D. D. Israel was ar
\, raigned before Recorder Emerson, on the charge
j of j. B. Carr, who alleges that Isreal drew der
I ringer upon him with intent to shoot him and kill
d him. Mr.. Israel gave bonds in $3.50 to appear and
d answer this charge on the 10Th of January.
4 ROBBERY OF CIGARs.-Recently, the cigar store
of Louis Constantine, in the Third District, was
nocturnaly broken into and robbed of 10 900 cigars
4 On Friday 7000 of these cigars were found seereted
v under the house Of Berno Dominguez, on Columbus
4 street, near Goodchdren; and officers Berton and
A Carrgey arrested Domnguez and one saribola az
\ the burglars. Assistant Recorder Magion oil
U Saturday sent them to prison. in default Of s75t
j bail each, to await examination.
d A CoPPER SrEALER.-On Saturday morning, Joe
), the slave of Mr.. Stewart was arrested on tn,
d testimony of two negroes, charged with being al
u accessory to the stealing of $475 worth of copper
4 the property of Mr.. John McHugh, Magazine street
Officer Borof, of the First District police, made TIL
q arrest.
EASY FOR THE PoLIcE-The only arrests in thu
4 Third District for the twenty flour hours ending
il yesterday morning, were two drunkards and fou
n stray goats-a thing unprecedented in the Oh
Third, for Saturday and Saturday night. The thing
RI however, may be partly accounted for. The greas
4 ers and bruisera keeping tolerably sober for tn
VI want of whisky money, SILVER through the day an
at night go to the lookup for lodgings, thus savin
4 the police the trouble of Juggling them in. 1t
i pretty much the case in the other Districts, as we
=, as in the Old Third.
Fl Accidental poor fellow named Henry Bon
was yesterday morning found lying dangerousl
n wounded in one Of the new buildings on Roys
a street, between Customhouse and Bienyille. q
II had during the night, fallen from the third story
to which he had climbed for sleeping place and
4 shelter from the Indictment weather. Officers PEI
y cora and Terrade sent him to Charity Hospital
4 VIOLENT ASSAULT WITH A BRooM-sTIcK.-J ua
n, Garcia was arrested on Hospital street on Frida
III night, on the charge Of having violently beate
II Francisco Sanchez with broonl-stick, with intel
to murder. Sanchez was SO badly hurt that he ha
lid to be sent to the Hospital.
u FATAL STAEBING AFFAIR AT LAKE BoRGNE-
VI Coroner Beach and DR.. Berthelot yesterday he
an inquest on the body of John Frank, a ishe
j man, thirty. five years of age, who was brought
n from Lake Borgne the evening before and left
NJ Charity Hospital. He had desperate stab in Il
iu abdomen, which had cut the small intestnes al
leI caused them to prorude through the wound near
ny foot and half, he being in this condition whit
!. brought to the Hospital. The story of the affa
| was that he got stabbed whilst trying to separa
III two of his friends who were fighting. The Cor
81 ner will collect the witnesses and examine the
sd some time this week.
Il EXCITEMENT AMONG THE FASoY.-John G. Heel
I'd an, Ned Price and Aaron Jones are among I'll
NJ latest distinguished arrivals at the St. Charlie
= Hotel. OF course, the admirers of fstic proves
are in quite a stew about it--so much so, that o
81 Saturday night, in the ST. Charles bar-room, som
ID of them had a promiseuous engagement, in til
Or course Of which "gye and take" was played rigl
III merriy. Other weapons than natures were draw
d but none used. The Benicia Boy and his FRIEND
e1 were present during this little scrmmage but too
ID no part in it. =.-z Z 81
A BuRG1ARY.-The residence of Mr.. r. Golyelle 0
ID Fulton street, between Washington and Sixth, wa
to broken into early on Saturday morning, and rol
Ia bed Of silver watch and two chains and $50
q, ss cash.
IL FIRE,-on Saturday evening a feather bed VIZ
:. accidentally set on fire and destroyed, in dwel
ing on Customhouse street, between Dauphine an
NJ Burgundy. Tie bed Yves soon torn up, and Oh
sa shower of feathers that cast from the wndo
gave quite an Elusive representation in minatur
= of a snoW.storm. There was good deal of e7
,eai element, and the tiremen had their run fc
eF . nothing.
y GENERous.-We understand that Mayor Monro
has an unsettled claim Of 500 against the city fc
~ ~ services rendered by him time ago as Asss