The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-28

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were Joined by q detachment from ar .',ifantr,
company on Congo Square. 0uside of rhe crowl
OF spectators, who had assem mbled n mere id Q Gu
nosi'y 10 see the soldiers. tbsre was no evld, NC,
OF unusual excitement. The cavalry werA fr IN
the Lower Cotton Press. and were as well as Il V
poys ID pioe, on foot. very gallant looking anu
st-lwart set Of Eaen.
A FARoIcAL NEGRO named Auguste. smploved
about the Court House building. who Is as black
as the ace of spades. and as jolly as Baccbus iu
form and features, Is great favorite and bdtt or
lester, among the young men employed aboat the
o9idlng. Aug1sse likes the practical horse jokes
OF the deputies, because he is always amply re.
paid in stamps aud orders for whisky and water
He has been indcctrinated into the most terrible
| mysteries Of X 4. C.s; "leailess" pistol, have
been hred right coso to his ear whilst he was fast
asleep; and pntod pals of water have tunabled
unexpectedly upon Sis devoted head. Aueuste.
who is MS harmless as q sucking dove and as pop.
ulsr about the puriieus o. the courts any cicer
on the premises, lives three or four squares
from the scene Of his daily labors. Yesterday
he came to his work, his lace distorted with fear
and ana his features of the: ashen hue which is far
beard Of Hamlet's father. He swore he had bean
attaked by the Democrats; that he had been shot
at three rimes, each bullet passing within grazing
distance OF bis wool. The fellow believed bis own
story. He had been called to wait on some cf his
bosses" in the building, and had INDUCED so An
sssgTse IL Ehst was left from the
the fantastic K. K. KS came 20 him as he lay in
the arms OF Morpheus with such vividness that
they seemed to be real actual occurrences. Next
morning. iuiIy impressed with the positive occur
renee, ne related his story. under promise Oh Sc
cresy, to dozen OF his youthful patrons.
Sleep hath its own world,
And wide realm Of wild reality.
And dreams In their development have breath.
And tears, and tortures -
They make rs what We were not what thew will.
And shake us with the vision that's gone by.
The dread OF vanish d shadows.
MURDER.-About P. NJ yesterday tho Cans.
CENT reporter visited the hall Of the Inpocents.
on Orleans street. The room was unoccupied.
except by the murdered corpse of one of their
MEMBERS and by q few Of the club, who were
paying the last tribute to the dead. The muir
dered was apparently not more than twenty-five
years old, lusty ard stout. Of dark complexion,
with black hair, eyebrows and whiskers Two
pistol balls had penetrated his right side, ust
below the nipple. and one had broken the thumb
OF his left hand. leaving it hanging by shred of
flesh. He was dressed in the uniform of the In
nocents, and. from what we could gather, was
walking quietly along Chartres street, near St
Philip, about one O'clock in the morning yester-
day, when the attack was made upon him. The
two wounds through his body were mortal.
When interrogated, as he was dying, as to the
assassin, he said nono bldnco,n q white man.
The name of the murdered man was Barba and
his residence, IS Hospital street. gentleman
named Charles Wagener witnessed the shooting.
He states that the man who shot was on the pp-
poste side of the street and was armed with A
double barrel gun. Heard no DISPUTE betveen
the parties, nor word spoken. The man with
the double barrel leveled it at the one opposite
SIS he walked along, fired. and the man dropped
dead. The man with the gun then started to run,
pursued by Mr.. WAGNER, who Is a special Off ser
OF the Claiborne and Canal streets railroad Wapeu-
er whistled the alarm, but was not answered from
any direction. The murderer ran down several
streets, finally turning into Orleans street. at the
corner of Villere.
At the inquest before the coroner, Yesterday.
wagener testified as follows: "As was going
down Chartres street Tuesday morning, shortly
after midnight. saw man named Belot fire his
gun on at Leterio Sarba. At the time was not
more than ten feet from Belot. Belot ran down
81. Philip TO Royal street, thence to Dumain and
down that street to Villere. From that point he
ran to TIeme Market, and took refuge behind the
butchers stalls, when lost sight Of him. One
shot only was hred. There was no quarrel what
ever between the parties.r
The verdict of the coroner's jury was to the
d t9at oe eersdn k6rS sarba had been
Belot was a member Of the Legislature which
adjourned few days ago. He Is q very light
mulatto, who passes very easily for white
p" l,onao dLdnco" and has several brothers and his
father living in the city, all of whom arc repre-
sented TO be much darker In complexion than d.
himself. Tie keeps, or rather kept, q cigar shop
on Claiborne street, near st. Anne. The shop
was entered during the day, yesterday, by some
who sacked the store, destroying all of its con-
tents. Barba was buried last evening from the
headquarters of the club of the Innooents at the
Orleans Ball Room.
The CIVIL SHERIFF and his principal deputy
called on General Rousseau, at headquarters,
about P. N. yesterday. Besides Generals Rous.
seau and Buchanan and Sheriff Maxwell and his
chief deputy, Major Joseph Dick, there were
present Mayor Conway, Superintendent William
son, Mr.. hcDun, of the Board of Police com
and several others. General Rousseau
stated that the peace of the city had been dis
turbed, no matter by whom, and that it must be
that Major williamson is continued
as chief OF police. Ii was suggested that q tenn
porary police ought to be selected, recommended
rom among the most quiet and reliable men who
lorm the various clubs of the city. That the
sheriff might do all in bis power to keep the peace
and, having the confidence OF the authorities and
81 the people, that he should be sustained In bis
Efforts by the military.
The suggestion that the city ought to be pa
rolled by citizens as received with appreciation
IT IS IMPossrBLE TO STATE bow many white men
Ind how many negroes were killed yesterday.
rom midnight to midnight. Two of the members
II the Innocent Club were certainly killed, and
hree or four negroes In reprissI. The two men
we're assassinated whilst walking alone and quietly
IN their homeward way. They gave no provocs.
ion, and the act was one which, IL not punished.
night subject the Oldest and most honored men in
he midst OF rs to the same atrocities. The limo.
,eDts are among the lsw.abiding people Of New
orleans, and, whilst they will not allow their
members TO be wantony attacked with impuuity,
hey ere now satisfied that the principals In the
assassination Of their brethren have been con-
Hgnly punished.
The TEMPERATURE yesterday, a. shown BY the
thermometer at @. Duhsmels, Ill Canal street,
Vas as follows: At 6 A. n. 60 degrees: IL n
o; 3P.n. IL: 6P. q. IL.