New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-22
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various municipal Offices, will be closed to-day, in
honor of the birthday anniversary of the i'm
mortal Washington. The only public celebration
to take place. that we are advised of, will be the
ball of the Continentals at Odd Fellows Hall.
That it will be an affair worthy of the great occa.
sion there need not be the slightest doubt. Let us
hope that when the day comes again, it can be
honored as it should be, by citizens in the enjoy
ment of every right. 1t will then be made glori-
Gus event, as it always has been in the Crescent
City in the days gone by.
| The CUSTOM HoUsE.--We are requested to say
by Judge Kellogg, the Collector of the Port, that
| Customs offices will only be open from until II
O'Clock this forenoon. After the latter they will
| be closed in respect to the anniversary of Wash
| ington's birthday.
| $4,000 IN SPECIE SToLEN.-We heard in the Sec
ond District, last night, that Frederick Treder,
proprietor of boarding house and beer saloon,
No. l6 Philip street, was robbed evening before
last of four thousand dollars in gold and silver. He
had that amount he alleges, and eight thousand
dollars United States currency, in the drawer
of his armoir, which he states was opened by
| means of a false key, between the hours of and
s O'Clock on Tuesday evening. He intmates that
he has suspicion as to the person who committed
the theft, but we understand be will not allow any
arrest to take place, at least has been taken
into custody in connection with the affair." SO far as
we are aware of.
The transaction altogether is almost unaccount-
able. 1t would show we are inclined to say
monstrous elfdenial, for any one to help himself
to four thousand dollars and not touch eight thou
sand dollars more that were lying alongside the
former amount, though the thing may have
been done with more forethought than is appa-
rent at the first blush. The specie was in bags,
Mr.. Treder says, and the bills done up in packages
each. That the latter large sum was there we
have no doubt, from the information that reached
US. We have not learned why so much money
was kept in such an insecure place. Some people
have strange notions in regard to keeping their
cash, and this appears to be an instance, and one
of those that carries its own moral. Probably
something more will turn up in regard to the
affair.
ALLEGED HIGHWAY RoBBERy.-A. s. Ferris was
arrested last evening by special officer Trower, on
a charge of highway robbery preferred against
lin by P. Willhite. The amount said to have been
thus violently taken from him, is $500. The
accused will have chance of making statement
this morning before Recorder Kruebbe, before
whom he will be arraigned.
Nor CAREFUL-John Ryan was arrested yester-
day by special officer Pecora on q charge of
tampering with one of the witnesses, in the case
of VIM. II. Hurst Paying too much attention to
other peoples affairs does not pay as a general
thing, though occasionally something is made by it,
UNsEAsoNABLE.-As the balmy spring is now
almost close by, it would be hardly seasonable
thing to steal cloak, and the acquisition of such
an article of dress was evidently not for a shield
against the wea ther but as a cover for dishonest
purpose. Mary johnson is charged with acting in
such manner by Julia S. Kenly, and was arrested
at her instance By special officer Burke. Mary
will get every opportunity to show her innocence,
if she can do So and then go forth impure raiment
and not, as now alleged, in fnery i'll acquired.
A PHILADELPHIA READY TO CONE ON AND
LIGHT THE CIry.-A Philadelphia oil man, signing
himself George Carter, has sent communication
t the Mayor, which is rather good thing in its
way. He says he is ready to fix up our gas lamps
so that they will work petroleum, and proposes to
charge (conditionaliy) only $i4 for each lamp per
annum, and that they will give nearly, if not quite
as much light as gas, He says Philadelphia pays
$50 for each lamp, the price of gas being SO per
1000 feet, but as the city is interested in the gas
works, the cost is reduced to $50. He assumes
tht we pay SluU lof eacn ianlp as gas IN New W.
leans is 81 per 1000 feet. Here is an extract from
his letter, which we give just as written:
Should some unforeseen speculation or should
the flowing wells give out, SO as to enhance the
price above one dollar per gallon will be an add
tional charge In this case you can be at liberty
to annul the contract As soon as you are pre-
pared will ship YOU 500 barrels of Pratoleum &
draw on you at SIGHT the bill of lading for the
demand which will be between Is to 20 thousand
dollars will as soon as you send me lamp have
the lamps made and be on and commence
to light the city at once we are strangers And
as there are so many scoundrels about g.
more so since the unfortunate war you
will be safe as you will always have the oil
which will credit as so much cash My desire is
to work on the square. If my proposition will
suit you can let me know at once. Reply by tele-
graph.
Our oily Philadelphia friend will no doubt be
somewhat surprised to learn that the gas lamps
here costs the city but forty-dve dollars each
He may however have chance to ''be on and
commence to light at once" the suburbs of the city
if he will do so on square terms, and leave
unforeseen specnlations and flowing wells out of
the question. The question of lighting the suburbs
properly, is entertained, and ought to receive all
due consideration.