The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-12
SOral SnteIligenre.

| with the initials T. s. r. upon it was found on
CaIIndeIet h street, rear Grayler Yesterday, ana
The temperature, yesterday, as shown by the
| Thermometer ct G. DuhGmel's, corner Bienville
and Chartres streets. was as follows: At 6 A.
H, Al degrees At IL NJ, A; at Q P. NJ, As ;
at 9 P. ~, As.
Mr.. William Sweatnam, a deserving actor and
! Ethiopian delineator, has been rendered by his
frisuds complimentary benefit, to take place on
| Saturday night next at the olympic Theater.
The stockholders OF the Orleans Railroad Com
| pany held a meeting on Monday night and elected
the following officers, to serve during the ensuing
year George Clark, president; Jules Benit, Sec
retary; finance committee-GeOrge W. Hynson
chairman, Felix Labatut and L. E. Lamarie :
construction commlttee-B. Saloy, chairman, and
d. B. Naearty.
The convention yesterday voted its members an
increase OF salary, raising their per diem per
day" to thirteen dollars. In these hard times
such an indication of prosperity is truly refresh
ing The vote only involves an additional ex.
pense of $26, 900.
Mr. Fiske mot the funny many is to receive $500
for his services in opening the convention with
prayer. Judge Cooley heartlessly insinuated that
half the amount would be more than the reverend
gentleman could have made outside in the same
period.
motion having been made yesterday in con
vention TO dismiss the assistant secretary for nom
attendance, il was asserted that the missing off.
cial had been seen making tracks for the interior
with carpet bag full Of circulars, and tickets
ventiOn. His pay, it was therefore urged, ought
to be continued.
Mr.. Conrad Shredder, arrested some days ago
for attempting TO defraud the internal revenue
laws, was yesterday honoraby acquitted from the
charge by U. S. Commissioner Urban.
An addition of two hundred volumes has been
made TO the city library. More will be added
soon. The books were purchased by the School
Board.
In the GraDger.Gastinel case statements are
made by Mrs. Granger, privately, that give the
affair sn aspect even more serious than usurpa-
tion of authority by magistrate, and such cir
cumstances are reported TO have been disclosed
by Mrs Granger yesterday as demand the early
attention Of the Grand Jury to the case. Al
though the two brothers were illegally sentenced
to the Parish Prison they are still in jail, under
Recorder Gsstinels commitment.
None Of the gentlemen appointed to the upper
Board of Aldermen by Gen. Hancock was at the
session last evening, except Mr.. Schneider.
Mr.. Wolfley has been elected president Of the
Board OF Aldermen.
The city license for cofee.houses has been re-
dueed TO $3.50, and the license of billiard saloons
TO $50 for each table.
An EvENTFUL BALL.-One of the finest balls
that we have ever attended was given in this city,
last year, at the Moresque Building, by the Dry
Goods Clerks Association, now known as the Dry
Goods and Mercantile Clerks Association. This
society propose to give another gathering of the
same Kind to celebrate their second anniversary,
at the National Theater, on Thursday evening, the
10th instant. Beyond doubt the affair will be
grand and marked with the gaiety which usually
attends any gathering of the Dry Goods and Mer.
camille Clerks Association. Thanks for invitation
tckeJs.
FIRE.-A fire broke out about half-past one
O'Clock yesterday morning in the house No. 6l9
Magazine street, which was unoccupied, but was
speedily eXtiDgulshed and before much damage
had been done. That it was the work OF an in.
cendiaTy cannot be doubted, for, upon an exami-
nation Of the premises it sscertsined that the
wall separating the building from an adjoining
one, occupied as a shoe store by Antonio Pecori
had been perforated, and that both floors were
saturated with coal oil. Two fires had been built
on the floor of the first house. A man named
Fabli, residing in the back yard of the premises,
has been arrested on suspicion of being con.
nected with this act Of incendiarsm.
CowARDLY AssAULr-On Monday evening.
while Mr.. John Anderson was standing on the
corner of Cypress and Claiborne streets, he was
cowardlY stabbed from behind in the head and
back by some unknown person. Mr.. johnson is
happily not in a dangerous condition but suffers
considerably from his wounds.
STILL ANOTHER BURGLARY.-The grocery store
Of Mr.. Alexander Stewart, corner of Orange and
Magazine streets, was burglariOusy entered on
Monday night and robbed Of goods of the value of
about one hundred dollars. No clue TO the thieves
has yet been found.
FRE.-A little before IL o'clock last night, the
three-stoTy brick building, No. 95 Royal street.
tle lower UOUT Ol which Is OCCQpleQ Dy MI. Ed
ward Lanzsc as an spothecary shop, and the up
per part by Mrs. COndTau as a boarding house,
took fire and before the flames we're extinguished
the first and second stories were consumed. The
stock in Mr. LsnZacs establishment and the most
valuable part of Mrs. COndrau's furniture were
destroyed.
BOARD OF ALDERMES.-The reorganized board
held their first meeting last night. Present:
Aessrs. Carriere, Devices, Burbank, Schneider
and Wolfey, the latter Of whom was called upon
to preside temporarily.
The order OF Gen. Hancock recognizing the |
council was read and directed 10 be spread upon
the minutes.
message from the mayor advised the board |
that be bad been called upon by deputation of |
the school directors, who stated to him that the |
appropriation made for the support of the schools
this year is insufficient.
The chair suggested that it was necessary first |
to proceed TO tie election Of president and the |
Of the committees.
Mr. Schneider objected TO an election at pres |
ent. 1t should be postponed, he thought, to the |
next meeting, as all the gentlemen lately sp- |
pointed by Gen. Hancock were absent, and there |
was barely quorum present.
Mr.. Devices stated that the city business would |
be suspended in great measure until the commit |
tees were recognized, and he thought it incIm- |
bent on the board TO go into an election imme- |
diately.
Mr. Schneider withdrew his objection; the |
election was gone into, and Mr. WOl1ey was |
unanimously chosen president, who rendered his |
lhaDks Dfleny.
The president appointed Mr.. Burbank chairman /
Of the committee on finance, in place Of Clay re. |
moved, and TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the re- |
movsl of Clay, Mr.. Schneider was appointed. Mr. |
Schneider asked TO be relieved as bis commercial /
business demanded his whole attention. The chair
prevailed upon Mr.. Schneider, however, to remain
on the committee, remsIking that his services
were needed on the committee.
The message Of the mayor relative to the ap-
for the schools was then referred 10
the finance committee.
The resolution from the assistant board ex-
tending the time for the payment Of licenses and
taxes on professions to the lst Of March, was
in.
A resolution from the assistant board, reducing
the licenses on coffee houses from $500 to $3.50, /
came up.
Mr.. burbank moved to refer it to the finance
committee.
Mr.. Schneider said the coffee house keepers /
could not stand the increase that had been made.
II it was persisted in, onehat Of the coffee house
keepers would have TO shut up in fortnight. II \
would be for the benefit Of the city and Of pro- |