New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-06

SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1866.


and with this the engine threw a stream Of water
to the distance of one hundred and ftyeight feet.
1t then threw one stream through a fifty feet
hose, and a nozzle one and oneeighth inch
in diameter the distance OF two hundred
feet, The engine was now working in good
earnest A double hose of fifty feet, was then
adapted to the engine, through which it threw two
streams Of water three quarters Of an inch in diam
eter, to the distance of one hundred and fty-seven
feet.
The three quarter inch noggles being removed,
the engine then threw two streams, one inch in
diameter, to the distance of one hundred and thirty
nine feet. Then with one hose, one hundred feet
long, to which was adapted noggle, one and one
eighth inch in diameter, 1t threw stream of water
the distance of one hundred and ninety-eight feet.
The indefatigable fremen were preparing to go
| through further and and fuller experiments, when
the water failed, and they were obliged to stop.
The exhibition was, upon the whole, very credita-
BILE to the engine and those who handled, her, and
we have no doubt that Crescent No. "a will do
good service in all Forthcoming fires.
CAvED hit is reported that there is break
fifty feet in length in the levee, abouta mile above
Fort Banks, opposite Carrollton. The river being
on the rise, this matter should be promptly at
tended to.
MUSTERED Our OF SERvIcE-Gen. Candy. under
| instructions from the War Department, issued an
order yesterday morning, directing the mastering
out of service of the following regiments the ssth
and seth coored infantry, 4th colored cavalry, Tth
| Kentucky cavalry and 10th Pennsylvania cavalry,
together with three other regiments. Again,
another addition to our idle colored population
which we were not in need of.
PROVOST CouRT.-William Smith and State
Kelly, charged with being drunk and resisting
lawful authority, were sentenced to one months
| imprisonment in the police jail
| elijah Perkins, 1st N. o. Vols was sent to the
| orderly.
George Heliet, s1st U. s. C. l., was sentenced to
| one months Imprisonment in the police jail for
indulging in the feionious requirement Of chickens
| and liquor.
The following cases were continued till to day !:
Allen Amous, charged with stealing government
| property; Jacob Lewis for being accessory to
stealing government property, and Charles Boyle,
for wrongful possession of government property.
REcoRDER GAsTINEI's CouRr.-Edward Wilson,
a colored man, charged by II; Miller with attempt
other colored man, poor, but not honest, charged
by Gabriel Gibson, colored, with larceny, were
both sent for ten days to the pari. prison.
James Williams, a colored bacchanalian, ,togethe
with Fontaine Bou and Johanna White, bacChana
lians of the Caucasian race, were each sentences
to pay fine of s5 or be imprisoned for five day
in the parish prison.
Joseph Pollard. colored, arrested at the corne
of Levee and Crossman streets, charged by Lev
Jones with stealing from him the sum of sl54 wa
sentenced to thirty days imprisonment in tn
parish prison.
James Pendergast, Henry G. Fields aud Charlie
Mohegan were sentenced to fine of two dollar
and a half or three days. Imprisonment, for drunk
| enness.
VIM. Reese, colored man, arrested on Chartre
street, charged by Preston Pulen with larceny
was sent for fifteen days to the parish prison.
Elizabeth johnson, colored woman, picked u
on Crossman street in sick and destitute cond
tion, was sent to the Freedmens Bureau. g
Six prisoners were dismissed upon examination
In the case of Wm. Smith, charged by John Gas
tillo with striking his little girl, about nine year
old, with bfoomstick, it having appeared tha
the little girl had been the provoking party, tn
4 case was dismissed with an admonitiUn by th
IjudRe to be more circumspeet in the future wit
the use of his right hand,
RECORDER KRuEBBEs CoURT.--Alexander Wasl
ington and Cyprien Morgan, who were arreste
day before yesterday on Dryades street by citze
P. We'll, for stealing from him the sum of thirty do
lars. We're sent for ten days to the parish prison
Wm. Kelly, G. McAuliff, John Mccarthy an
John Ryan, were each fined ten dollars for drunk
-enness. .' e. 4"" .E .-3 .'". " -
, fined five dollars for running useful but too oder
ferrous cart after lawful hours, and thereby dis
Z tubing the peace ofnoses on Calliope street.
poor little fellowlwhom Sergeant Petrie pickle
up on the street, haneless and destitute, aud VIII
could not give his NAME was sent by the Recorde
to the boys house Of refuge. s85
| Wm Brown, celored, of course, was sentence
to pay fine Of 81 SO for running a wheebarroJ
on the banquette, contrary to the city ordinance!