New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-03


ANorHFR B0ND RoHBERy. Loss of $4,000 Ii
God and Notes Abstrdcttoa of Rdileag- Seen
5issses, etc.-An Another daring robbery has been
eeofnLnltted N this city The precise date of the
crime mas not been aseertained, but il must have
been within The past eightor ten days. The facts
80 far as re have been enabled to gather them are
as follows:
II appears that Messrs. Croker. Wood & Co.
ofNC a South street had ii their possession tin
box OF case, containing money, in gold and notes
70 the amount Of about $50 coo, and also, railway
and insurance SECURITIES to considerable amount.
lhis money and these securities, the property
OF Messrs. Eroeker, Wood az Co. and their friends
were put into the box, which with its valuable
contents was o. is alleged, placed for safe
keeping Ia the vaults Of the Marine Bank in New
York In some way not yet explained these
vaults were entered and the box carried OH There
may have been one or more persons engaged Id
this robbery, which appears to have heerS care
fully planned One pr6of of this ID that the bon
and its contents has been taken away and not vet
recovered. If the box had been broken open and
dangSasiae after being rifed, possibly 4 clue
might have been obtained to the person on per.
sons who became pDssessofs of SO valuable a
booty. MessTa. Croker Il Go. have offered a re-.
ward Of 900 for the recovery Of the money, or
pro rata for any proportion of the available seeu-
rites that may be restored.
Thepolice have been communicated with and
ii s To be hoped that they will be enabled to hunt
mp hsrobbersat once.
Thes0liieias 0f The Marine Bank are inyestiga-
ting the matter. The chief officer il NOT Of his
own knowledge, able to say whether the box was
deposited III the vault Of the bank Or NOT and can
only SPEAK on the report Of others He appears
to think there is some doubt as TO whether the
box was really deposited, as alleged and that the
owners OF it and its contents would not if PLACED
on the stand, be abe to swear positively that the
bank had custody of the missing money ana seer
rites. Az present suspicion points III d certain
direction against certain parties; but nothing has
yet transpired To connect any peTs9nin particular
with this enormous robbery. a few days may
Drifg about further Developments.
49, & " 4 Id
a book has been published ID New York en-.
Titled 4 Wilmington During the Blockade from
which Tie following i an extract
Wilmington during Thu blockade swarrned with
foreigners Jews and Genties. In fact, going
down the main street or along the river Won might
vel imagine yon were journeying from Jerusalem
to Jericho A. to5fhe falling among thieves we
win make no mention. The beuears7 at flie gaT,p
ways OF the newly arrived steamers were ais thick
IS those in Egypt crying hacksheebn
AteRery turn sou { met up y as our tarsheel
friends say with young Englishnen dressed like
grooms and juckegs, or with peculiar coachman.
like look, seeming, in foreign land away from
their mothers 20 indulge their fancy for the ottre
and sxtrayagant in dress To the utmost. These
youngsters had money, made money, lived like
fighting cocks and astonished the natives by
their pranks and the way they dung the Confed.
crate q etasfi about.
OF cotrse they were deeply interested in the
Confederate cause, and at the same time wanted
cettQn The Liverpool heuse.of Alexander Collie
q Co., had quite are giment offhese youngsters in
their employ Fine looking fellows, with turned.
mp noses, blue eyes wide apart. and their fluffy
straW-coa0red mutton chop whiskers foatine in Tie
lnd, to the great admiration Of their cher d9sies
the handsome q1adroon WasherWomen, on whose
5slanslepieees aud whose albums were frequently
20 be found photographs strongly resembling the
aforesaid young foreigners. They occupied d
large narlng yellow house, like military hospital
az the upper end of Markets street. and which be.
l0ngea TO- NJ. WsiEht
ihsre these youngsters kept open house, and
spent their pay and Tie company = money, while
ii lasted, Ihere they fought cocks on Sundays
until tae nelgh1ors feraoaA trated and threatened
prosecution stranger passing the house al
night aud seeing u Illuminated With every eas I'LL
lit, me expense, no doubt, charge to tile shiD.9
and hearfng the sound of music, would ask III Il
1all was going, en-. Oh, no it was only these
youug Eaglish SybaHites Ell Wing the luxury. 81
band 81 negro MINISTRIES after dinner. They en-.
&ertafnad any and everybody, from Beaureaard
and Whiting, or Aawley, The y8lumiaous CORE
ep0ndent AZ the london Times, down 10 such
z bunmefs2 as Yiziteiiy Of The most ins0flerable
sponga oe sngb who forced his society upon
thenls
a ErNGuLAR AKgg-4A the time OF the ex
piosion Of the General Lytie, says the Madison
Ind a. G9Hfier5a gentleman named Schiaret af
bat place. found am9ng the dead the body, as be
ln9p9Rsd, at lis soa. He took IL home the family
saA traad bis e0nVi6tion there was great grief ia
p