New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-14

CHAIN gang, or he will prompt. nrona.1 oairsf
p r5f uGig a1l the siy rights bill The mayor
no distinction of color in the chain gssSy Nv
proclamation he informs the people that hSiIfyo
! sign unless the freedmens bureau Is prOhLitsd
from interfering with him.
BURNING OF THE STEAMER MASONIC GEM NEGRO,
BOY PERT5KEs IN THE FLAMES.
CAIRO, H., May 8-The steamer Masonic Gem
was burned at Paducsh last night. negro boy
employed on the boat persisted in the flames The
Waterman, white man, narrowly escaped being
badly burned in the head and arm. The boat a
few days before, had broken shaft, and was Law.
ing up for repairs. She very old and Of little
value. The Gem was owned by j. E. Wood and
is reported insured for $1,000
THE FOURTH CAvALRY TO BIZ MUSTERED OUT.
MADISON, Wis, May 8.-Adyices from Washing
ton say that an order has been issued to muster
out the Fourth Cavalry. They may be expected
home within month
IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS CONVENTION - PROPOSED
UNION OF METHODIST CHURCHES.
CINcINNATI, May 8.-One Of the most important
religious conventions ever assembled IN our city
will open its session on tomorrow at 10 A. NJ, at
the Union chapel on Seventh street. This conYen-
ton is the result of primary one held at Ceave-
land year ago, having for its object the union OF
all the new Episcopal NJ. E. churches under the
shadow of one church, to be known as the
Methodist Church of America.
EXPRESS MANAGER KILLED-A CASE UNDER THE
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, May S.-Lyman Brodies, an
Adams express messenger, was killed on the Louis.
| vile train this morning, between Cave City and
| Glasgow Junction. He was STOPPING down TO see
| if q wheel under his car needed oiiing, when his
head struck projection beside the track. He
| lived only short time.
/ A case comes up before the Justices court to-
morrow, testing the effects of the civil rights bill
The Tennessee law has not yet gone into operation
| allowing negroes to testify against whites. The
! laws now in force expressly forbid such testimony.
The counsel for the defense contend that the case
is not covered by the civil rights BILL and the Off
GERS of the freedmens court insist the other way.
| The case has created much interest and comment,
and the court room, tits expected, will be thronged
! when the trial comes on.
| THE IRON-CLoAD VESSELS BUILT FOR JAPAN A
/ FAIbURE-HER ENGINEER COMMITS SUICIDE.
New YORK MAY Shelters from Japan state
that the iron-cad vessels built in America for the
tycoon, is a failure. The Japanese engineer who
purchased her committed suicide.
THE ADAMS EXPRESS RoBBERY-ARREsT OF THE
THIEVES.
All the parties implicated in the Adams Express
robbery. in January last, have been arrested and
all Of the money, except about S400 600, recovered
The originator of the robbery, John Grady, q
brakeman of the New Haven train, was recently
arrested at Bridgeport, Connecticut Martin Allen
the engineer Of the robbery, was arrested ii
BROOKLYN last Saturday. Gilbert McGlane, alias
Gilly McGlory, well-known sneek thief was ar
rested in this city last Friday night James Wells
in this city on the same night They were all takeI
to Bridgeport and committed. The proof agains
them is conclusive 1t is said the police of this Cit
/ knew who the robbers were Immediately after TIL
7 facts of the robbery were known, but made yer,
little or no effort to arrest them. The arrests wer
effected through the agency Of Pinkerton's nation
J al police.
DEATH OF A PROMINENT ODD FELLOW.
NEW YORK, May S.-John J. Davies, G. NJ, o
the independent order Of Odd Fellows, of tn
State of New York, died in Brooklyn, this morning
He was also, at the time of his death, grand scrib
of the grand encampment, and representative 0
that body in the grand lodge of the United States
He had been member of the order quarter O
a century.
Z THE CHoLERA-THREE NEW CASES AND TIRE
:. DEATHS REPORTED BY THE HEALTH OFFICER
= UNFoUNDED RUMOR-NO APPEARANCE OF tn
4 EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK.
l. NEW YORK, May 9-The healtd officers repor
1t shows three new cases and three deaths froI
If cholera since his last return. Sixtyive Gonzales
e cent patients have been transferred from the ho
n pital-ship to the ship Saratoga leaving only forty
e seven in the hospital
: The total number of deaths by cholera, SO ia
IL is fifty.
Of The rumor which prevailed yesterday, to ii
m effect that an unknown man from Albany had die
d. of cholera at Bellevue hospital, proves, inve
tigatop, to have been without foundation, the pc
re son in question having died from hernia. T.
III health authorities Of the opinion that there
IN no appearance of that epidemic yet in the city