New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-02

G. D. LUDEKE.
Acting Chief Clerk.

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before the First District Court for trial, OF
the charge Of assault with intent to xii
Jacob Heigle, at the Sazerac coffee-house
Magazine street, September A.
Lieutenant Manning, late of the Second
District police, has been appointed Super
intendent Of their private watchmen by the
Cotton Press Association.
The tax bills have been placed in the
hands of the Assistant City Attorney fol
| collection.
William o. Rogers, Superintendent OF
the Public Schools, administers rebuke to
the teachers who closed their schools on
Friday last without authority. when there
was no apparent necessity for such a step.
Mr.. James Beggs, 3n4 jackson street.
had his parlor entered by Mary Slate, or
some other woman, who cut open valise
belonging to Colonel Woolfey, Assessor of
the Internal Revenue, and ransacked it.
Nothing is missing but small silver
spoon.
The Grand Jury, in their report, state
that the streets and banquettes are in an
almost impossible condition; all the char
liable institutions are suffering for want of
money, and that banking games continue
TO be kept IN VIGOROUSLY public places.
The Grand Jury request that the Legisla-
ture will take immediate action to impeach
and remove from office Eugene Mccarthy,
Justice OF the Peace at Algiers.
In Jefferson City, on Wednesday evening,
a key of powder in grocery store was
ignlted by match in the hands of a little
child. The explosion injured the mother,
Mrs. Caroline Hoppe. so that she has since
died. The rafters Of the building We're
d displaced and a piece of board thrown
more than hundred feet into the adioin-
ing yard. The child escaped death.
Recorder Jackson yesterday sent Frank
Robinson to the First District Court for
robbing the money drawer of Hexter's
grocery store, corner Of jackson and
Franklin streets.
The policemen Of 1866 held meeting
last evening at the corner of 1ohoupitoulas
and Robin streets to ''eXplain exactly their
position to the public. and the impossible
lily OF Democrat holding any place on the
force"
Members of the police force are sending
in their designations rather because of the
impossibility of living without pay than
from any other reason.
A weekly mail has been contracted for
between New Orleans and Havana via Kew
West, to leave here every Saturday. The
first mail leaves tomorrow morning.
Red Bill had hearing before United
States Commissioner Warren yesterday for
having in his possession metallic pieces
resembling twenty dollars gold pieces. The
Commissioner dismissed the case.
Nellie Atkins, who left her home in Am;te
city some six weeks since, has been res
cued by her mother from house of prosti
tuition in this city.
We learn from Special Deputy Marshal
A. Victor Ward that on Thursday night
the colored Waterman of private premises
at Bayou Sara discovered another colored
man in the act Of stealing cotton, or heard
him in the cotton field, and when he pro-
ceeded to search for him was fired upon by
the invader and instantly killed. Two
balls went through his heart. An arrest
was made on suspicion.
r. Bunks, who was arrested last evening,
corner Of Fulton and st. Mary streets, for
being drunk and disturbing the peace and
drawing revolver upon the officer, made
his escape from the Fourth District Lookup
by scaling the wall.
q The cotfeehouse of IIeRry Landwehr,
corner Philip and New Levee streets. was
entered between midnight and A. NJ. and
ToDoed Of ten or twelve dollars worth of |
liquors, cigars and tobacco.
hsnry Gates stole from the house of R. |
D. campbell, No. 236 Baronne street, a |
PAIR OF gold specs, navy revolver and |
clothihg' lie was arrested and the prom |
erty recovered by Special Officers MYERS |
and PecOra.
We are having severe rain storm. Du-
ring the whole water the rain came |
down in torrents, flooding The streets
in the back part of the oity nm
til they were impossible. The rain i still
falling. There is no city in the countrv
possessing so miserable system of drsinage
Cannot our Legislature do something!