The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-19
Elevator Items.

Elevator Itema
On Tuesday, the brigantne Sailor Boy. Capt.
Jasper Humphreys, arrived in this port. She be-
longs to Mr.. L. j. Highly. She was built at Nil.
oats for Boston. After dischsrging the oats, she
proceeded to Kinks Island, where she loaded with
IL 600 bushels of salt In bulk for this port. Ar.
rived here, she was moored alongside the elevs-
tor In the Fourth District, while new salt elevs-
tor, recently invented by the engineer of the ele-
vstor, was put to work for the first time to trans.
fer the salt from her hold to that of st. Louis
bound barge. The new apparatus worked ad-
evidencing capacity to greatly exceed that rate.
The barge will probably start for st. Louis to-day
and her arrival there will be thrown upon the ST.
Louis market the first lot of foreign salt that has
ever arrived there by any other route than via
either New York or the great lakes.
The Sailor Boy after dischsrgng her salt, will
load with grain In bulk for Liverpool.
large lot of wheat, 1900 bushels, Is now be-
ing shipped at the elevator for Barcelona, Spain.
The above are but few of the items which the
operation. All honor to the men who built it and in
its building gave so vast an impetus to the trade
Of New Orleans.
Funeral OF Mr.. Pons.
The funeral of Mr.. Benjamin Pons. which took
place yesterday afternoon, was large and i'm
posing one. Mr.. Pons had been Mason for four
years previous to his death, being q member of
Union Lodge No. liz, and had for many years
been an active member of Columbia Fire Compa-
ny No. 5. Both these organizations turned out in
force TO pay him the last honors, the fire company
taking their engine with them. The body was In.
tered IN one OF the Canal-street cemeteries. Mr..
Pons was good citizen and popular man, and bis
death leaves vacany that it viii be hard to fill.
a Novel Case.
Recorder Gastinel was called yesterday morn.
ing 10 examine singular case, similar one to
which the writer had never before seen recorded
on the police books. The accused was colored
boy about twelve years old, going to q public
school on Customhouse street, who was accused
Of characterization and abuse by Mr.. O'Brien,
teacher at the school. With the slscrity charac.
terizing the reporters profession the case was
listened to with great attention by the writer, In
hopes of receiving for the readers of the CRESCENT
something Of considerable interest. The evidence,
cused had been guilty Of general misconduct at
school. The recorder wisely did not enter further
into the matter and told the parties to 20 and
settle their school ouarrels before the school
board.
State House
APPOINTMENTS BY THE Observation-Disclosures
Rouge: John O'Cornor, Stephen J. Benna, Chas.
Ruston, Moliere LANCE, Henry Newell. Police
jurors for Jefferson Parish: I'd ward, Geo. Hide.
brand; 4th ward, Tlorest1n Gaiennie; Sth ward,
John Linden.
Governor Wsrmoth yesterday signed bill au-
thorizing the Board of Public Works to sell the
500 levee bonds pledged by the Stste, in order to
pay the claim of the creditors on said bonds,
which had been given as collateral security in
ehecting loan for levee purposes. Also, bill
for the payment of $500, lawyers fees, to Alex.