New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-03
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William B. Lewis, Judge of the Second District
Court of Rapdes parish, vice NJ. Ryan, resigned.
Spencer G. Hamilton, District Attorney for the
parishes of Morehouse Ouachita, Caldwell, Cata-
houla and Franklin, comprising the Twelfth Judi
cial District
Robert Williams, Justice of the Peace for the
First Ward, parish of St. Tammany.
James Melee, COnsta bic for the same.
Parham Ruford, Justice of the Peace for the
parish of M0rehouse.
James Alley, Constable Second Ward, parish Of
East Baton Rouge.
p. Clarke, of Rapidea, member of the Board Of
Supervisors Of the Seminary of Learning and Mill
tary Academy.
Benz. Vaughn, of Morehouse, Constable for the
Twelfth Ward Of said parish.
John Grounds, Justice of The Peace for the
Fourth Ward of the parish of Claiborne.
THE FIRE DEPARTnENT.-At the election of the
Fircmen's Charitable Association, held on the lst
instant the following officers were elected for the
year 1866:
!. n Marks, President. s--
). 7. DeLabarfe. Vice PEegidefkt.$ -
j. Dea1nore, Secretary.
A. DaFrenont Treasurer.
J. Leidner, Chief Engineer.
T. McCabe, A. Lipscomb, ]. Jacobs, Chas.
Smith, Assistants.
GoISG INTO H0rsEgREPrSG.-Mrs. Hinson. a
colored lady, was arrested yesterday by officer
Grafton at 81 o'clock P. NJ, charged by Mary Col
lins with stealing from her one carpet and wash
stand, which she values at thirteen dollars and
a half. Mrs. Hinson was permitted to remain at
large. upon giving bonds for her appearance this
morning before the Recorder.
DANGEROUS AND SCsPICIOUs.-Wm. CLAYTON, a
co!ored fellow, who was found proving at 81
O'Clock in the morning on Tchoupitoulas street
was arrested and brought to the lookup by officer
Ca1feld under the charge Of being dangerous
and suspicious character.
DYING IN THE SrREEr.-The Street Commits
sioner was notified yesterday, at 81 O'Clock ia the
evening, that a. a man vas lying at the corner Of
Camp and Terpsichore streets. in a dying coadi-
ton, 1t ls fearful thing to reflect upon, that in
our large and rich community, there are beings in
so destitute and helpless condition that the street
is their death-bed and there is no friend even to
close their dying eyes.
FOOLISH SPoET-There was false alarm Of fire
given at o'clock yesterday morning, by unknown
pari:eSNlo ran away and left the box open. THE
geopic VINO engage that kind Of fun do not Te-
lect, we suppose, upon the gre ti-suslance they
give to these brave men who devote themselves 10
the rescue of life and property from the flames.
IEQuEsr.-An inquest was held day before yes
terday upon the bodies of Alexander Levic, Nico-
las Baker, Peter Baker and Paul L. Vickrlier who
were found drowned in Lake Pontchartrain at the
distance Of three or four miles east of Milneburg.
The above parties left the French settlement on
Amite River for New Orleans, on December 17tll
in the sloop Drake. After sailing for two DAYS
when they were about six miles from Mjlneburg,
on the 18th of December, 1866, the sloop was cap
sized in gale of wind and they were drowned
RECORDER CANPBELL's CoURr.-James johnson,
for being drunk and disturbing the peace Chas.
Rhode and John Green, for the same ofense, were
sentenced to s. fine, Or five days imprison-
ment.
Wm. Trvings, tolored man, for carrying con-
cealed weapons, was sentenced to fiue Of SO, or
ten days Imprisonment.
Robert Atkins, who went into Laurie Reves'
saloon filled the inner man with oysters and then
refused to pay for the aforesaid bivaves, adding
also insult to injury by abusing the demonstrating
officer of the law, was sentenced to SO fine or ten
days imprisonment.
Adams Williams, colored man, paid S3 for
QuiXoticaliy attempting to rescue prisoner from
officer McGoey and Insulting and abusing him.
Geo. Smith, another colored redressor of wrongs
who piLchedinto otictr McGney on Baronne street
whilst he was doing his duty, was sentenced topay
a fine Of $40.
Robert SCroggins, colored charged by Martha
johnson, also colored, with having broken into her
room, No. 203 Calliope street, on Monday, January
lSt, 1866 at 10 O'Clock at night and stolen from!
her two shirts, one pair of pants and twentyseven
dollars in currency. the whole valued at about
torty-iiye dollars, sentenced to thirty days
Imprisonment in the parish prison.
Andrew Scnimes being charged with assault and
battery by officer DonnelIy, also with carrying a
bowie knife and drawing the same on him with
mardeEUuS intent, having pleaded guilty to the
above charges, was sent before the First District
Court, being allowed to give bail in the sum OF five
hundred dollars.
james Baldwin and Edward Dorman, arrested at
l u CIuCh Ol New l ear Gay. Charged Win DelnE
dangerous and suspicious characters. were dis
charged by the Recorder upon their promising to
leave the city.
RECORDER GAsrINELs CouRr.-New Years day
was quite an Improvement Christmas in the
Recorders court. There were a good many
arrests made, but none of q serious character:
most of the offenders had gone too deep into the
spirit Of celebrating the New Year, and were
acMated thereby to unlawful noise and revelry.
The recorder took under consideration the great
a1iI TJGInj I'D m a
tie prisoners.
Yesterday the docket was pretty full, mostly
from petty ofenses, but the Recorder was not SO
lenicnt. and many paid for their New Years spree
by torking over their greenbacks going into the
parish prison for periods of time proportonate to
ther otenses.
Wn. Sullivan on the levee, drunk and disturbing
the peace: Waldron McMahon, lying drunk on the
Sidewalk, on Toulouse street; Raymond O'Cagna
obviously inebrated on Cont street, were all
sentenced to fine OF 81 so OF five days rlprison-
mGlt.
Louis Lambert, charged by Alfred Joseph, col
cred, with assault and battery George Washing
ton drunk and disturbing the peace i'll the yegeta-
bic market; Kate Ward, same ofense, were~ each
sentenced to a fine of five dollars or five days i'm
plisCnn.ent.
Toby Rogers, colored, charged by a colored man
named Robert Stevens with larceny at the steam
boat landing, was sentenced to thirty days mpris
Onment in the parish prison.
Mary Gill, colored tepsichorean, for baccha
nalian excuses and anacreontic developments Of a
theory of her own, on the poetry of motion, and
Victor Morton and Leon Maggarty, for fighting and
disturbing the peace at the Orleans theater, were
sentenced to a fine of $40 each, or fifteen days
Mary Whits, colored, for dressing herself in
mems apparel, contrary to the police regulations
was sentenced to fine of $25, or thirty days i'm
prsonment
Wm. Stansbury, colored, was fined sl5.. or
sentenced to thirty days Imprisonment in the
parish prison, for carrying concealed weapons.
So, also, were James Child and John Westrof the
same hue, fora similar of1ense Edmund Brandey,
coored also charged by Lewis Cousin with larceny
and by officers Harmon and Leary with attempt
ing to brbe them, suffered the same penalty as the
above.
The case of Isaac Laid and John Miller, both
coored, arrested by officers Paltrou and Della
wales, at the corner of Cont and IRENE Streets
charged with disturbing the peace and assaultng
the policemen, was continued. Laid is also
charged with assaultng policeman Paltrou with a
dangerous weapol with intent to kill.
The case of Hugh Touer, arrested on Elysian
Fields, charged by james Young, coored with
running his wagon over his horse and breaking the
leg, was continued until Thursday morn
ing, at 0 O'Clock.
Sixteen offenders, charged with various o1enses,
were dismissed upon examination.
PRovosT CouRT.-In the case of G. W. Thing
and l.. Bauchereau, charged with purchasing sto-
len government mules, Thing was fined $3.50 and
Dou&hareau SIPS.