New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-29
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(opsrY CouRr or JAcKsoN.--Thc county court
vas regularly organized on Monday, at the COURT
house Jcity halD, in this city. Hon. D. a.. Bar
rows, as presiding Judge and Messrs. Jas; =. IN
Boyd and Thos II Clark associate Sdage H.. asHr
lar term, which was fixed for the second MONDAY
In each month standard.
Y SUDDEN DRArH.--We regretto learn that elm
aton McRaven, of this county, late Of 60. With.
srs Artillery aIsa sadsn X en- Monday 9
Truly. air he midst of life We are in DEATH .
Young McIsaven had been married brt . short
time, and leaves devoted young WIG 70 inoulti Il
bis untimey death.-llbid ,
N & UKrvERsITY OF MISSISSIPPI. The Oxford fai- /
con learns that there are now l20 students az me
Z State University and they are still coming me
4 more quiet orderly industrious and gentlemaniy
Il body of students known in any college than shey
are. Great results may be expected from shis oh
Commencement Day.
bonds that have been boring the city with their
1blessed freedom, have found visit to the conh7
try and elsewhere quite essential to their heai.n
The yaxrant laws. now being enforced mere, are
Z producing wholesome change. Numbers nave
been arrested and put to work on ths Herald
looking about anxiously for laborers with iitte
4 success 1At d late day they begin to talk about
white laborers. Perhaps there Is time for thatyet
III they will make Up their minds a. once
qls A Northern man, who has established pianta-
Y ,tion out West, Was here yesterday searching for
{iaborers We heard that he was complaining A. |
the civil authorities for not enforcing the vagrans
law more rigidly against negroes.-llb Ibid.
AT the recent meeting Of the Police Court the
81 Board imposed tax of one dollar on eacn lreen-
county a W. to be Collected e st Of next April
This Vas q wise and expedient provision, and VIII
20 greatly towards alternating the want ana an dess,
tuition engendered among many Of the freedmen ha n
by the msfortunes Of disease idleness and want OF
Perhaps nothing will open the eyes Of the ne
rroes sooner to the fact that thsy nave peeh N
Vested with the responsibilities as well as the
n immunities Of freedmen than this business of
taxation. We hope good results fr t it, 1nasx
q H I. regiment il d. i. Regular Infantry passed
through Corinth last Tuesday, and we regret 20
!, say that the coored (freedmen) poraon o. OUT y
Watehes, hats and pocket books. They all seemed
n have right to levy black mail upon their col
ored brethren Corinth Enquirer.
We yesterday received call from that bra brave
old soldier and patriot and at present the MEMBER
cf Congress- elect from this district, Col: a. n.
REYNOLDS. he is in the best Of health, and seems
TO think that the next visit ne makes 70 sa Hng
ton he will be allowed to take his seat IN inc ooA
gress of the United States-tibi
s Late in the afternoon of last Thursday, Mr. WI
lis Chandler, very respectable citizen OF this
county, found lying IN an unifequSh.o" p, ~
* Of our town, in dying condition, cold as DEAN
and his clothes frozen to death; he was tak M
Immediately to Mr.. Motifs hotel, ana eyerythins
IN tbe way of medical aid and the best OF nufs ~
was resorted to- but to no avail; he died that nigh
about one o,clock.--[ Houston Record.
PgRM aGissT MILITARY PosT.-General Moo
3 has ordered the districts OF this department V y
y discontinued after the lst of February. Sleks
hurg Jaekson Natchez and Meridian are essar
r lished as posts, at each of which the senior once
= will take command and report direct TO headquai
lars Temporary stations are established az y.
lumbus and Grenada; the former connectea WY
Che Meridian post and the latter with the Jackso
y post II Mississppian
THE MURRAY CONFLICT WITH THE CIVIL Al
ruopTrIss.-The military authorities stoppe
Sheriff Shannon yesterday from carrying out u
senteuce of the negroes in jail, Tor peJsy iarGeu
An order was also served on the sherin prohipol
- ing punishment by fogging and tying up ny u
thumbs Why negroes are granteu u .neSS stth
4 F,prnwas,s IpEA-It was ludcrous to W
ness the expression Of perplexity on an Old free
nnan's face, the other day in the county court
W. IA renlarkeds Well, Ididnt steal the panIaiool
mi dev foId me to say .Gultys and reckon
= have to say It'll Columbus Index.
BoArs.-Thh Waverly, the Briggs, and the 1. y
monfi have loaded at our wharf with cottoh WIZ !,
II tine last five days This leaves a very INN
supply Of cotton on hand at this pont-libid.
TpE CrTY.--Unusual quiet pervades the c
and surrounding country at this time The trt
neopIe have located with our planters, or u.
gone away TO other points. There are Iuihoi .
fhe effect that band of horse thieves are Z, IN q.
country but we do not know now mueh tru.s W ". u,
Ia in them Formerly there was little occasion N
lock stables and cribs in this locality, but IN
Tava are over Locks and bars are now IN
sanS;bie and even these will not avail much W
ss out constant vigilance ibid.