The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-15
local 5ntfuigenre.

| ODE creole and the Otler q freDcnman a sensa-
tioDal story. The readers OF the CREsc Emf may
/ rely upon everything as correct which appears in
the CREs CENTS columns. The CRESCENT re porters,
| IL they have nothing 10 re port, report nothing.
Their column may always be relied upon as
strictly correct synopsis OF all the transactions
about town that may be of interest to the public.
The duel in question was fought. and The descrip-
tion given of IL 10 Sundays CRESCENT was correct
in all but one or two particulars. One Of the true
particulars is that the meeting took place, not on
the MetsTie Ridge. but in room In the Second
District which is frequently used for public pur'
poses. The other discrepancies are too trivial to
pledges his veracity to, to-wit: The
| duel was fought; the creole received
| eight wounds from the brosdsword of his
antagonist, who in his turn was wounded
| six times. Both fought with obstinate determna-
ton, and when q second Of the one party called
for a cessation. the principal of the other party,
who already bad received a cut on the jaw which
exposed his back teeth, rushed at the second.
swearing that Daugbt but cut across his throat
| or\tbe putting of his opponent hors de combat
could stop the affair. The duel ceased on account
| Of the pain and loss OF blood experienced by both
antagonists. Both are doing well, and their ply
sicisDs have every hope of their speedy recovery.
! The affair was conducted with strict secresy, and
| the names of the parties are not known to more
than fifteen or twenty friends and professional at
| tebdspts.
| CRY DRAISAGE.--To-night. at o'clock, the
| board of engineers elected at the last session of
the city council will meet in room rs, City Hall,
for organization. The board consists of the city
surveyor and the following gentlemen: General
Brsxton Bragg. q. T: Besuregsrd. q. W. Bal.
| ley, r. i. Evans, S. l.. James, j. D'Hemecourt,
| John Roy, A G. Blanchard and H. G. Brown. We
| look for a full and prompt attendance. The mat
ter which these gentlemen have intrusted to them
is one of the highest importance to the whole city,
| They are all good men, and some OF them have
! already won high reputation. so there Is every
! prospect that some plan will be adopted by which
the drainage question shall be settled at once and
| forever.
THE CoAT OF ARMS OF NEW ORLEANS IN De-
| MAND-In Marseilles, France. the Board of Trade
is erecting new exchange building in the hall of
honor of which they propose to place hangings
emblszoDed with the coats OF arms Of the princi-
| pal commercial cities Of the world. To secure
copies Of those Of the cities of the United States
the president of the Msrseilles Board of Trade
addressed the following note to the U. S. consul
| at Marseilles:
Irransl4tOnl
MARsEILLEs, Nov. IL, 1868.
Prom the PTes dent OF the sssees Of the
| United States Consul at Marseillesl
Sir-Our Board of Trade is now engaged in de-
corating the grand hall OF honor In the exchange
building with various works OF art, and is about
ordering hsngDgs with representations of the
coats OF arms Of the principal maritime cities Of
the world.
The ports of Boston. New York, New Orleans
and San Francisco having been represented to us as
| Of great commercial importance, we respectfully
solicit your mediation with the secretary of state
| of tine United States to obtain for us q colored
drawing Of the arms of each OF those cities.
As these drawings are to be furnished in short
time, we would be obliged to you If you would
cause them TO be sent onas soon as possible. or
course we are ready to pay all expenses for the
preparation and transmission Of said designs.
We thank you in advance for the service you
may render us on this occasion, and beg you to
accept the assurances of our very distinguished
consideration. AID. ARAAE.
This letter was dolly forwarded to the secretary
of sste, who then wrote to Mayor Conway as
follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
. Washington, December Z, 1865.
| To the Mayor of New Orleans La
! Sir iDclose herewith, for your consideration
a copy of letter from the president of the Board
Of Trade Of Msrseilles France, which Is addressed
to consul at that place. asking that he be pro-
vided with a drawing (oolored) of the coat OF
arms Of several of the principal commercial cities
of the United States among which New Orleans
is named.
The department win take pleasure in forward
ing any communications you send TO its care for
the party referred to above.
am, sir, your obedieDt servant,
| 4. W. SEWARD. Assistant Secretary.
We learn that the mayor has determined to
intrust the execution of the work-which will be
a lsrge.sZed colored drawing OF the seal OF the
city-to Mrs. Elliott. We trust that it will be
at once commenced, so that it may not happen
through our hardness that the arms of New Or.
leans will be lacking in the hall Of honor OF the
Msrseilles Exchange building.
TIE LOCAL of the New Orleans Picayune is as
clumsy In his attempt to throw discredit upon the
account of duel between Creole and French
man as reported in Sundays CRESCENT, as he ID
in those wonderful experiences of q detective u
which he lards his columns withal from day to
l day. The CREsCKNT's account OF the duel Is cor
| rect, and the PIcayune's stories are-stories.
Judge We tween us, say we to the public Of New
Orleans.
NITKTY sKvEN DEATHS were reported iu New Or
leans last week, the number being decrease OF
ten from that reported for the week previous.
Two died Of wounds, od-age. l apoplexy,
csDcussiOn of the brain, Ia consumption, derium
tremens. 4 fevers, heart disease, pneumonia, 4
rheumatism, l softening of the BRAN, 10 stiborn
and the balance of various ordinary diseases; as
we're males, At females and not stated; 81
were whites, 20 colored and not classified Al
were children under 10 years of age +; 3 between
10 and Is. ii between 20 and 80; 10 between &c
and 40; between 40 and so; between so and
60; s between 60 and 70; between 20 and so,
between so and 30. between 80 and 100. and
! upwards of lOO so were natives of the United
States, ii not stated and &c were foreigners.
Reconnaissance thief or thieves. about one
O'Clock yesterday morning, MANAGED to effect
an entrance 10 the boot and shoe store Of james
Lister. NO. 1874 Camp street, The intruder made
considerable noise, and swoke Mr.. Lister, who was
sleeping in an adjoining room, but the latter. sup
posing IL was made by man who was sleeping in
rand was not bootless, for he got away with few
dollars in cash. coat, which, by the way, in thi;
cold weather, must be valuable acquisition to
him, and fifteen pairs of boots.
previous there was another robbefy" ctSffm9ts6hdl
at the corner Of Second and Prytania streets
where somebody -suspicion rests upon former
! servan t-entered the residence OF Mrs. Lyon and
| stole about two hundred dollars worth of pro-
perry, composed of napkins, table-cloths, knives
smeerschsum pipe and q cloak.
Cnflerv and iewelrv the value of ten dollars
were stolen by burglars on Sunday night, between
and III o'clock, from the establishment of Messrs
BodeI & GuydeD, No. Old Levee street, between
CustOmhouse and Benville streets.
One night last week, during the progress of q
: festive surprise party at handsome residence on
st. Charles street, some rogue or rogues entered
the hail. and with one fell swoop carried of every
hat oyercost and shawl that was there. To re
yiye an old Joke of ours the thieves left nothing
on the rack save the feelings OF the disconsolats
; victims.
At the corner of Canal and Msrais street, late
: last Friday night, young man returning home
| lIouI min 90 for hal nd