The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-10

by tie committee about the work. The whole
force under the street commissioner should be
called together, examined, and compared with the
pay rolls.
Mr.. Gauche moved, and was seconded by Mr..
Sterry, that everything that could be brought be-
fore the committee should be listened to.
The chair was Of the opinion of the gentlemen.
but thought that the committee did not have the
requisite power TO act in the matter.
Mr.. Straight was willing to hear any important
testimony.
The committee then adjourned, on motion of
Mr.. Straight, TO Saturday evening, at halfpast five
O'Clock.
ACCIDENTS Chiefs Aid 7. G. Lane, who CON-
mands the police force at the Fair Grounds. has
met with two accidents recently. On Wednesday
his horse fell with him; the result that Officer
Lane spIained his right ankle and had to resort 10
buggy 10 make his rounds yesterday, during one
Of which be fell out of the vehicle and was badly
confused by the fall, as well as by being over.
BALL OF THE YOUNG MEMS BENEVOLENT As.
soCIATIoN.- The National Theater was crowded
with beautiful votaries of Terpsichore on Wed
nesday night, upon the occasion OF the first grand
dress ball of the Young Mems Benevolent Asso-
citation; in fact it may be called the ball OF the
season. The enjoyment Of everybody seemed
TO be perfect and the pleasures of the dance were
rot altered by their greatest enery, warm wea-
ther for il took the heaviest kind of clothing to
go home in when the ball broke up at half-past
four in the morning.
RECORDER GAsrINEL's CoURr.-George Brown
has been committed TO prison to await examina-
ton on a charge Of shooting at and wounding B.
B. Lacy with pistol, on Wednesday night, at the
corner Of BeDville and Trem6 streets. The
wound Inflicted is not serious. MIR. Lacy was able
TO appear before the recorder, but made the aft
davit reluctantly, as he did not wish to prosecute
Brown.
James P. Burnes has been arrested, and is in
custody, charged with stealing jewelry worth $3.50,
~ II r.
bark Sharpsburg on Wednesday evening.
Johnny KeDney has been put in arrest. at the
instance of Adolphe Nickoll, who says he stole a
tin box worth forty cents from him.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr-yudge Holce-,Jdn 9.
Simon Adams, colored, charged with assault and
battery on Lizzie Dudley. coore5, pleaded guilty.
Palmyra, cOlored was tried for the larceny of
a quentity of wearing apparel belonging TO l..
SoIaparu, and was found guilty.
In The case Of CHARLES Foster, charged with
stealing s25 from Gustavus Posselet, n0lle
prosequi was entered also in the case of Wm.
Robinson, colo ed, charged with assaultiDg Mary
Lsndon with an axe with intent to xiii.
Paul Francois alias Polite FRANCOIS Bltteau,
colored, was tried for assauting Josephine Albreo
and wounding her with a hstchet, and was con-
yicted.
FEcoRpER NEvlLLE's CoURr-Henry Moss and
John Lewis, both colored. charged with stealing a
piece of silk, valued at 500, from the store oi
Mr.. Lutenbacber, on st. Charles street, near
Canal. were arTagned before the recorder, who
after a preliminary examination sent them for
trial before the First District Court, under bonds
John Lucas was fined $25 for violating ordinance
No. 1883.
w. q. Armitage, for falsely representing him
self as police officer, was fined $40.
Psrish Green, colored, a thief; Joseph Legross
found with bag of sugar in his possession, and
supposed TO have been stolen; John DOran, Q
druI hard; Thos. Walton and John Riggs, va
lraris were all sent 20 the Workhouse for ninety
days. with the alternative Of furnishing vouchers
for their future good conduct
Tom Brown disturbed the peace of Perdido
street and tore the clothes of the officer arresting
him, tor which. upon being arraigned, he was re
quired to pay $40 10 the city aud $40 to the
fficer.
George Meadows, freedman Of color, as the
sffidavit before u. s. Commissioner Shannon
reads was transferred to this court on the charge
made by Capt. j. B. johnson, of the steamboat
Welcome, who accused Meadows of stealing
quantity of sugar from his boat. Case fixed fol
the 4th prox. Bail. $1,000.
Mr.. A. F. Picton. auctioneer, on Poydras street
charged by F. Lyler with embezzement, was ex
aniBed by the recorder, who concluded to dis
charge him honorably from the accusation.
Mr.. j. &. Bienvenne, of the firm of kursheed' 4
Co., No. ia Camp street, have entered an aida
Wit ap painst A. J. Crandal, whom he charges viii
having on the 29th of December last stolen casl
box containing about eight thousand dollars o
valusbles from their store. Crandal is already il
prison ON the charge of stealing cash box con
tainng about s35, 900 from the Office of Mr.. A
Levy, No. So Carondelet street. The recorder re
manded him without privilege Of bail.