New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-21
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

| Vic
j. II. q. Clemens, a boarder at the houst
of Mrs. Purcell, on Customhouse street
came near shutting off this mortal coil by
an overdose of morphine.
| A smoke-house, corner of Fourth and
constance streets, next to butchers pen
was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon
Joseph Perry fell from d fatboat into the
river at the foot of Napoleon avenue Satur
day evening, and was drowned.
Policeman Charles Stanmeyer fred two
shots Saturday evening, and came neal
hitting an orderly on duty at headquarters
corner of st. Charles and Julia streets. He
| was balmy at the time. and hurrahed for
| Seymour and Blair. Two colored men
shouted for Grant and Colfax and Stan
meyer wanted to repress their enthusiasm.
| Hence he fired. .
Jerry Breen, barkeeper of the steamer
| Glide, at the foot Of Customhouse street,
stabbed Captain A. J. Dye, master of that
boat yesterday afternoon. He inflicted six
wounds, none of which are thought to be
dangerous. Breen was once engaged as an
actor at the st. Charles Theatre.
A Coroner's inquest was held on the body
OF an unknown white man found drowned
IN the river opposite Peter Cosler's planta-
ton. The deceased was apparently about
forty,siX years old, had gray whiskers, hair
slightly gray, bald on the top of the head,
had on White linen coat, white trousers.
blue flannel shirt with red striped bars and
wore laced shoes. Verdict-accidental
drowning.
An unoccupied frame house was totally
destroyed BY fire yesterday morning at the
corner of Esplanade and Rendon streets
1t was owned by Mr.. Slocomb
The total number of interments in this
city for the week ending yesterday morning
was lis, so we learn from the report of DR..
G. W. Durmeyer, Secretary of the Board of
Health. Four died of congestion of the
brain, thirteen of consumption, and nine
were stillborn.
Samuel Hirsh is charged by Lemuel G.
Clarke with wrongfully converting or
otherwise dlsposing of to his own use seven
ty-eight barrels of rum spirits in United
States bonded warehouse No. II, amount.
ing in value to $4,000. Clarke also charges
Benjamin W. Warner with being accessory
before the fact and and Edward Burke with
being accessory after the fact. The case
will come before Recorder Becker.
The cornerstone of the new hall, corner
of Lafayette and Dryades streets, will be
laid at three O'Clock this afternoon, after
which, at seven this evening, there will be
reunion at the Deutsche Company Hall, cor.
ner Bienyille street and Exchange alley.
The Iunocents turned out last evening
with torches to escort the thirty.six colored
Democrats from the A. G.. Brown on their
return from st. Bernard parish. At the
head OF these colored Democrats was o,
Shaw, famous for borrowing money on false
pretences, promising to pay and prevarict-
ing about it, aLd for other and general
Democratic practices.
The grocery store of Pierre Debat,
corner Of Burgundy and Cont streets,
was entered by burglars Saturday
night, who stole seven silver forks, ten silver
spoons and about eighty dollars in currency.
"
THE Two CoNwAYs.-John W. Overall, the
Mayors secretary, explains in the Southern
Argus the difference between John r. Con-
way and Thomas W. Conway. The former
was born in Virginia, sprung from an old
Virginia family, is a strong Democrat, and
gentleman of cultivation and refinement
The latter sis Yankee" Radical of the
deepest die, libeller of the South, an ultra
nesro'Torshipper."
THE CRY COUNCTL.-At the special meet
ing Saturday evening, in the Board of Al.
dermen, Mr.. POynot said that he was pressed
by his constituents to advocate the reissue
of city money. Personally he believed it to
be an impolitic measure, but he could not
turn deaf ear to the pleadings of his peo-
pie.
The ordinance originating in the Board of
Assistant Aldermen, authorizing the City
Treasurer to pay out city money, notwith-
standing the veto of the Mayor, was then
taken up, and motion was made and sec.
onded to concur,
The veto of the Mayor to the lower Board
on the city money ordinance was then read.
- The ordinance permitting the City Treas
urer to pay out city money was persisted in
over the Mayors message by vote of seven
yeas; nays none.
A resolution providing for coupons to be
attached to all the city notes to be paid out
by the TT aasurer was concurred in with an
amendment which made it distinctly I'M
derstood the interest would only be given
on the notes to be paid out.
Mr.. Poynot offered, as an amendment,
that the city pay twelve per cent instead of
eight.
Mr.. Shields moved that the notes be
stamped instead of being provided with
coupons.
Mr.. Kaiser moved that in addition the
new issue be signed by the Controller and
Treasurer.
All these amendments were adopted.
Messrs Shields, Brady and Poynot were ap.
pointed conference to explain to the AS.
sistant Board the necessity Of these amend
ments. As the resolution stood at this
juncture the City Treasurer was authorized
to pay out city money, to be stamped with
the words twelve per cent interest, payable
semtannually, and signed by him and coun-
tersigned by the Controller.
The proceedings of the Board of Assistant
Aldermen will be found in the official re.
ports.