The New Orleans crescent., 1868-03-01
yoral 5nteuisenfs.

REP0RT0RIAL BREyITIEs.-Ihe statement of the
| Merchants Bank, on the 24th ult., showing the
condition Of the institution when active business
was resumed IN 1t, viii be found in the advertising
| columns.
Neuralgia is unusually prevalent in the city at
| present.
The community will regret to learn that Mr..
Carroll, one Of the Oldest and most esteemed cot
Carroll Hoy Co., was yesterday attacked with
| paralysis, and one side is disabledby it.
| The enlisted men on duty at headquarters were
| inspected and mustered for pay yesterday, by
Col. Gentry, acting assistant inspector general.
| The temperature, yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer at G. Duhamel's, corner BienvilIe
and Chsr'res streets. was as follows: At A.
NJ, 50 degrees; at IL NJ. s.; st P. NJ, So; at
The frat straw hats Of the season have been
visible during the past week. One infatuated be-
ing actually appeared in q white duck suit early
| in the week, but an indignant and outraged pub
| lie opinion caused his speedy disappearance.
o6rd wood hos f.iIss eight d6iars
| yards in the city. A cord, split. sawed and de-
| livered. may now be purchased for $40 so.
The reconstructonists of Drysdes street have
changed the State capitals location twice in the
month. For the information of the curious we
| would state that New Orleans enjoys the honor
for the present. some Of our citizens protest
| against this species OF capitol punishment.
| Mr.. Fske, (not the funny man, who lstely
drew his warrant for sanity services as chsplsin
| 10 The Louisiana reconstruction convention, has
turned up In Texas, as full fedged, true blue
delegate to the convention in that State.
The fair for the benefit OF the German
Protestant Orphan Asylum closed last night,
with a vendue Of the articles remaining on hand.
II is credtable TO the ladies and gentlemen who
managed the fair, as 1t Is creditabe also to the
benehcence Of our German population. that this
fair has been the greatest in charity of the
year, with all the "hard tines We are passing
through. 1t will net upwards of six thousand
dollars.
Patrick Dovle. emploved in the steam engine
carpenter shop OF Mr.. Ross, at the corner of Pry-
tania ahd washington sueets' became entangied
10 ne oeiung OF tne machinery. yesterasy eve
nMg, aho pas inronn agalns. oloch, wnicn irac-
tuiso nis SAUL anu 9auseu lmneuia'e uestn.
Inc ron'cnsrtrsin hsilroad COMPANY svsiling
insHseIves OF ,ne privileges g,snteo Dy tne Guy
S.e'y are e4tenalng ,neiI ROAD LOT ste4m cars 70
ao,ae.;',e ann WI ~ Few "eeAs nave lns
veonio"fe ionn'ns aiong INC iefee 10 OHou
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nossr. T. Lee y on e1n'Di.or u ,n sne sno "inuo"
vi "e'sis' oieio0h I" W. on Oshai suse''
AN AFFLICTED MorHER.-On Friday afternoon
Mrs. Sherhammer young married woman, re-
siding az No. 40 st. James street. missed her child
a boy about eighteen months old, aud supposing
that he had sfrayed away on the streets. aud that
somebody might have picked him up. she went to
the police station ct the City Hail. to see If he
had been brought there, or If there was any ac-
count of him. She was grievousy disappointed
70 find there was none. The officers promised TO
let her know Immediately il they got any tidings
of the boy, and telegrsphed to every one Of the
police stations instructions to communicate to the
head station IL be was found. No news came the
whole night to the seepless mother. Yesterday
morning she examined her premises and at last
belhought herself of the privy, and looking into
il, she saw part Of the dress of the child aud
took him out q corpse. He must have climbed on
the seat and fallen in, and was, probably in the
agonies Of sufocstion, at the moment he was first
missed. When the coroner went to the house.
yesterday, to hold the inquest the afflicted mother
Was almost bereff OF her senses. -
- .xs.,,.,.,--. .t<,.-,-~~,x~v avv.re Thars
are no new developments in The mvsterio.s affair
A. The Paradise Eonse near fhe Fair (sronnas hrt
,bronob intsiiigenca 1b;ch We bava from an,hsn'
t;c so5rcss W. are enabled 70 corrac, soms mis-.
stateroents of tha nress in regard ~ The n,aftar
and these corrections only serve To- involve the affair
more ana mare in mvsterv. The sunposition has
that The bouse As broken into nv one or more
robbers. and il has been me ntioned AZ fact thai
the back door leading into the yard was forced
open with an axe. The door was not forced open
at ALL IL was left open by the family. and al
though there were showers on Tuesday afternoon
and rain during the evening, suihcient to make
the ground wet and muddy, and that was tue
night the onslaught was made on the family. there
were no foot prints the next morning n the yard,
and every door and window was. closed and
fastened, except the back door.
The whole family are now expected to recover,
en si.. n..ss ie. mnyso easo ~ !;
| far aSvanced in nregnancv The girj Frsdarica
| Rrnch The domestic has snoken iatr,lieihiv on
| occssions We are not info1meS as To the nsturs
| ~ TIE orest;ons mt 20 her hut har snswer yvss
/ that White man who she did not know Ala n
said that She was aseen when she was strnck but
| II il not known whether her room was dark or
lighted at the time. II il was dark of course she
| could have no certainty what sort OF person her
assaiant was, nor could she say that he was known
or unknown TO her,.
hr. Auersteiner is q Swiss oy Dirtn, ana mas
been IN the city about twenty years. Havihg
married herman laoy, ne Is very wen AuoWn
snong ihe Sefman popuiauon, ana sevelai are
IhieIestmg tnsm,eises IN raising moneJ .or tne
iSIel Va 'no ieny, VIZ ete ~ ~
stances. besides the tniee hnnored ooiiars col
iecled on fIdsy, we met oeImsn citizen yes
| leIuay WHY hau ootaineu sctP,Ions e1ceeu,ne
eigniy collars: one Oh the frencn residents mas
eoptrlootea MY ooilars, ana one uefman twenty
uoi'~is W 'Ao D0Ne'0'oN' iU~'
,sHIFTiNes IN THE roLicE.-Ihe iollowing
changes have been mace IN Ine poice; Sergean.
| "m. DouRias, OF me Seconl Dis'rlct, against
wnom, prooaoy agslns, ms VIII 50 mncn ilileel- EEL
ing has existed, y Tanslerree 70 tne toufln Us
ifict sergeant =; Dcrcy' 9I ,ne foar,n goes 70
the Fnst, ana sergeant harkng, o, the rns.,
| takes ine place OF oerReant Deug,ss IN tus