New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-23
Neh 0rIeaus Dailp Crescent
WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. %, 1861:
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, ooToBERs %, 1851:
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al REcErTION BY sGES. LOWELL. ~ Gen. Mansfield
Lowell, Commander-in-Ch Chief of this Department,
yesterday received visit from Major-Gen. Lewis,
Brig. .Gen. Trudeau, and all the officers of the
First Division They called to pay their respects,
and were received most cordially by the General.
After making this call, they started to the resi-
dence Of Cen T~iggs, with an intention Of paying
their respects to him; but were informed that the
gallant old veteran was too dnwell to receive his
friends. This visit was therefore postponed until
Gen. Twiggs il well enough to undergo the fatigue.
The officers all express themselves as being highly
pleased with Con Lovellis appearance and sol
dierly bearing, and seem anxious to have brush
with the enemy, so as to, get chance of showing
him that all the good soldiers have not left the
State yet. .E&L.&
FREE MARKEr:- There were 1876 families sup
piled at this institution yesterday morning. which
showsa falling off of about hundred, when COM
pared with the report of last Friday, which We
suppose las matter of course, was purely accident
al. The quantities provisions given out werelarge,
as may be seen by the subjoined list and the com
mittee request us to call general attention to the
fact that their supplies are falling short and ask for
their contributions particularly cornmeal and vege-
ables from the planters. The articles given out yes
terday were as follows: bullocks, bbls. macke-
rel, l460 loaves bread, 400 cabbages, 43 bbs. meal
bbls peas, s bbls. sugar, go bbls. greens, lS0
bundles leeks l59 bundles chalots, 2 bbls. pilot
bread, $50 bundles carrots u sacks oniors IS
sacks sweet potatoes, i Dbl. vinegar, u sack
salt, bbls moasses kits tongues and sounds, 3
kits herrngs, 2 bbs. mess pork, so bundles pars-
ley, 50 bundles mustard green's 38G pumpkins.
night the Fifth Company Of Cadets was organized
by the election of officers under the supervision
Of Captains Buncker and Trudeau, Of Gen. Tru-
deau's staff. The gentlemen elected are we'll
known in military circles as competent for any
post, and no doubt need be entertained but that
they will soon have Company in as fine state
of efficiency as any of the celebrated organization
The following is list of the officers elected J. J
E. blanchard, Captain; Thomas A. Eudule, First
Lieutenant; A. Chopin, Second Lieutenant; J. j
Sharkey, Junior Second Lieutenant. We congrat
ulate the company upon their selection.
TIE ELLIS CAsE.-The examination of Charles
Ellis, charged by Mr. B. s. HARRISON with being
an Abolitionist was to have been resumed yester
day morning by the Mayor, but owing to the alb
sence Of important witnesses, was postponed I'LL
to-day. -.. --- u.-
CoRoNER's IEeUEsT.-The inquest upon the body
OF Henry McGinn, who was killed1by John Godfrey
last Saturday night, was finished yesterday, and {
verdict of willful murder was rendered agains
Godfrey. -- .7f.
SUPPOSED THIEF ARRESTED Officer Lien las
night arrested Tom Wilson, alias Kane, on Notrt
Dame street, whom he charges with being dan
gerous and suspicious character, and suspects o
being one of the parties who went into Crafts bee
saloon, on last Saturday night, and robbed the til
Of forty-two dollars. Wilson is also suspected o
having been concerned in the garrotng affair las
Saturday night on Grod street. He will have Il
| give an account Of himself before Recorder Emer
| son this morning. --@.-g4 .gI.7l -E-t
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.-Th Board met last eve
ming, Mr.. Nixon presiding.
When we entered the Board was discussing tn
propriety of paying officer Harry White for ont
months time lost in consequence of having beel
wounded while in the dIscarge of his duty. Th
resolution was adopted. and the subject OF paying
Mr.. Whites DOCTORS bill was laid over.
resolution was adopted requ sting Gen
TWiggs to hand over to Gen. Lowell the balance
remaining in his hands of the fund appropriated
for city deienCes, aud making the remainder 0
the fund subject to the order Of Gen. Lowell. Th
resolution was sent to the other Board for concur
renee.
A resolution from the other Board was con
CURED in, fixing the remuneration of the Sher
for the maintenance of the Parish Prison at twenty
five cents per day for each prisoner after the frs
OF November next.
The bread ordinance was taken up and amende
by reducing 1t to its original form, as passed SOM
years ago.
The Comptroller reported that city notes ha
been issued to the amount of S95, 1856.
The Board then adjourned.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. The official re
port of the proceedings OF this Board will be ioun
under the proper head in another column.
| FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-The following busines
| was done in this court yesterday:
Joseph Garibaldi, Seraphina Campioni and Pau
| line Scayoni the three Italians arrested in Angus
| for making counterfeit coin, was tried and foun
| guilty.
Peter Kreppe charged with swindling, was dis
| charged upon motion OF the District Attorney.
| RECORDER EMERSoN's CouRr-Acting Rec0rde
| HM presiding. John Miller, accused of striking
Henry lronstrap over the bead with a hammer
| was held in bail Of $3.50 to appear on the Sth Q
| November next.
| Charles Smith, charged with having assaulte
| Henry Alfus, was also held in bail to come up O.
| the 7th proXimo.
Rosa MCCann for assautlng Ann Stewart, wa
made member of the peace society for tire
| months
| William Lacey, a juvenile vagrant was sent t
| the House of Refuge.
John Harrison, accused of being juvenile VI
grant, and with insulting and abusing officer Ma
10y, was remanded to await further examination
The following parties were discharged:
Madame Pierre, charged with being drunk.
Edward Connor, in for the same offence.
| Doroughty, accused of trespass. And c. ,
Jones, for assaultng and beating Thomas Kelly.
And the found drunks were fined $40, whic
they paid.
| Recorder GAsTlNEL's COURT. - Mary Roger
Ellen Mahoney, Mary Sullivan, and one other il
dividual named Olivian, who had a general mus
together, we're fined five dollars each and mad
members of the peace society for three months.
| Adolph Cobbes was bound over to observe
peaceful aspect towards all the world, and pa
tculary regarding Joseph Barre, whom he doe
| not like.
| Items from the Cincinnati Gazette and Com
| merciaI of the 11th and I2th.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS. - The Twentysevent
Ohio Regiment, composed of Germans, came dow
! from Camp Dennison yesterday, and crossed tt
river to Kentucky, taking the cars of the GOWN
ton and Lexington Railroad for the interior
Captain kinney's company of artillerists, wi
its red battery, left for Kentucky yesterday afte
noon. This is the second battery Of the first Oh