New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-05-31

canal street, near the Clay statue, the col
ored freedman who is in the habit of carry
ing transparency around town advising
everybody to visit the olympic, happened
to emerge from st. Charles street. Seeing
the procession passing with numerous trans.
parencies, cur Olympic artist crossed over
and brought up the rear of the procession,
/ bearing alOft his huge Transparency with
| the pride natural to one who felt that he
was the most conspicuous object in the as
sembly, and dancing gaily to the music of
| the fife and drum. 1t was curious to see.
| among such notices as Equal rights" :"
/ " Liberty "Justice," etc, etc, the huge
Transparency recommending everybody to
Go to Bob Harris tonight " See the
Mystick krewe of Komus," etc.
Drowned Boy Identified.
The body of the boy found drowned, as
mentioned yesterday morning has been
| identified by special aid Farrell as that of his
| son, who was accidentally drowned during
! the storm on Saturday last Coroner Delery
| held an inquest, verdict of accidental
| drowning being returned.
| Lighting the City.
The city will be lighted in the suburbs
| before many days, the controller having as
| before stated sold the contract to build
eight hundred new and to reft old lamp
posts
Boarding House Thief
| Paul Moreau, young man who knows
llbN " uItSS anu SlNt ullilHtll sOlllG what the
| appearance of gentleman, was arraigned
| before Recorder Gastnel on two separate
| charges of larceny. 1t appears that on the
| tenth instant he rented a room from
Mime Henrietta Mccoy, on Toulouse street,
| between IRENE and Franklin streets, after
which he carried off from the house twelve
| different pieces of wearing apparel, a lot of
books and sundry other articles, including
the ornaments on the mautle-piece, the
| whole valued at about S25. On the six
| teenth he made his appearance at the house
\ kept by Nine Francois. coorcd, on Marais
street, between Cont and Bienvillc, rented
| a room there and cleaned it ont in the same
, way, carrying of the bed sheets, porcelain
| chandelier, the ornaments on the mantle
| piece and the key of the room. The tcsti.
mony against Moreau, as 10 the first rob-
| berry was pretty conclusive and the case
was sent before the criminal court. He
| then pleaded guilty to the second larceny
and not being able to furnish the required
| bail, was remanded to prison to await trial
| before the criminal court
Suicide.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. F. p. West, q
| painter doing business AZ l02 Poydras street,
| put an end to his existence by taking an
| ounce vial full of laudauum at his residence
on Franklin street between Clio and Erato
| streets. DR.. Nichols WAS called upon TO oX.
| anime the case, but found the unfortunate
| man already dead. 1t is said business diifi-
| Culties were the cause Of the depression
which prompted him to the act.
! Disappeared.
" aioclo. :, "Ilo Aiu oaptaLI oal.ieS
| ment, has left the city. Waltenberg mar
| rind Niss Rhoda a Gsrn,an actress . f1u
| yenks ago
| That CIty Committee
On the llth instant the following resolu.
| ton was unanimously adopted at mass
| citr.
| besolreJ That the nresident of this con.
| vontion he hernhv anthorilad and instrurt
| Cd 10 annoint a Citv rvncutivn committee
| consisting of the same number which com.
lower branch of the legislature and call
said committee together, this committee to
| have mower to fiji all vacancies, We are
daily asked when Mr.. Heath, the president
of the conyen tion. will appoint the COM
mittee
skepticism.
| On Wednesday evening, while the great
procession was passing the REpUBLlcAN
office on St, Charles street. with torches
flaming. banners fying, voices cheering
and music resounding, one of our reporters
overheard conversation between two
secdy individuals. members of some recon.
struCtion club. One said to the other:
-. Dern it. Bill. let's 20. This procession
will never pass It's only the same lot OF
niggcrs walking round the block. There
amt enough niggers in town to make this
procession!n The skeptics moved on.
Horxe Cara to CarroIlton
& el ia c.rS oH fo p'ao tho So
80 " ronaI S,raat ond CarroIItnn
Eorty ney end bondsome ears were Ilacad
"nu ;'s. t b. 80 ~ m Pc ~
upon pm, 'Ae .., ;Sot;ses. h,, H., aro
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tIose ~ any mae rn0 III ,t h
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Counterfeit Nickelr
Officers of the street railroad companies
saw that counterfeits of the Ave cent nickel,
are becoming very common, 1t is bad
enough 10 have to use sucb abortiops in
, the Shane of b,onze and nickel five. three
, two. and one cent pieces with which the
!. late director of the mint has cursed MS
without having counterfeits ofthese palmeG
mon rs In tRe old conner as well as othei
cdins of the Tinted States there was some
, artistic execution: but all apprOpriatenes.
, of al sion disannearcd lone sinceLcertalnl,
in 1851. when the three cent piece, in 1856
when the nickel cent, and still later wheI
the five cent nickel were introduced.
| we can have nothing better than these, anI
the dirty fractional shlnplasters, We may a'
| | well fall back upon Wampum oil the lhulabs
used after the first settlement OF the couh
7 try; even coon'skins would help We cas'
e some.
, Baint no Use Tor H.
7 This seems to be a common expression o
a the natives of this part OF the country