New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-05

| beds, suitable food, and medical attend
| ance, and medicines " free, gratis, for
the first case ever denied admission. Let
it be published far and wide that ample pro.
vision exists for all such sufferers. If they
refuse to accept it the sin be upon their
own heads. sane man may have a right
! (this is the age of ''rights'), to die without
medical assistance, but he should know that
| he has choice.
1t is hoped that the present and future
melths will not score up such a cruel re-
| cord against the charities of the age and the
fair fame of this city. Very respectfully,
| your o6edient servant,
A. c. SWARTZWELDER,
| Surgeon.in-Chief, District Louisiana
Under the Civil Rights Bill
The following cases have been before Uni.
| ted States Commissioner Shannon:
| Jack Hays, of steamboat Bart Able was
| up on four different assaults and batteries
on colored deck hands. viii be tried on the
| 10th instant.
Phil Solly, assault and battery on colored
William Allen, somewhere on Amite river,
on q steamboat. Case fixed for tomorrow.
Charles Watkins, mate of steamboat Lou
| isville, cut and assaulted colored deck hand
Joseph Harris Fixed for 10th instant.
The above arrests were all made by
Special Deputy Marshal Ward.
Bail in $4,000 Given.
| 41tOi LAG piloplt " llO was lbbGly hII6SJGu
on suspicion of having been implicated in
the robbery OF Mr.. Lapeyere, yesterday fur
nished bonds in the sum of $1,000 for good
behavior while in our city. He has been in
the parish prison about fifteen days.
Cruelty to Animals.
Mr.. John Robinson, proprietor of the cir.
Gus on Tivoh circle, has made a formal
charge against George Johnson for having
wantonly stabbed an elephant. Johnson
was employed about the circus in some
capacity. He will be allowed to make an
| explanatory defense on the 9th inst. During
the time he is under $1,000 bonds.
AssauIiInG a Live Pitcher.
c. R. Pitcher, a deputy constable, makes
full affidavit that on the 18th day of De.
} cember, 1867, whilG ne was executing writ
of teri faCias from the sixth Justices court
on the furniture in the room of committee
of streets and landings, city hall, he was
unprovokedly assaulted and prevented eX
ecuting his writ by John r. Rockfellow
The case will be ventilated tomorrow
evening.
Presentation of a Fine Cane to Rr. j. Is
Sullivan Naval Officer.
New Years day was made additionally
festive in the naval office, customhouse bl
the employees presenting Naval Officer DR.
, Sullivan with a beautiful and substantia
gold-headed walking stick.
Mr.. p. 0. Labatut, an ancient employe il
the building, presented the gift on behalf o
: his associates.
Criminal Court-Judge Howe.
The following persons were yesterday sen
= fenced as below:
= John Hoffman, burglary, one year peni
f tentiary, hard labor.
2 Louis Morel, larceny, one year peniten
tiary, hard labor.
Frank Wallace mule.stealing, one veal
, penitentiary, hard labor.
Victor Phillips, robbery, six months
penitentiary, hard labor
Charles Thorn, larceny, parish prison
/. three months.
First District Recorders Court
n Mrs. Ann Riddell was sent down to tn,
q criminal court on the charge of robbery
: stealing gold fob chain.
Gus fancy was admitted to bail in tht
: sum of $4,000. The man Confess, whom ht
8 wounded, is pronounced out Of danger.
3 Robert Marshall stands charged with rob
berry and attempt to commit murder on VIM
c. Neville, liz Melpomene street. Gas,
+. fixed for 22d instant.
!, Charles Dupre alias Stonehouse Jack wa
sent before the frs, district court on tn
! charges of larceny and shooting by H. w
q Gribble.
a John o'Brien was surrendered by hi
r security.
E Charles Smith, George johnson, Wat
t Cole, Thomas Houston, Willis Canada, ant
4 Lewis Robinson can at present be found il
: the city workhouse.
j, Second DIstrIct Recorders Court.
, Colored Albert Gay pleaded guilty to tn
=, charge of having attempted undue libertie
! and other outrages on colored Mary Dure
5 on the oath ultimo. He was at once sen
d before the criminal court.
e Henry Harris, colOred, was arrested ol
d the 30th ultimo for having assaulted an,
: badly beaten another colored man namet
, Louis Morrison on board the steamboa
! ~ oil MnrvicnY FOL 20
and soon afterward died from the effect O
I the wounds; whereupon Harris was yester
8 day tried in this court on the charge o
murder, and the evidence warranted tn
e case being sent before the first distric
e court.
Dave, a colored man, with a razor cut A
a Semmes in the arm, for which offense b
: will be tried before the criminal court.
. Colored Jenny Gardner, 35 Burgund
6 street, was fined SIS for her outrageou
e conduct toward Mrs. Forster.
n John Labarthe, an assaulter and battere
S OF Julienne, was fined $40.
# Mary Spilmann, Hannah Giller, Ale1
: Sanders, and Mary Smith, eolored, all ar
! charged with having fOrcibly entered tn
house and armOr of +. Kraier.
Third District Recorders Court
The following parties were arraigned b.
fore Recorder J. A. Letten yesterday:
!. John Smith, Christopher Shelvey, Robel
UaNhDOAt itld dd1h OdSbAlllCEy All CuhIkG
If with being drunk and disorderly, were i
d default Of s. each, committed Eve days
r. the parish prison.
d Anthony Dowd, arrested by Officers BauI
u and Hussey, at the Amsterdam dancehous'
= on Elysian Fields street, with being dal
:, gerous and suspicious character, also carr
u ing concealed weapons, was sent before th
8. first district court for trial as charged.
IT Mrs. Callahan, arrested by Officer Doy
h on Casacalvo street, charged with bein
a. drunk, was discharged.
a Thomas Ryan, sailor of United Stat
= steamer Don, arrested by Officer Dasam {
y Victory street. charged BY A. F. Miller vii
"a refusing to pay for refreshments receive
to was in default of five dollars committed q,
gs days to the parish prison.
lg Margaret Charities, arrested by Ofio
y Kiefer en- the levee drunk, also charg,
d with being a Yagrant, ETC., was sent :
~ months to the W0rkhouse.
ss George Lewis, arrested BY Officer Rieifel
= Elysian Fields street, charged by Simon A
NJ guste with petty larceny was sent thir
days to the workhouse.