The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-15
EutaI Sntellisente.

citation on Wednesday evening was largely attend
ed. The sacred music on the occasion was un
usually fine.
cowhiding affair took place yesterday AZ on Car.
ondelet street, above POydras, in which a police
officer was the party of the first part, aud knight
Of the goose and shears the party of the second
part. The affair terminated In the arrest of the
former upon charge OF assault and battery.
The body of an unknown man with his throat
cut from to ear was found fosting in the river
at the foot of Eighth street few days since.
jury OF inquest in Jefferson City returned a yer.
dict OF murdered by some party or parties
known. There ia as yet no clue to the criminals.
-Four ci les in Georgia vie with each other in
eDdesvoring to secure Bishop Beckwith, late rec.
tor Of Trinity Church In this city, as a resident.
In each handsome dwelling is offered him.
Yesterdays afternoon train on the Jackson
Railroad carried northward quite number of the
delegates from this section TO the National Re.
publican Convention at Chicago.
The temperature, yesterday, as shown by the
Thermometer a. G. Duhamel's, corner Bienvills
and Chartres streets was as follows At A. NJ.
62 degrees; IL N. IS; Pm. 70; GIN. a.
We report today the pleadings in an interest
ing suit just decided in the Fifth District Court
The Was that Of the receiver of the National
Bark against Watson for the amount of a pr0mis-
sorry note. IL will be seen that the question was
raised to the legality of the act of putting the
bank in liquidation, in connection with a plea OF
non consideration. No reasons were given by
Judge LeaumOnt for his judgment, aud il cannot
be stated whether he decided for defendant on the
sufficiency of either or both of the pleas.
There is a schism in the association of " Ex-
United States Soldiers and Sailors" !" here. The
scbismatics met at the Mechanics Institute on
Wednesday night aud appointed some fifty dele
gates to the Chicago COnventon of eX-Federal
Soldiers and Sailors. The meeting passed resolu-
tons denouncing those who had previously
elected delegates as copperheads; declaring the
conviction Of President johnson necessary TO
save the country 4" from anarchy and despOtsm, ".
and announcing General Grant and Ben Wade as
al hp tha laff fha
cessOr of Mr.. johnson, when lie is turned out and
the former as the successor of Ben, when his
Time is out.
An old gentleman named Hall, well known in
this city, and residing on Dauphin, between Bien.
vile ard Cont streets, died suddenly as he was
entering his residence yesterday afternoon, about
3 o'clock. Mr.. Hall had previously enjoyed ex-
celent health, and was returning from the barber
shop when his death occurred.
bunch Of keys found in the Second District
can be claimed at this ollce.
A TRLGEDY.-About eight O'Clock last evening
q difficulty occurred between three cOlOred men
at the corner of Front Legee and POydras streets,
arising cut Of some trifling dispute about chair
upon which one of them had been sitting, and ter
minatiDg in the knocking down and fatally stab
bing of one of the three, Edward Brown by name.
The wounded man was brought 70 the central
police station in dying condition, the blood
flowing cOpiOusly from cash in his abdomen,
and having been provided for as comfortably as
circumstances would permit, gave his ante e-mortem
statement to the effect that both his assailants
were unknown to him; that one of them had
knocked him down and the other had stabbed
him. negro named Dan Sullivan was arrested
and identified by Brown as the one who had
Knocked him down; the other, whose name is
said TO be George Washington, was still at large
when we visited the station last evening.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-sJiidge Holce, Nay IA
Michael Bowling, informed against for an alleged
breach of trust, alleged to have been committed
in embeZZng five hundred dollars in gold, which
Thomas MeTriman averred he intrusted to him as
agent, TO be returned when called for, was dis
charged the district attorney entering nolle
pTOsequi in the case, in consequence OF the death
Of Merrimsn, the prosecutor.
J. G. Spoil pleaded guilty to a charge of assault.
and battery on the person of Chretien Fess, and
was sentenced to pay fine of fifteen dollars.
F. p. 0tia accused of assault and battery on
the person of Mrs. Caroline Salvatore, pleaded
guilty, but sentence was deferred.
Joshua Burnett cclOred, was tried for the lar
ceny OF one hundred and ten dollars from Alfred
White, colored, and was convicted.
Martin O'Meara was found guilty of assault and
battery on the person of Emile ]. Oliver.
Mike Carey was convicted of obtaining horse
and buggy from W. X. Spearing, by falsely repre-
sentiDg that Thomas BOylan, clerk at the st.
James Hotel, had sent him for said horse and
buggy.
Francisco Valotti, accused of stabbing Guisippe
Gugilielmo with intent to murder, having no
attorney to defend him, his case was continued to
tuesday next, and the court assigned to him A.
AtOcha, Esq, as counsel.
FIFTH DISTRICT sCoURT Charles Case, Re.
ceiUer of First National Bank, Us. Robert Wat.
s0n.-Plsintif sued defendant for s37,72l IL,
amount of prommissory note, drawn by defeD-
cant to his own order, and payable thirty days
after date, which was March 10, 1867. The note
was part of the assets Of the bank when il failed
Defendant pleaded that the bank was put in
liquidation Illegally, inasmuch IS the currency act
of the United States was not complied with, and
thpratOrn he in ha
hands of receiver. "There never" 1t was
averred, twas legal protest made of one Of its
circulating notes, nor any Of the formaities pur-
sued, which are required by the act creating the
national banking system, which would authorize
the placing of the bank in the hands of areceiVer.
That by force, and without the warrant of law,
an officer of the treasury department of the
United States took possession of the bank. all its
assets, books, records and archives, and among
it's assets large amount of the currency Of the
United States and Of gold and silver. That while
thus in forcible and illegal possession of said
bank, said agent procured from the treasury Of
the United States in New Orleans, of which he
also had possession and CONTROL one of the circu.
latiDg notes of said bank, placed the same ia the
hands Of a notary, went with him to the counter
of taid bank, directing the said notary to
present the said note and demand the
pa n ent thereof, and at the same time from be.
hind the counter of said bank, said agent peremp-
toriy ordered the person in charge of the monied
assets of said bank, not to pay said note, nor to
redeem IL, alth0ngn there was at that tine IN the
vaults of the bank and under the control of the
said sgent, and of the. p1rsuH iri sL--s- ~s sh-
funds or the SAID bank, large amount OF the
legal currency Of the United States and much more
than was sufficient to redeem said circulating note.
That at sad time the officers OF said bank we're
forcibly kept from the charge, custody and con.
troll OF the bank and its assets that note Of the
issue Of the bank was ever presented for redemp-
ton to any of its officers nor protested when thus
presented for non payment nor was there ever
disposition or wish the part of said officers to
decline or refuse the redemption of Its issues,
nor did they ever do SO. That the stockholders
o: said bank protested against the action of the
agent of the treasury department, as above set
forth, as Illegal, arbitrary and unwise and have
never withdrawn said protest, made by them, on
OF about 29th May, 1861. and on that day for
wsrded to the secretary OF the treasury of the
United States"
II was also pleaded: That on or sboutthe 1lth
OF April, 1866, one James E. Durham took
transfer from Thomas p. May, then director of
the bank, of three hundred and fifty shares Of the
stock of said bank, at the zane time executing
his note TO the order of said May for $S5 375 So,
payable on demand, with seven per cent. interest
from date until paid, said May still holding the