New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-13
Aen Orleans 4ailp Crestent.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER -, 1861.
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oIlehuS nOnitEelS1 Cdpt. sam -iNt iiSi'oii' una ~
Twiggs Guard, Capt. NJ. J. Smith, for the compIf'
ments they paid US as they passed our Office on
Saturday night last. Although we neglected the
matter in our columns, the remembrance of the
good feeling evinced towards us is fresh in our
heart and will remain Sc for long time.
FREE MARKEr.-seventeen hundred and forty
three families received supplies yesterday at this
institution. 1t took the following list of groceries
to supply their wants: 1885 loaves bread, 81 bb's
meal, IL bbls sugar, 8 bbls. molasses, bbls vine
gar, 8 bulocks, sacks salt, 68 sacks potatoes,
sacks turnips, IL kits mackerel, kits salmon,
tongues, sounds, 4 kits herrings, boxes Goldfish,
900 cabbages, $50 punches greens, 400 punches
leeks, 4lG pumpkins.
FEMALE FoRGRn AnREsrED.--A woman named
Mary Ann Finney, who is accused of quite eXteh-
siye operations in the forging line on small scale,
was arrested yesterday afternoon upon the ahida-
Wit of Mr.. D. W. Eames, of the firm of Beldan u
! Eames, hatters, corner of Magazine and GraVier
streets. 1t appears that Mary AMI has been in the
habit of writing notes to different parties, asking
the loan of small sums of money and to be sent
certain articles of dry goods groceries, etc. to all
of which she signed the name of Mrs. Eames AS
these notes were always addressed to persons with
whom Mrs. L. bought, the requests were, OF COURSE
readily complied with, and attracted no suspicion
until the bills were sent in 1t then soon leaked
out that there was somebody making money under
false pretences, and watch was set Mary, not
knowing this was picked up and calaboosed She
is quite good looking girl about 25 years oi age.
SUSPECTED OF BEING SPY.-The Mayor yester-
day morning received dispatch from Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, warning him that man named Daniel
Hand was on his way to the city, who was an abo-
| j;.;, M1Vor Monroe gave
the dispatch to Special Farrell, who in an hour or
two found Mr., Hand, arrested and brought him up
before the Mayor, who proceeded to examine INTO
his case 1t appeared from the evidence that
Hand has been for many years partner IN the
house of S. A. Williams & Co., of Charleston, ;.
c.: but a Mr.. Hollingsworth, who claims to be
iuniOr partner in that house, says that Hand IL no
longer member of the firm. Messrs. s. l.. & r.
L, Levy, welknoWn merchants OF this CITY,
vouched for him in the strongest terms HAND
saws that lie is citizen of Georgia. but has resided
for the last three years in New York, and that ne
owns property worth over one million OF dollars
in Georgia and South Carolina said that he came
here to attend to business OF the tifm OF "lliiaihs
l. Co.. but would not state exactly what that pusi'
ness was The case being so mixed up, the Mayor
sent the accused to the Governor, who committed
him to the Parish Prison for the present.
| APoPLEXY-Mr. J. P. McGuin, the keeper OF a
clothing store on the corner of Girod street and
New Levee, fell dead yesterday morning with an
y apoplectic fit while he was standing before hlS
) store conversing with some friends
DAR11ci RoyBERY-The store of Messrs. Alfred
IS Munroe x Co. was entered yesterday morning by
= two rogues while the young man who opens the
: store was busy sweeping out, and robbed OF Sly
L coats and Jacket They made off with their booty
unobserved, and were making tracks for the bacl
part of the city by the way of Union street, |hei
luckily officer Farrell, who happened to be comnI
along that way, saw them Suspecting omethn!
was wrong he stopped and made them follow hin
, to the police office. He had been there but teV
: minutes when the clerk of Messrs. Munfoe Il Co
: came in to make complaint. He identified tn
T. goods, of course, and the rogucs were locked up
ii A BrRGLARY.-A hurglarious entrance was e
fected into the store of Mr. L. Depits, on Magazin
ut street. near Felicity Road, yesterday morning
about Al o'clock. and goods and money to tn
amount of sG7 stolen. No clue as to the perpetrf
tors of the crime has yet been found.
" FIRE.-A kitchen belonging to Mr.. B. Toledant
to situated on Franklin street, was destroyed by fir
Yesterday morning. This fire is supposed to hay
mp been caused by an incendiary.
FIRST DISTRICT COURT ne lp4lOMluS puSIucs
was done III this court yesterday:
m William johnson, accused OF assault with intel
~ to commit rape, was, on motion OF the Dstrl'
Attorney, discharged on mol pros.
John SELLERS, charged with larceny, was a
raigned, plead not gaiLty, and gave bail to appes
for trial. , =.
;, Paul Borne, accused of larceny in considerable
of tine fact that he was now IN active service
!. the army was dismissed on mol. pros.
j. T. Wolworth, accused of assault and batter
III. was also discharged on mol. pros
saa Mr., and Mrs Shepherd charged with entering
q house in the night, were arfal8heu anu helu
Wit | appear for trial.
WV j. II. Cohen, charged with breach of the peac
and Martha Harris, W. c., accused with haroo
ery ing a slave, were both arraigned and held IN bt
for their appearance
RECORDER EMEnsoN's COURT. Hannah Martb
- accused of assauitng and kicking Catherine M
- han was dismissed, the prosecutor not appearn
Josephine Rossado, charged with assaulting a.
oD beating Martha Alexander, was lined Slo ana ma
c of a member of the peace society.
Joe Bobs, Mike Hannery alias Mike JoInsc
for entering and robbng the store OF Messrs /
,rth fred Munroe & Co. of $40 worth of clothing, We
arraigned and sent to the Parlsh ffisoh 10 d"
n. examination.
,N7 Patrick McGraw, charged with whipping the S
of Dennis Donovan, gave bail to come up on
l4th for examination.
Thomas Corners and James Farrelly, accu
by Mr. Levy of entering aud robbing his Jewe
store on the lst inst. OF thirteen gold watch cha'
valued at 1915, gave bail to appear on the 2
10 Il inst. for examination.
y y q BOARD OF A1DERMEN.-This Board met last mig
RTY Mr. Delnbarre in the chair and quorum prese
! per The reading Of the minutes was dispensed WI
1eei 1e. A message was received from the Mayor,
restine that the city should extend an lnvltat
| to the State Legislature to meet in TINS CITY,
ao' Informing them that the Mechanics Institute Wo
,rs be proper place for them to meet IN If some
Dajrs we're made. MIR. Stith offered resoIut
OF that the matter be referred to joint committed
and both boards, with power TO act, said commlte'
Miss consist of three members of this Board and =
my members of the Board Of Assistants, and the Pr
y to dent appointed Messrs. Stth Witt and ROBIN
ER. the Committee Of the Board OF Aldermen.
resolution was sent to the Board OF Assistants
concurrence
The Board of Assistants, by message, asked {
currence in the following:
'afn5' preamble and resolution granting perms
sjeT | to E. Gallagher to place an exhibition car at
head of Canal street. provided he denotes $50
s%tih month to the Free Market. Concurred in.
te,, resolution authorizing the removal and Sc
ay-Y ing of the copper street lamps. Concurred ill.,
A resolution granting permission to the res
company of the Orleans Artillery to use the
darn G ; as drill ground until the end OF the
Mr.. DeIabarre left the CHAIR and offered
,.. amendment allowing the company to build
reeI in the square for the protection OF their guns
JR ! amendment was accepted and the resolution
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