New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-31
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APPOINTMENTS BY THE STREET CoMMIssIoNER.-t
The Street Commissioner has made the following
appointments in his department, to date from the :
first of next month: .
William Tenbrnk, deputy street commissioner
for the First and Fourth Districts, vice o. A. John
son. removed.
Henry Dart, deputy for the Second and Third
Districts, vice H. G. Pearson, Jr., removed.
Henry Higinbotham, ST., assistant deputy, first
ward ms' m.
c. A. Parker, assistant deputy, third ward, vice
]. D. Norris, removed.
| Luther C. Presten, assistant deputy, fourth
ward, vice A. Martin, removed.
James Falon, assistant deputy, fifth ward, vice
J. Haberlin, removed
Henry Guyol assistant deputy, sixth ward, vice
James Faon, transferred to fifth ward.
P. Lacoste assistant deputy, seventh ward, vice
Louis Batzer, removed.
Frank M Harney assistant deputy, eighth ward,
vice NJ. H. Breen, removed.
| Frank Gerstner, assistant deputy, eleventh
ward vice G. j. Schrieber, removed.
The appointments of assistant deputies for the
second, ninth and tenth wards have not yet been
made.
Several of these appointees are old and well
known citizens, who, under former civil govern |
ments of the city, filled responsible places, Gre
dtably to themselves and beneilcially to the pub
lic From personal knowledge of most of the gem
tIemen, we feel warranted in saying that the I'M
d portant public interests with which this depart
lnent is charged could not have been ntrusted to
d better hands, aud Mr.. Belanger has reason to be
gratifed with the intelligence, integrity, zeal and
IN public spirit of the staff he has discriminatory
selected. af #'
.. ACADEMY OF SCIENcEs.-The New Orleans
" Academy of Sciences held regular weekly meet
ing on Monday evening, 26th inst. Several visitors
- were present. donation was received from the
-, Smithsonian Institute, consisting of interesting
va marine shells from California, Cape St. Lucas and
to the West Indies, making valued addition to the
Ing subjects wers diseBssea NUMBER HaP . Of interest
~ ~ motion made and CARED:
:, That DR.. H. d. Schmidt be requested to deliver
~ a lecture Monday evening, -, 1866, on the fol
I'd lowing subject, selected by himself" The Physi-
at oiogy of the Nervous System in rea ton to those
actions of the Lower Animals, ordinarily attributed
to instinct.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution, DR..
y Fl, D. Schmidt will deliver lecture on Monday
u evening, April 7th at the hall corner of Common
g g and Baronne streets, at halfpast O'Clock. The
aa Ise public are respectfully invited to attend.
APPREHENDED-Nlgnt DelOre laSt al Olu SeHtle-
Y man, whose name is at present unknown but who
&C. resides in the suburbs of the city, in the neighbor
RS hood of Canal street. was followed by two persons
C. when he left the city car and sometime after wa
discovered lying on the track in such position
d. that had the driver not seen him he would hav
ed been inevitably injured in a fatal manner
rk He was, it is surmised now by the police, unde
Ill. the influence of liquor and being so was robbed
and the scoundrels with much genuity no dout
,at uaced their victim as stated to screen then
so, selves from detection by having him injured
such a manner as to show that he was merely il
eat toxicated instead Of his being waylaid an
ce robbed.
con We are pleased to state that from the informf
ton which was acquired by sergeant Ihomas'
the Second District police, that one OF the part
49, suspected of the outrage has been arrested.
+ho is a colored man, who gives his name as Hari
,np Williams, When taken into custody, he had in h
nossession, two watches, one gold and the 9th
end silver the latter marked in the back plate wi
th the initials F. Fl. G. Williams; had also consi
erable amount in grecnbacks, and gold and silv
,ary to the extent of thirty forty dollars The 9th
ah party, white man, supposed to be implcate
the will, doubtless, be overhauled.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Mr. VIM. Griggs, the p,
left of the steamship Cuba, night before last got
mer- uuanted without due retectlon WIN Pe's
ming unknown to him, as he was on his way up to
,on ferson City after leaving one of the theaters
n nm fellow, after accompanying Mr.. Griggs SEINE
all tapce after they left the city railroad cars str
G via him with some heavy instrument, and thus q
i, :, bling him, robbed him of what he had in the
ousy of money, and also deprived him OF his COAT.
I'd by rascal it is to be hoped will be discovered tho
.o it is not quite probable.