New Orleans Republican., 1868-01-21
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CITY DF NEW 0Rl FANS
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

passed by the present city council to sell at
public auction certain real estate owned by
the corporation, Messrs. G. E Girardey &
Co., city auctioneers, yesterday commenced
selling off the same. A large portion was
sold, as follows:
Washington Artillery Armory, Girod
street. $1,000.
First District Stationhouse, corner st.
Charles and Lafayette, was offered, and
S34, 600 bid, but was withdrawn.
Fourteen batture lots in the square
bounded by Lafayette, Poydras, Delta, and
Water streets, purchased by Pontchartrain
railroad company, SlS0,000.
Twenty,one lots in square bounded by
Water, Pile, Julia, and St. Joseph streets,
bought by Chattanooga railroad company,
$40 900.
Fifteen lots in square bounded by Girod,
Lafayette Delta, and Water streets, by Mr..
McCloskey, $37 500.
Ten lots in the square bounded by Notre
Dame, Girod, Delta, and Water streets,
S13, 900.
Ten lots in the square bounded by Delta,
Front, Notre Dame, and Glrod streets,
SIS, 800.
One lot fronting Julia, on the end of
square bounded by Julia, Pile, Water, and
Notre Dame streets, S2l00.
One lot ON the other end of same square,
$780,
Six lots in the square bounded by Pile,
Julia, Notre Dame, and Water streets,
SlO,SOO
Twelve lots in square bounded by CALI.
Ope, Pile, st. Joseph, and the levee, Sl4 600.
Twelve lots in square bounded by st.
Louis, Clay, and Old Leyee, $4,000.
The lot in the above square facing st.
Louis street sold for S320O; the lot facing
Toulouse street brought $2S00.
Five let's in square bounded by Toulouse,
Jefferson, Clay, and Old Leveee, Sll, $50.
Six lots in square bounded by Jefferson,
| 7
Two lots in square bounded by Levee,
| Vaudeville, st. Peter, and Marigny streets,
$3s, 600.
Three lots in square bounded by st.
| Claude, Clouet, Morales, and Louisa $500.
Three lots and improvements known AS
| the second district pound, S4975.
Triangular lot letter |, Claiborne circle,
st. Bernard, Derbigny, and Lapeyrouse
streets, 5000.
Triangular lot letter ], Lapeyrouse and
| Derbigny, $500.
Triangular lot letter X, Lapeyrouse and
| DerbigBy, $2l0.
Triangular lot letter L, sixteen by twelve
feet, Derbigny and Lapeyrouse, $50.
A strip of land on the lower limit of Or
leans parish 526 feet wide by Is, 346, (eXclu-
| sive of portion set apart as cemetery,
Sl75O.
Another Fatal Accident from Kerosene
A painful affair occurred at 35 Rampant
street on Friday morning about five
o'clock. A Mrs Meyers who lived at that
place attempted TO fill a kerosene lamp,
| which had been burning all night, and
| which she neglected first to eXtinguish.
| She held it between her knees. AS might
have been expected, an explosion occurred,
which resulted in throwing burning oil
over her dress and set it on fire. She i'm
mediately ran out of the back door into an
alley, and through that into the street. AT
the corner of Cust0mhouse she met people
| whom her cries had aroused. A woman
soon put out the fire by throwing bucket
| of water over the burning victim. But she
had already received fatal injuries. She
died from the effects on Saturday morning.
| Mrs, Movers had in her dress pocket
at the time the explosion took place, gold
watch, silver thimble, a breastpin, and a
pocketbook containing about ten dollars in
! money. All these articles were lost out OF
her pocket, and only the thimble and breast
| pin have as yet been restored. She was a
widow, and had but one child, boy aged
about sixteen. He is naturally very anxious
to have his mothers watch restored to him,
as it is about the only valuable souvenir she
| had to leave him. 1t is described as small
lady's watch, blue enameled on the back,
with gold face. 1t is thought by the neigh
bors that it was picked up by man having
a dark complexion. II the nnder, wh9eVei
he may be, will leave it with Susan Dean,
23l Constance street, it will be restored tC
the young man. We hope to hear that such
has been the result.
Money In Abundance.
The cry of hard times and no cash Is con
tinually resounded from one extremity OF
this city to the other, and not without
reason. Few of our people are flush with
| currency, and more, they have no eXpecta
ton of any change for better or worse. We
heard an expression yesterday that nearly
conveys everything about the present
crisis, and was . good metaphor. "Fht
bottom of the times has fallen out" Well
if the bottom has fallen out some of oul
neighbors certainly were certainly under
meath al the right moment, if we may
Judge by the piles of coin and paper cur
rency in their (the brokers) windows
Columns Of gold pieces, large and small
boxes of silver half and quarter dollars
bundles on bundles of paper money to the
amount of tens of thousands of dollars are
daily gazed at by wondering eyes of meI
who have none in their pockets. The
brokers and the gamblers gather it all IN
and make a commercial commodity o
money, and tantalize poor humanity by ex
posing it 10 view in tempting array.
D7O0 in Currency.
A charge was yesterday morning made
against j. T. Howard by Mr.. Gousy, who il
owner of feed store on Front Levee street
At this late day, he states that accused stol'
from him on the 2lst Of December last $70t
in paper money from off desk. The ae
cused asked that the case be at once sen
before the criminal court for trial. His re
quest was granted.
A OOunterFeIt $40.
John Faseani was yesterday arrested IL
the fourth district by Charles Balleio, gro
cer for endeavoring to pass q $40 counter
felt national currency bill.
Attempted Arson.
Mrs. sarah Smith, of No. 295 Lafayette
street, is charged by Sergeant A. J. Nc
Manus with attempting to fire the aforesaid
premises Yesterday morning. She will have
a hearing in few days. The building was
the property Of Mr.. Fifer, and Mrs. Smith
had an Insurance OfSl0OO on her goods.
Committee for Conducting the CAmPaIEn
This committee met last evening aud per
manently organized by electing the Hon
s. B. Packard, Of Orleans, president, and
the Hon. Dennis Burrel, of St. John the
Baptist, secretary.
The committee adjourned to meet in tho
senate chamber on Monday evening next, al
seven o'clock.
After The adjournment it was generally
understood that the committee should bC
enlarged at its next meeting by adding o.
least one delegate from each parish.
weekly WOrkhOuse Statistics.
Number of prisoners sent to the work
house during the week ending January
l8, 1868, 81. OF this number, there
are white male natives Is, white malt
foreigners 2S, colored male natives 10
colored female natives u, Whit
female natives s. white female for
eigners 9--total 81. Eight naturalizet
foreigners. Forty-two can neither reaC
nor write, 80 are drunkards, n have NJ