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

/ NoiopeI Dan. EdWerGs, the general director 10
LoulslaDa Texas, Alabama and Mississippi
most genial, energetic and substantial citizen viii
receive subscriptions TO the capital stock and fur
nish reliable and instructive Information about th
| company. Col. Edwards can always be found a
his extensive foundry on New Leyee street, jus
! above GTavier.
| SEYMOUR KNGHTs.-The Seymour Knight
| met at headquarters to complete the arrange
| nents for their exhibition at the Masonic Hall.
| The knights are doing everything to make tn,
| exhibition grand sfair, and we have no doub
tut that the citizens wiz support them in thi
| charitable object t.t.s
There ia an elegant prize consisting of q silve
set and tray TO be rsffed at 25 cents chance IN,
club receiving The most votes to carry the prize
This will be sn interesting way TO discover which
OF our Clubs has the most friends; the prize car
ha seen az Lilienthal's on Canal street, aud W,
uust lnat the Citizens viii fail in this way II
contribute to our destitute orphans.
In THE POOLS sold last night by Col. Nelligsn
at The rooms over John Ha kins's ssloon, the
horses in the race to-day stood as follows:
Wisenhunt.. go 20
| T N Green. .., 20 b
The amounts sold sum up the handsome sggre.
gate of 5000.
NEXT SATURDAY the vote will be cat on the
Shields ordinance to issue three millions interest
bearing bonds, for the purpose of bsoT Ding the
outstanding circulation of city notes.
The CORONER of the Second District held an
| inquest yesterday on the body of an aged woman
nsmed Julie Geran. who had cached her ninsus th
year. She lived on Orleans street. Verdist, died
OF old age.
| Ako on that OF q German named Frederick
| NauTsr aged twenty eight years, who fell into
| tie lake whilst fishing of the pierhead Of the
Pon'chartrnin Railroad, on sunday afternoon.
Aho on the bodies of three stubborn infants.
Also several other inquests Of no particular
| interest to the public.
THE MAGENTA, fron Memphis, arrived yester-
| day with upwards of four thousand bales of cot
ton-ihe largest load of the staple since 1861.
SOME OF THE GREAT New Orleans merchants of
The oioen time took pride In having their
lecgers ard other books covered with the most
| gorgeous bindings. Many of these firms went
| INTO bankruptcy years ard years ago. and the ir
huge foios with their costly gliding all tsrnshed
with age and neglect are hesped in corners In the
court gerrets and treated as so much rubbish.
MAJOR FULLY, the ndefstigabIe president of
the seymour Knights, informs US that Sergeant
Bates, the pedestrian who. to disspprove the
charge made against the Southern people, carried
the Uniied States flag. from Vicssburg to the
national. capital, may be expected to be present
at The exhibition OF Democratic banners at Masonic
Hall this evening.
LIEUT.. JSo. WoRDEN. first infantry. aud Assist
ant Surgeon E. a. KOerDer, U. 8. A, have re-
turned from leave OF absence.
LOST CHILD.-Oaicer Caster reports having
IOunO, dt - OclOtk yesterday hfterDO0a. on canal
street, male child about two years old, which
he brought to tie police station. The little
wanderer was subsequently reclaimed by colored
|. servant in .he family to which il belonged.
A FIRE, originating from defective chimney
ue, broke out about half past ten O'Clock yester.
day morning in the roof of q two story kitchen on
Cssscaivo street, between Vaudeville and Spain
streets. owned by Edward Single. The damage
which resulted was trIhing, and no alarm was
given.
THERE wRRR sEyER so many thieves, burglars,
highway robbers, garroters, confidence men,
shop-lifers leyee rats, pickpockets aud demnition
rascals generally, in New Orleans, before the
present winter.
THANKS toCsps Tom Carey, the jolly, ruddy
Bacchus of % The Place " on Commercial Alley,
for bottle of really excellent vevety old Bour-
bon whisky. Capt. Carey has laid in large sup.
ply OF the article, at pretty steep price, and
ever since the fact got noised about his counter
has been thronged with amateurs. Cary keeps a
hrst-cass bar and spreads an excellent lunch.
Burgundy street, between BieDvile and Cont,
usut harriet Russell, Jennie Thompson aud Vir.
gina Davis, were tried yesterday ana found guilty
of robbipg peddler and numerically beating him
io-boot. The peddler, one Maurice Samuel, was
passing along Burgundy street, one day, with his
pack containing stockings, thread, buttons, etc.,
when one OF the hage called him in to examine his
, wares. he hsd no sooner opened bis pack than
the woman called her two associates. aud all
three spruDg at him like tigresses, beat, bruised
aid iatcAtd him, and finally drove him from the
premises minus two dollars Ia greenbacks, Two
dozen pairs of chdren's and one OF women's
stocbi g.. each va ued at six dollars, and guam
ty of lesser articles. The dens ia this neighboT-
hood are worse than those that used to be fire..
qrent OF Gsllatin street, and the inmates are the
veIy refuse Of the African race.
Far less sbhOrred than these
Nexed Seylla bathing in The sea that parts
Nor ueller follow the niehthsg. when called
ln secret. riding through the air she Comes,
LuIed with the smell OF infant blood, 20 d4nce
WHh LsplsId witches, while the lab Oring moon
Eciipses at their charms
A CoLoRKD MAN, Joseph Larose, was arrested
on CcDu street., yesterday. charged with having a
lot Of dry goods n his supposed TO have
been stolen, VIZ: one piece of black cloth. one of
gray cloth, one of blue cottnBsde and one of
black merlnO. The charge was not substaniated
and JOSEF was released.
A MAN named Harrison Owens was arrested in
The back part Of the Second District, charged by
William Brady, corporal Of the 30th v. :. infan.
ny with drawing areSolver on him with intent to
sEoor.
TEE RLCEuTs OF INTERNAL REVENUE in this
(frst) disuiet of Louisiana dGring the month of
November past amounted TO s6O.704 So
TIE QrARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT has been
oroefeo 10 furnish transportation from Neg Or
leans TO Je ffersop, Texas. for rlne companies of
the 29th infantry, en- route to that place under
orders from the war department.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr. william Anderson,
commonly called Henderson, was tried 10 this
courI yesterday, by jury, spd acquitted Of the
charge of mabslaug hter. HIS was accused of
drowning boy named Holsen, 10 Jnly last. An
oerson was employ, on schooner moored in
tie lower psrt Of the Third District, and having
stripped had Jumped overheard to battle in the |
MsslsFipUi. hulsen who was q striDplinR mia |
chievcusy bid bic clothes, aud when the swimmer |
climbed upron deck. be was unable to fud any |
portion Of his apparel except his hat. The boy |
fnslly brought tbe clothes from their hiding place
wbs n. much txssperated by the delsy, Anderson
pushed him over the schooner's side. The bo- |
cuBg o. the rail- but Ande rson tore his hold loose.
Belsen then dropped hesdlong upon a staging
Used by The carpenter, and rolling o into the cur