The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-21
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We have authority, which can be produced
when called for, for the following facts: About
two weeks ago a gentleman connected with an
extensive foundry and boiler factory 10 the First
District, received an anonymous letter, warning
him that articles of value were stolen at an early
hour every morning from the establishment. The
gentleman set himself 10 watch. Seeing a negro
with a large roll of sheet copper in his posses
sion, and recognizing him as a hand that had
been employed about the place, he had him ar
rested by the policeman near. The negro there
upon stated that another negro, a confidential
man, constantly employed about the foundry, and
who had the key to the gate, was in the habit of
handing out rolls of sheet copper to him, which
he was also in the habit of taking to a receivers
on Tchoupitoulas street. The two negroes and
the receiver were arrested and confined in prison.
The case came of yesterday, and although both
the negroes had expressed their anxiety to testify
as to the receiving of the goods and the encour-
agement given them by the white man on TchOup
iiOulas street, they were not admitted to the wit
Iess stand; and they, the ignorant instruments
sent before the First District Court, and the
really guilty, the receiver and inciter, was
released and is again at his nefarious trade.
On Friday evening " Phantasmagoria exbbi
ton, with scripture and miscellaneous ilIustra-
tons" is TO be given at the Coliseum Place Baptist
Church under tie auspices of the Ladies' Mission
sry Society. Refreshments are to be provided tor
guests in an adjoining room, and every other ar
rangemeDt will be made to insure the enjoyment
of those who attend. We are indebted to the
committee for a complimentary ticket of invita-
ton.
Upon motion of Judge Whitaker, counsel for
ex-Mayor Heath, further proceedings in the writ
Of quo l1GTTdntO. served upon Mayor Conway,
were yesterday discontinued, in consequence OF
the reply made from headquarters to Judge Whit
aker's inquiry on the subject, as published in the
CRESCENT Of yesterday.
Jean Meunier, the missing charcoal dealer, hav-
ing seen in the daily papers notices OF his dissp
pearance, has come to light again.
The temperature yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer al g. Duhsmeps, corner Bienville
and Chartres streets, was as follows At A. M.
76 degrees: IL NJ. IS: Bpm. 50: 6P.M 70.
Frank Neville. alias Stax, charged with post
Office robberes last winter, has been transferred
from the custody of the police authorities to that
Of the U. s. marshal.
Judge Duplautier, of the Sixth District Court.
has dismissed a suit brought against the Southern
Express Company to recover $3.50, the alleged
value, interest, ETC., of package said 70 contain
slO0 in gold, shipped from here in 1861 in care
of the company, to point in Kentucky. The
package, 1t seems, never delivered at its des.
unation, having been, i. is said, lost in transitu
but the claim, not having been presented within
ninety deys after its shipment, as was required by
the contract on the receipt, was declared ground
less by the court.
By invitation of Captain Childress we took the
one mule wagon, last evening, with several
friends, on Canal street, aud trOtted down at
cap has Just reopened the celebrated old
"Haf Wsy," where the sports of the turf and
people of all kinds have ever been in the habit OF
breathing their swift roadsters and refreshing
their inner man. We discovered everything in
excellent Order-the bar bountifully supplied
with the best of whiskies brandies and other
liquors; whilst the champagne which mine host
poured out was only equaled in its quality by the
prodigality with which it was dispensed. 1t was
the genuine cQuot and trdppe, at that. The
panfain has a panaciOuq ND alauaut Il for
use of ladies. Duane, whose name is identified
with pistols and coffee, has rifle and pistol gall
lery close by, at which amateurs and Others that
may desire to practice, or TO kill time can amuse
themselves; whilst the fragrant and elegant gar.
dens, with their leafy labyrinths, offer the most
seductive inducements TO such as may have some
soft love tale 10 relate or to listen to. We can
honestly advise our readers to attend the Half
way House, as il is now kept, for Childress will
not only have the best of liquors and refresh.
ments, bN the best order and decorun kept
throughout.
A rare scene occurred yesterday in the Third
District court room. learned and honorable
gentleman, who has filed seats both in the District
and IN the Supreme Courts, was attorney for cer-
tain parties, in a case wherein another lawer, no
less distinguished in the realms of spritualism,
was his antagonist. The spiritualist accused the
ex judge OF not adhering with strict truth to the
record. The ex,judge, in answer, seized an lux
stand and with that awful instrument in his right
hand. be Numbered forth denuncialion after de-
nunciatiOn upon his Adversary head. The matter
was summsrily ended just as it was reaching
fighting point, by the judge of the court, who de-
clsred the case adjourned till next November.
The Jovial minute clerk, who, up 70 the moment
of the handling of the ink stand had been pacidly
writing out his days proceedings, and dreaming,
with open eyes, of the deer and aigators he is to
shoot to-day, dOdge0, in CONSERVATION, under his
desk. thinking the tables had been turned, and
that instead Of re tigaire" being hunted, he had
turned upon bis pursuer.
We are indebted 10 the lady teachers of the
De Soto School for an invitation to attend their
commencement exercises on Wednesday next,
and to those of the Webster School for a similar
favor, the examination to take place tomorrow,
the 22d inst.
The annual public exercises in the Grammar
and Primary Schools (both white and colored) of
the First District will take place to morrow.
The number of mich COWS turned out of the
stables in the rear OF the city during the afternoon
is hardly TO be computed. The pastures are poor,
but the milkmen judge very properly that fresh
air and few green weeds are better than physic
ard stall food. If the milkmen would only club
together and SOW the fields in the neghborhood
Of the park-or in fact all the fields in the back
part Of town, from Carrollton to the barracks
with timothy grass, Bermuda grass, or clover,
they would reap tenfold benefit both in richness
CT the milk and in the quantity of feed.
negro meeting was held few nights ago, on
Terpsichore street, at the house Of a negro, and
in honor of the Rant Qualification nomination.
during the magniloquent proceedings in the
dwelling. select committee on stoves bore of
the stove from the kitchen, with all its parapher
nalia-stove pipe, tin utensils, kettles, etc. The
proprietor should have remembered the sable
sdsge about the red hot stove; bat he swears
earnestly that Rant Qualification meeting shall
never again hold a session on his premises. The
majority of the gentry composing such meetings
are exceedingly light fingered.
The passer-by might have seen yesterday,
seated on the floor of the marble doorway of one
Of cur principal banks, poor woman in rags,
with one child lying stretched asleep on the cold
pavement beside her, and snother-an infant-at
her breast. Whether she was an impOster or
not, the sight was in either event pitiful enough.
ACADEMY OF MUsgC. Tonight the season
closes, and the announcement will not be a well
come one, We fancy, TO those who during the past
winter and spring have derived so much enter
tainment from the various burlesques and variety
performances offered at the Academy. For the
closing occasion good bill is announced, inclu-
ding double polka by Misses Evers and Wood,
comic selections by Jennie Engel, Ethiopian deli
neations by Parker, Carter and Schcolcraft, and
the last local sensation Base Ball" caricsturing
various characters about town. We hope the sea-
ma hrflI farnn nd fbo&