New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-05-30
VOLUME XIV.

A communication was received from mayor
Monroe, inclosing proposition from zen. Juo -;
Hood, in regard to the cleaning OF the sueelS ol
| New Orleans, and draining the clty IN proper
manner, for ten years. He proposed, az t4e re,
quest Of a number of our most suosIahtlal ana
best known citizens, to establish JOINT stock com
pany to carry out the projects Gee 81 aGoVe 90. ana named te
increase of $40 900 per annnm for the ensuing five
years, and an increase of $4,000 per annum for
| the remainder of the term On m0uon OF Alder
man Stith, the mayors message and the commune
cation of Gen. Hood were referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and landings
Another message from the mayor was received
informing the board that he had entered into a
contract with Messrs Davis Il Jackson to supply
$50 suits Of uniforms for the police at SIS per suit
and uniforms for the lieutenants at S2} per suit.
Also straw hats for the police force at So so each.
The mayor strongly recommended the use Of straw
hats for the summer, instead of the caps provided
| for by the ordinance. This message was referred
to the Committee on Finance.
Another message from the mayor informed the
board that, at the request of several members, he
had not signed the resolution granting an exten-
sion of time to Mr.. d. McCoard for the
pletion of the New Levee and TcboupitOnlas
city railroad. Upon investigating the matter,
| however, he was satisfied there were no good
| grounds for refusing to do so, provided that Mr..
| McCoard would guarantee that the city would not
be involved in the suit now pending between Mr.
| McCoard and the City Railroad Company. Some
| discussion, formal and otherwise, took place, and
the matter finally settled in the board by con-
cnrrence in resolution adopted by the lower
| board, requesting the mayor to send back the
| original resolution for revision.
The following resolutions were received from
the assistant board
AuthOrising the controller, after ten days notice
to contract for repairing and keeping in repair the
street bridges of the city, for term Of three
| years. Concurred in.
Authorizing the mayor to employ Mr.. Louis
Janin as counsel Oh behalf of the city in the snt
against Samuel Locke, the fee to be fixed at $3.50
| Adopted.
Authorizing the controller to sell, after six days
notice, to the highest bidder, the right to collect
revenue from stands and stalls on the ground
| between the beef and vegetable markets, Second
District. Referred to Streets and Landings Com
mttee.
Authorizing the payment of $l485 to Dennis
Cronan for making certain water.ppe connee-
tions, and S400 for mould prepared according to
instructions from the late city surveyor.
Authorizing the controller to sell contract for
keeping in repair the ballast roads Of this city
for three years. Concurred in.
Authorizing the sale of contract for keeping
the shell roads of the city in repair, the lessee,
Henry McGuinn having failed to carry out his
contract, and having been placed in default. Con-
Accepting the bonds of Mr.. Mgles sharkey,
collector of levee dues on seagoing vessels. Con
cured in.
Several petitions were received and appropri-
ately referred. One asking for square block pave
ments several streets in the neighborhood of the
New Basin was referred to the surveyor.
Leave Of absence was granted to Alderman Nc
Closkey for sixty days.
A proposition to build market on Poydras
street, free of cost to the city, in consideration Of
the revenue for ten years, was referred.
The Committee on Streets and Landings reported
! unfavorably on the proposition Of Mr.. Freret, in
regard to the drainage of Canal street, but recon-
mended instructions to the surveyor to make
changes to remove the causes of complaint.
The contract for repairing the bridges of the city
tFou HrIn nrndt ho lad Ibn+ yt-rrL- foi
each district should be set apart separate con
tract.
After some further routine business void Of pub
lie interest the board adjourned.
RECORDER AHERNs CoURr.-Wm. Cullen, alia
Tracy John Wilson and JOIN johnson were re
Gently committed for trial to the Criminal Court
on charge of being yagrants, and having no visi
BILE means Of support. There was some alleged
intormality and the papers were returned to thu
recorder. He disposed of the case by sending tht
parties to rusticate in the workhouse for the mex
I three months.
Charles G. Biberon, charged with shooting Emil,
= Stone and wounding her in the right side, in
a house on Villere street. between Gasquet an
. Canal, was ordered to be admitted to bail upOl
. giving bond Of $500 for appearance for trial. Th
e wounded woman has been declared out of DANCE
f by her physician,
. A large number of cases, as usual, were apprO
priately disposed of, butthey not of suficien
4 Importance to mention.
d CRIMINAL CoURr-.Judge Abel.-Charles Am
r bers pleaded guilty Of larceny: D. Sullivan an
: John Mccarthy, of burglary; Mary Baptiste an
+ VIM. Martin, Of larceny, and they were remande
d to prison to await sentence.
: Malvina Garidel was tried for larceny and foun
T. guilty.
# Henry Brown was tried for the same of1ense AM
acquitted.
It ". A. Keesacker was tried for assault and bal
terry, but the jury failing to agree, the defendar
was discharged
e John Thomas, colored, was tried for larceny an
IS convicted.
e James Carrigee, charged with false impriso1
e ment was dismissed by mol pros.
e B. Russell, found guilty of assault and battery
e was sentenced to pay fine of $50.
Il Informations were filed against @. NJ. Rutherfor
10 and NJ. j. Downs, indicted for fraud, and again!
Edward Murphy, for larceny.
,, The grand jury presented a true bill for murdt
y against Henry Gibbs.
= RECORDER GAsT1NEL's CoURr.-George Griff
10 was arraigned on charge of highway robber.
W preferred against him by j. Lacarse, and was r.
> manded to await examination.
W. j. N. Dupon, an alleged fugitive from justiC
= from the parish of St. James, was ordered to
n delivered to the district attorney of that parish
- Clement Baker, charged with being a dapgeroU
10 and suspicious character, was committed to tt
~ wOrkhouse for sixty days.
"a The other cases were of a trifng character, al
- were appropriately disposed of.
n RECORDER VANNARD's COURT.-Howard, charge
v. with being a cOlOred vagrant, not being able
show that he earned living by industry, was COL
ir mitted to the workhouse for six months.
I'd The charge against John Miller of being da
I'd gerous and suspicious character, not being su
n, tanned, he was dismissed.
to Several cases requiring investigation were co
be tinued for the purpose of procuring witnesse
b. etc.
e, RECORDER LETTEN's CoURr.-There was no ca
yesterday before this recorder worthy of speci
lg mention. Breaches of the peace and indulgen
to in tanglefoot were the items chiefly to be tax
notice of, and Judge Letten appropriately pu
ty ished and properly admonished the Offenders