New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-10
VOLUME XIV.

VOLUME XIV.
hardshps Tor forty years to gain nationality. an
~ can be no lplustlce to the colored people 10 to
ana iaeor few months or years TO gain a separat
ana hdependont nationality. The wealthy enter
prlsing and ambitious could at once form pnyerI
ment; the remainder, at a convenient and suitabl
time when the country would be prepared to re
ceive them. But, gentlemen, while justice an
necessity combiRc to separate the c0i0red rae
from the white, Justice and the honor of the ma
ton demand that just, if not full compensation
| be paid to the former owners OF these people Will
slaves, the Withholding of which is an irreparabl
injury as well as injustice to individuals iamiie
and States, and Il cause of just complaint for gen
erations to come.
| Gentlemen, have thus discoursed YOU becaus
my heart is in this matter, as you know, and be
lieVe this the oniymode of preventing crime amon
| this people, and dcmoraliziDg society. Therefore
submit, gentlemen, to you, as the guardians o
| public morals, representatives of the most com
mercial, populous, and wealthy portion Of tht
South the propriety of submitting to the Presi
dent and the Congress of the United States AZ
humble petition, signed by you, as the grand in
quest of the parish of Orleans, for the immediate
csc.,o-.izaton of all such free persons of color al
may desire separate government and that al
former owners of these people, while slaves. bt
compensated in part at once, and that the Freed
mems Bureau be abolished and removed from the
state as being calculated to demoralize and dis
content the freedmen; and that they be left to be
governed by the laws of the State relative to free
persons Of coior and that the State be at once re
stored to the full benefit of her constitution aut
laws.
Gentlemen, the intimation by Gov. Wells thai
he has information that secret organizations exist
in this city and State dangerous to good order
would induce me to charge you specially on the
law of treason, were not fully satisfied that Lou
isiana is as free from the impntaton of that crime
as any state IN the Union. ! trust that the infor
nation receiyed by Gov. Wells, relative to the ex
stence of secret political organizations dangerous
to the peace of the State, is not well founded
and if it should be SO, there is penal law ouI
statute books denouncng it as an ofense.
The cour. then proceeded to business.
State vs.. Geo. A. Storms, charged with the mur
der of Col. VIM. c. Seavier, on the lltl of Sep
tember. The accused having pleaded not guilty
was remanded to prison to await his trial, which
was fixed for the 18th day of January, Col. Field
being appointed counsel for defendant.
State vs. VIM. Walker, colored, and Sarah Ann
Stewart William Walker having pleaded guilty
TO the charge, and Sarah Ann Stewart not guilty,
both We're remanded to prison for trial under the
charge Of larceny.
II was also ordered in this case that the money
SIS, be paid over to George Lawrence, the prose.
cutor, and owner Of said money.
The case Of n. j. Croker and J. G. Hazel, VS.
the Sheriff Of the parish of Orleans, praying for
writ Of habeas corpus, was fixed for trial on Thurs
day the II III inst. -r... ...,
RECORDER CAsTISEL's CouRT.-John Jones, for
lying drank on Bourbon street, Lizzie Wilson, for
being intoxicated and disturbing the peace on
Barracks street, and john Loring, for taking an
unlawful nap in the Pontc!tartrain railroad cars
were all sent for ninety days to the workhouse.
General and Berry, two soporifc gentlemen Of
African origin, who were caught mapping in the
Pontehartrain railroad cars were turned over to
the Freedmen's Bureau to be dealt with in con
genial manner.
Jean Baptis:e and Joseppo, two strolling artists,
guilty of deteriorating the public Of hearing,
by means of bag pipe and clarionet, without
having previously obtained license for the per-
petration of the above nuisance, were sentenced
to pay a fine of $40, OF be imprisoned for thirty
days in the parish prison.
Jean Baptiste is also charged with carrying
young arsenal, composed of a spring knife and
dagger, contrary to all the rules OF harmony.
Andrew Chadwick received the same sentence
for carrying concealed weapons.
Philip Odom, darkey, for carrying concealed
weapons, was sentenced to pay fine of twenty
five dollars. or be imprisoned for thirty days in the
parish prison.
John Clagg and John Williams, for disturbing
the peace; William Brown, colored, charged by
Sarah Jones, colored, with assault and battery
with intent to kill, and Laura Turner and James
Meyer for fighting and disturbing the peace, were
each fined ten dollars, or sentenced in default, to
Imprisonment.
John Smith, drunk and unable to take care of
himself, was sentenced to five dollars fine or five
days imprisonment.
August Bartolomy, colored was sent for thirty
days to the workhouse for stealing a chicken, and
Martin Lyman, also colOred, was sentenced to ten
days. imprisonment for stealing cotton.
Julius Highelan, charged by Theo. Buchenim
with breach of the peace and threats with dan
gerou5 weapon, was made to give bonds to keep
the peace in the sum of $3.50 for six months, in
default to be imprisoned for thirty days.
Numa Gayabes, his wife, and Ameie Ribet, the
whole composing colored family, charged by
Amelie DGpuy, culGred damscl, with abuse aud
insult at her own residence, were fined $ each,
and made to give bonds TO keep tie peace for six
months.
REooRnEn KRUenBE's CouEr.-J. Smith, the
coored moral agrGulturalist whom we noticed a
few DAYS ago as having swiIdled another colored
man by the name of Hanson Covage, out of the
sum of iorty-hyc dollars, by gulng him with ten
spurious pieces of metal, up for trial yester
day, under the charge OF obtaining money under
false pretcncGs, aud after evidence heard, was
sent before the First District Court, being allowed
to bail in the sum of five hundred dollars.
J. Robinson and VIM. Barren, dangerous and
suspicious characters, were putunder five hundred
dollar bonds for six months, Ur i'll default thereof
sentenced to thirty days imprisonment in the par
ish prison.
VIM. Ryan, a dangerous and suspicious charac-
ter, unable to give an account of himself, was sent
for thirty days to the wo1khouso.
John Davis upon the same charge, was sen
fenced to the same penalty in default of furnish
ing a voucher.
Louis Buckner was sent for thirty days to the
workhouse for being found in house under sus-
pciOus circumstances. .,...... j.
John Conway, vagrant, with dangerous and
suspicious character, was sent for thirty days to
the WorllhOuse
Ed. Murphy and Wm. Hart, dangerous and sus
picous characters who charged with using
violent threats against the police force in gen
eral, were both sent to the workhouse for thirty
days. SIS
Paul Dunbar, another dangerous and suspicious
character, was put under $500 bonds for six months
or in default thereof, sentenced to thirty days i'm
prisonment in the parish prison.
Israel White, cOlored, q dangerous and suspicious
character, charged with attempting to kill ofIice
Coyle, was sentenced to pay fine of SIS, or b'
imprisoned Ter twenty days in the parish prison.
Mrs. Mcdonald and VIM. Bowman were sentenced
each to pay fine of SO, or twenty five days i'm
prisonment, for fighting and disturbing the peace
NJ. Kenner, for disturbing the peace at the bal
at Odd Fellows Hall, and carrying a loaded re
| volver, was fined S.. Andrew Higgins and VIM
| Pinkng, arrested together with him, each paid
| fine of 50 So
| PRovosT CoURT,--K. Forester, charged witt
| drawing knife upon and abusing a police Office
in the discharge OF his duty, was sentenced to ON
months Imprisonment in the police Jail. TO, -
| Peter Orcinia was sentenced to two months
imprisonment in the police jail, for being drum
and disorderly and assaultidg the police officer
! Jos, Domingo, First New Orleans Volunteers
charged with being drunk and disordery wassen
| fenced to fifteen days Imprisonment in the polio
jail, .s......,.a. DID, ..
In the case of the application for 4 new trial b.
| l.. Boutheieau, the application was denied by rea
son Of the inetliciency OF the grounds upon whie