The New Orleans crescent., 1868-01-17

council to impose rules for the government of the
CITY, the case might be taken before the Supreme
Court OF the United States. Perhaps il won ID
be three or four years before it would be decided
and, meantime, there might be such change OF
government as would insure Just system of as.
sessment to all tax payers.
Mr.. Lancaster concluded by submitting to the
sssemblage a series of resolutions and a memo
RAJ 10 the council praying for reduction Of the
tax on coheehouses and sretal grocers. The re-.
solutions were prefaced with a preamble setting
iorth that the rate OF license as it has been fxed
is. in these times of general distress, insupport-
| able, has been Illegally and unconstitutionally
enacted, and, If not reduced. the collection should
De legally resisted. The resolutions declared that
petition for relief should be addressed to the
council and that failing the interests representc
IN the meeting should organize permanently for
the purpose of defending themselves against any
attempt to enforce the ordinance, by raising
fnnds to pay the expenses of legal proceedings
The resolutions and petition having been read
the meeting was organized by the selection Of Mr..
! William Conway as chairman and Mr.. Johu Nc.
! Pbelin as secretary.
1t was proposed to adopt the petition and reso-
lqtons drawn up by Mr.. Lancaster. Mr.. McPhelin
thought the motion premature. The meeting was
very well attended, but it was far from being
| iuil meeting of the cofeehouse keepers. Before
| determining upon any step of importance, he
| thought they should secure q room ia a central
| situation and procure the largest attendance. II
they went into this thing they ought to go iato it
| with vim" with determination to carry is
| through at any expense. The cofeehouse keep
eTs were numerous and Influential class, and if
they worked with each other faithfully, they
would carry their point. But to do that unity
was necessary, fer the means to succeed could
only be had by unity.
On motion the chair was authorized to appoint
committee of three to procure a room for
larger meeting, and announce when that meeting
shall be held. Nessrs. John ONeil, John O'Melia
and Peter Green were designated as the commit
tee, and 1t was generally understood that the
meeting will be called for Monday next.
TlAw 1l..a.x Al
Mr.. Lancaster were then adopted with some modi-
fcations.
AS prepared by Mr.. Lancaster, the council was
asked 10 reduce the license, which is now $780, to
S250-tbe rate of last year. As amended, the
council is asked to reduce the tax to $3.50, which
was the rate before the war. This change was
made at the instance OF Mr.. John Heavy, who
spoke OF the injustice Of the license system in
taxing house such as his own, where he took in
three or four dollars a day, the same as
house where three or four hundred dollars a
day were taken in.
Mr. Jacob Young, who said he had been in the
coheebouse business twenty y-nine years. also spoke.
For fourteen years he has been keeping a gro.
cery and cofieehouse at the corner of st. James
and Tchoupitoulas streets. For his own part
he was willing to pay every just tax, but he
wanted every body else to be taxed as well as
himself. In the square where he was, upwards of
twenty people sold liquor, but none of them paid
license, and the consequence was that they could
sell cheaper and sell more than he did. He, "a
NCIl as MI. nehFy, WdnJeu q clae9lucatl0Q OF
licenses. it was unjust that house receiving
but four or five dollars day should be taxed as
highs house receiving hundreds day.
After the collection of funds to pay the current
expenses OF the movement, the meeting adjourned
with the expectation of ,forming permanent or.
ganization when next assembled.
RoBBERY.-About IL O'Clock Yesterday mora.
ing the house of Mr.. Kennedy No. 18S Third
street, was entered by some person unknown who,
climbing the fence of vacant lot adjoining the
eraioa oroI 81, A.
windows and broke open an armoir with an ak,
and distracted the following articles, which he
carried away with him, VIZ one lady's gold open
faced watch marked with the initials &C. K.n
one gold and one hair fob chain, two gold
crosses, a breastpin, gold pencil-csse, a box of
gold studs six dollars in silver aud six dollars in
gold: No clue to the perpetrator has been ar
rived AZ.
CUTTING AFFAIR. An alteration occurred
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon, at the cor
ner of Canal and Royal streets, between Nicholas
Garbaran and Jack Laurence, in which the former
was dangerously cut by Laurence. The wounded
man was taken to his residence, No. As Main
street.
ANOTHER BURGLAR SHoT.-For several night1
the grocery store of Mr.. John McQuside, on the
corner of 81. Andrew and Edward streets, has
been entered, and groceries stolen, in what the
proprietor was unable to discover. This morn
ing, however, about two O'Clock, Mr.. McQuaide
hearing noise in his store, from his bed aud
arming himself with revolver, proceeded
TO inquire into the cause. Entering his
store ne became convinced that it con.
tanned an intruder, and Immediately fred at
random in the dark. The robber managed to get
out through an iron grated window, the bars of
which, however, were not closely set, and through
which he had entered, and finally fell in the yard,
were he was picked up and 1t was ascertained
that he was very dangerously wounded, the ball
having entered his groin. He now lies in q criti.
cal condition in the Charity Hospital. The name
of the Legro was Andrew Sullivan.
PAYING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEAcHERs.-The
pay rolls of the public schools call for Fifty two
thousand dollars, of which one half only is for
the salaries of the teachers the balance being for
articles furnished to the schools during the MONTH
Mr.. Howell will pay only that portion of the paw
rolls relating to the salaries in order to be able
TO pay the street commissioner department on
Monday. The balance will be paid at some future
time.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CENTRAL CoMMITTEE.-The Democratic State
Central Committee has permanently organized by
electDg the following officers: N. B. Brady, ESQ,
president; Col. James Mann and Gabriel de Fer.
ret Esq; vice presidents; Col. VIM. Smallwood, |
secretary and E. SalomOn, Esq, treasurer. The
subcommttees will be announced by the chair at
meeting Of the committee which is to be held
this evening, in ParlOr P, st. Charles Hotel.
ATTENPT AT BURGLARY.-Three men, whose
suspicious appearance had caused Corporal Swan
and another officer to watch them, were seen We'd
nesday night attempting to enter the residence of
Mr.. Mekelvey, corner of Euterpe and Coliseum
streets. The officers .pounced upon them and
succeeded in arresting notorious character, who
gave his name as VIM. Ford, but is now recog.
DiZed as one Charley Stewart. The two other |
thieves managed to escape, after knocking down |
the officer who was with Corporal Swan. Stewart |
was sent to the Workhouse for six months by Re- |
corder Neville, and the police on the track of
the others.
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL.-John Weseloh |
has caused the arrest of John Andrew Theodore, |
whom he charges with having, on the 18th instant,
ON board Of the ship Augusta, then lying at post |
No. 20, in the First District. unprovokedly as
saulted and shot and wounded him with revolver |
the ball striking him in the forehead. He there
fore charges Theodore with assault with intent 10 |
Kill. The accused has been arrested aud will be |
tried on the 18th instant.
RESISTING THE OFFICER.-Actng Lieut.. Fred.
Haester, of the Fourth District, reports that Cor
poral Skerret and Officer Fitzgibbons while at
tempting TO arrest one DOnohue, 10 Sheehan's |
cOfieehouse, in the Fourth District, were re-
sisted by the friends of DOnOnue, who made his |
escape. One Of the parties, named German, has
heen arrested. and afhdavits against others have
been made. That's right clean the thieves and