New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-06
Christina. sport. In Na.hville.

The people of the Rock City appear to have
had lively time during the recent Chstmas. The
following are few of the incidents reported by
the papers of Nashville:
Shooting at Citizens.-A white soldier amused
himself Christmas day, by standing near the Lou
isville depot, on College street. and shooting at
citizens rho passed along the street. Whether he
was shooting 70 nit or 70 see how close he could
approximate and yet miss, has not yet been aseer
tanned. The police gave him chase before any
one was hurt, but they could not overtake him.
Policeman Shot bJ A1,other.--On the evening
of Christmas day, while policeman N. G. Watson
was engaged in conducting two persons to con
fnement whom he had arrested, he was met in the
of the City Police Mr.. J. A. Frame Some alter
cation arose between the two officers, and after
blows had been exchanged. Watson had recourse
to his pistol and discharging it at Frame, hit him
in the back of the shoulder the ball ranging into the
breast. The wound is regarded fatal.
N Boy ShCt.--On Christmas day son of A. j.
Lamb, who was near the Claiborne Spring in Cali
hometown, South Nashville, received d shot in the
the ball came from a pistol fired by Thomas D.
Hancock, who was on the opposite side Of the
field. 4
Shooting IN Edgefeld.-We hear that a man
named Robert Patton, who was formerly employed
in the round house, was shot on Monday afternoon
in q house in lower Edgeield. The ball entered
his right breast. and produced, if is thought, a
fatal wound.
Murder. Tuesday morning, in the Seventh
Civil District, man by the name of Dick Dahbs,
shot and killed Lafayette Goodwin. Dabbs made
his escape. a 4
Jshot.-On Christmas night, in Edgefeld, boy
named Bob MCGOWAN; was shot in the thigh by
another lad named Henry Groy. The ball passed
through and the wound is considered serious. 5
Negro Killed. On Christmas day gang of ne
gro laborers got into q fight, and used clubs and
rocks freely. One of them was shot in the head
and killed. '94 a5 ass
Serious accident A rather serious accident oc-
Cured Christmas evening, in the Southern portion
of the city, to three youths whose names are re-
spectiyey, Donnavan, Stevenson and McRight.
They were engaged in the gleefu pastime of eN-
ploding fire crackers, when McRight not suspect
mg the presence of a flask filed with guupowdef
in Steyenson's pocket lighted cracker and steal
thily thrust it in. The flask exploded ana seri-
| ously injured all three Of the party, who were
standing close together.
.d,6ray Bet,ceen So,diers.-On Christmas eve
two soldiers one belonging to the 18th Regulars
and the other to the 9TH Cavalry got into q diff
Guilty in Smoky, when the latter drew bis sabre
and cut through the frontal bone, inaicting Sc
we're wound. 5153 fs @
The MAYoRALTy OF MoBILE.-Gen. Jones NJ
Withers, who was elected Mayor of Mobile some
weeks ago. but was prevented from taking hii
seat by reason of not having received his par
don" has returned from Washington with authority
to cutter upon the duties of his office, and has I'D
dressed to the Common Council the following
| communication 5tFE
Gentlemen of the Council and Board Of Aldermen: =
! The dispatch of the 9th of December, from Gov
Parsons, which was laid before you by Mayor
| Forsyth, to whom it was addressed, gave you
authoritative and official information of my having
taken the oath of office, prescribed by the city
charter, as required of the Mayor elect before
| Lon inn nnf TIM H,,tfo
was all that was required of me, and would have
fully qualified me for exercising, at once, all the
authority conferred by law, but for the fact of the
State being under military control, and my being
cided by the controlling power that my position
disabled me from entering on the discharge of tht
duties OF Mayor the Provisional Governor, in ths
dispatch alluded to, directed that the President O
the Board Of Common Council should act as Mayo
until the matter of my disability should have beel
referred to, and been decided on, by the presi
dent of the United States This was done, tha
the expressed will of the people might be givel
effect, should such be the will OF the President
Being thus temporarily excluded from the Office
OF mayor, and the same power having designated
the president OF the council as mayor until tn
| decision of the President should have been made
nothing but acquiescence and obedience was de
| manded or expected of me. .HIr
| Under these circumstances, again proceeded
| to Washington, for the purpose of fastening,
possible, the removal of the disability imposed ol
! me. #E as.5.1
On the sth Of December, 1865, my pardon wa
made out at the Attorney Generals nftce aud for
warded to the President for signature. On thu
2lst of the same month, it was received and ac
cepted by me, and the receipt for the acceptance
handed me from the Secretary of Stlte's Office
Thus was removed the disability under which
labnred-not o civil, bnt military disability re
shifting from my military connection with the Con
iederate service.
My arrival here was greatly delayed by acci-
dents, and the condition of the roads, resulting
from freshets &*
Having reported the fact of my pardon by the
President to the Major General commanding, aud
being thus relieved from the obstacles which have
heretofore precluded me from entering on thu
4 duties of the office to which was elected by my
fellow citizens, now enter On the discharge o
those duties with Interchangeable purpose SO Il
exercise the powers conferred, as will in my iudg
ment most certainly insure the objects for the at
tainment of which the office was created
to persons and property, and advancement of til
public interests. Such being my purpose, l no,
tende to, and earnestly invoke of you, kindly
cordial and frank cooperation.
J. M WITHERs.
From SAyAENAH-TEouBLEs WITH TIE NEGROES
Philadelphia December 26.-The Steamer Tybe
from Savannah on the 20th has arrived.