New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-14

MAhOH IL, 1868.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
FAILED TO AGhEE.-The jury in the case of
the boy Griffin, charged with the murder of
Isaac Ratcliffe in Algiers year ago, failed
te agree on a verdict.
AFTER THE ARDENT.-The liquor store of
P. Bourke, corner of Felicity and Magazine
streets was night before last burglariously
entered, and that is all. The game did not
pay for the candle used.
CURRENT.-our porter-not reporter
says city money is par-alyzed. He ought to
know, for he was a victim of baker, and
now loser to the extent of'twenty.fve cents
on the only dollar he possessed.
LEvEE.-The Citizens bank has sent Mr..
P. ]. Kennedy to superintend and lay out the
work to be undertaken on the Davis planta.
ton, st. Charles parish. One months time
will probably be expended on the work.
PAY1Ng THE PoLIcE.-The police payrolls
are made up, but the city currency to pay
them with is chiefly of large denominations.
There are no small notes in the treasury ex-
cept what are received for licenses, etc,
from day to day.
TIE PIsToL.-A small shooting a1fray oc.
CURED up town last evening between Mr..
Gleeson and Henry Burtel. The latter gen
tleman was wounded in the hip, but not
dangerously, and he was taken to his resi-
dence, I22 Felicity street. We did not
learn the cause of the effair.
COUNC1L IN CoEFERENCE.-Memb of the
two boards Of aldermen and Mayor Heath
were last evening in conference on the alb
sorbing subject of city currency. They
took into consideration every available prof.
ect and discussed the suggestion of leasing
the public markets for fifteen years.
QUITE SESdULAR.-It did seem rather
strange to us yesterday to see and hear car
drivers refuse all denominations of city
currency. 1t is suggested to city authorities
to remember this fact when the railway
companies pay in their per centage, and
then privately mention to the agents the
above fact and demand greenbaCks.
CRY MoNEY.-A correspondent, 'E. NJ,
suggests proposition to prohibit or limi
the traffic and speculation in city notes by
brokers. He thinks if a prohibitory ordi
nance were to be passed by the city council
it would increase the value of city notes anC
reproductive efmuch good to the commu
nifty.
DOWN BAYOU BARATARIA.-It was whii
pered to some one around the custOmhous
that on the plantation of Z. j. Wenk a.
Illicit distilIery was sending out gallons c
rum or whisky; an officer visited the place
and arrested John Jones, who was take
before Commissioner Urban, aud, waivin
examination, was sent before the Unite
| States circuit court for trial.
| COUNTERFEIT TwoS.-Counterfeit two do
lar city notes are in circulation, The genert
execution of the notes IS bad. They may
easily distinguished, as the letter '"r' in tn
upper left hand csrner, and the letter 20
in the word two on the upper left hand CO
ner are not on the counterfeit, but are @
the genuine. Four of these notes were pal
into the city treasury yesterday, but two
them were returned to the innocent part
who paid them in.
REpoRT FROM THE GRAND JUEY.-Tt
grand jury of the parish yesterday made
report to the criminal court, Judge How
The greater part of it appears to us to hay
been made up from old stereotyped report
except perhaps, little more ignorance
evident in this document. One feature
this grand jury is that only four of its mel
bers are registered voters. This fact
itself should and does detraot from Il
worth and influence of any body of inqui
itors, therefore we consider that nothing
lost by emitting to publish the report of Il
grand jury.
AN UNExPEcTED REsULT.-It appears Tia
Henry White yesterday approached !pd!
Howe, of the first district court, with ;
offer of bribe to procure the release of
friend who had been convicted of larcen
He accompanied the proposition with
statement that he had been Sc
for the purpose by "a gentleman
but afterward admitted this stat
ment to have been false. To his great su
prise he was promptly committed to Il
parish prison to reflect upon the impT
priety of his conduct.
CRIMINAL COURT--Jgd5e Ho,55.-Jetfers
Lewis, convicted of murder of Eliza Blond
sentenced to penitentiary for the term of
natural life. ...
Theophile Baptiste, larceny, three mont
parish prison.
Charles Smith, larceny, five months pc
tentiary.
, Jean Pierre, larceny, three mOnth0 pei
tentiary.
, George Mazan, larceny, six months pei
: tentiary.
, J. 4. Mccarthy and George Gehardt, II
| berry. five years penitentiary.
! e. c. Patton and Sarah syfax were fou
guilty ofstealin is Mu sse.
Marie and Ernest were found guilty
!. having stolen piece of silk.
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first DIsTRIoT REoORDER's COURT
The case ofH. Begley aud e. illsgher,
9 oused of having obtained several rolls
leather from the steamboat Selma, n
/. basin, on fraudulent order sent by dr.
! man, was continued indefinitely. GallagI