The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-25
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want OF that fact having been sufficiently circnIa
teo py means OF advertising and by plscard
posteo every where upon the fences. As il is III,
ueasurer's office Is now daily besieqed. and ir
ne crowd corns and bunions suffer immensely. ar
esger Is tne rush. Thirty one thousand dollar,
were received on Tuesday for licenses alone. and
Oil Id gfeenoscks too, it's pleasure to know.
THE FIRE Down Town LAST NIGHr.-Last night
ABOUT liz O'Clock, fire broke out in the buildinp
No. 2l4 Bienville street. between Marais AMI
Irene streets, occupied by Mr.. Gartner. As the
building was frame one. the flames rapidly
spread, and before the engines got on the ground
nad enveloped not only Mr.. Gartner's house but
the one next door, No. zig, occupied by Mr.,
henry Degro. The two buildings, together with
stables, etc., were entirely consumed. When our
reporter left 12$ o'clock, the main fire seemed
De pretty well in band while the buildings con.
uguous being brick, there did not appear TO be
much danger that the confagration would spread
further. The buildings, 2l4 and 2l6. will prove
totally destroyed. What insurance there was on
men, any, our reporter could not ascertain.
THE ALARM OF FIRE about halfpast O'Clock
Iast evening came from the fourth fire district,
| ana was caused by the breaking out of fire in
| simpson's lumber yard and extepding TO the
| Star Planning Mills and several small residences
around them. The fire was frat discovered in the
| omee attached to the planning mil, and spreading
with great rspdity, soon ignited the lumber and
| the adjoining tenements. The destruction of
properly was very great as but very little of the
burning lumber could be saved. 1t is not known
|
TIE PEOPLE OF New ORLEANS are unanimous in
ther regret at the departure of the lst United
States infantry. The lst is composed of gallant
| set OF boys. who have made many, many friends
| 10 New Orleans through their kind and concilia-
tory behavior in Louisiana. They are ordered to
tie Kansas and Missouri country, and they have
our best wishes.
TIE ATTORNEY GENERAL of the State Mr. Sim.
con Belden, has presented his annual report to
Judge Abel, of the First District Court. In the
mass OF the attorneys statements we find only
two or three worthy Of commemoraton. He
urges the necessity Of enforcing vagrant law
which would lid the streets of hundreds and thous.
ands OF dangerous characters, hocking hiheF from
every other city 10 the country, simply because
the municipal enactment is not carried out.
Mr.. Belden also urges the necessity for stringent
laws Furnishing bribery and corruption in Office.
Our OF nine persons charged with capital offenses
before the First District Court five of them were
convicted, to-wIt: F. A. Morris manslaughter;
Isaac Williams, murder Frank Brown, stabbing
and rape Adam Navarro and Joseph Constance
msnslaughter. Mr.. Belden further declares that
the State has experienced more than the usual diff.
hculty In collecting revenues. That these pay
ments have been resisted in every manner cOnceiV-
tble, sEd that the district courts are now full Of
suits involving various grounds of opposition to
the payment oftuch taxes.
Mr.. Belden also states that District Attorney
Lnzenburg has instituted SOB for ofenses less
than capital in the First District Court and that
out of that number 20l of the culprits have been
convicted.
WHOEVER OWNS that valuable diamond ring
which police officer Rhoddus took from trio of
eolored Dymphs. few days ago, on anal street,
ought to spply 10 Recorder Gastinel, of the
Second District, who has it in safekeeping.
TIE TEMPERATURE yesterday, % shown by the
thermometer at c. Duhamel's, Ill Canal street,
lately corner Bienville and Chartres streets, was
as fonovs: At M. 81 degrees; II NJ. As;
Pm. so; 6P.N.50.
Mr.. f. NJ. BoULIGNY having waived formal
srIaignment before the bar of the u s. Circuit
Court upon the indictment there pending against
him, has entered plea of not guilty" thereto,
wheTeupon it was ordered that said plea be re-
corded and that defendant be released on giving
bonds of $4,000, with real estate owners as
securities.
TEN BARRELS OF BEER were seized yesterday
by the internal revenue authorities, on the
ground that they had been sent uDstamped from
The brewery. The revenue laws impose fine CT
500 for each package found unstamped.
FIRE, supposed to have been kindled by an
inceDdiary, broke cut at the corner of Common
and Broad streets yesterday morning about half
past in one.story frame building used as q
grocery store by Madame Dee and owned by Mr..
P. Johnson, entirely destroying both the house
ard its contents. The stock was insured for
$1,000.
Four BAGS OF CoTToN found on the levee yester-
day merning at the foot Of Canal street, by officer
GOssett, were taken to the First District station.
CHARLES FELKIsEN was arrested on ST. Charles
street by special officer Ryan yesterday after.
noon, charged by Mr.. j. Newman, of the banking
firm OF Newman and Co., with having drawn
checks upon said bankers to the amount of 5000,
while having in reality 10 funds deposited there.
1t is stated that Mr.. Fe.eisen had given the checks
in payment Of metropolitan police warrants pur-
chaeed by him. When arrested there were found
upon bis person two checks upon the Citizens
Bank, and 5000 in U. S. currency.
SPECIAL oFFIcERsLDumas and Boullosa arrested.
on Tuesday night, young man of respectable ap-
peaTance, by the name of Fl. Barton, who is
charged with having, while sgent of the freed.
mems bureau ST Clinton, La, deirauded the same
of $3.50, and Of having, by means of forged notes,
obtained from plan tiers In that parish, consider
able amount of cotton which s he snlPp 10 ms
York, where he is said to be highly connected is
now in confinement awaiting examination.
RICHARD JONES, colored man, was picked up
on Julia street. last evening, Offering for sale gold
bracelet, supposed to be stolen property. He as
serted that it was given him by lady to sell for
her; but he was locked up to see the recorder.
The CASE OF A. BELor, a colored gent, for
damages incurred by him during the election ex-
citement last November, is now on trial in the
Fifth District Court, before jury of eight niggers
and four white men. Mr.. BelOt claims SIS 600
damages to his premises, aud his sworn return 10
the city and State assessors sums up total of a
lew uuuuiSNus 3O CaSS SOluco up aAu lOudJ.
BY CONSENT OF COUNSEL, the great lawsuit OF
Cakes ANTS vs.. A. S. Mansfield in the U. S. Cir
cult Court, has been Indefinitely continued.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-.Jttdge Abeu-Paul
TOuTO was yesterday tried before Judge Abel On
the charge of receiving the money stolen from
the cigar store Of Fernandez Villa, a. the cor
ner OF CuEtoDhouse and Royal streets. The
WITNESSES examined were Messrs. Fernandez, |
Villa, Malone, Dumas and Boullosa. District At |
torney Charles LuZaDburg represented the State. |
The prisoner was defended by a. Sambola, Esq. |
The amount Of money the accused is alleged to |
have received was $27O in paper currency, $3.50 in
gold coin ard about $500 in other kinds of money.
The evidence introduced established beyond \
much doubt that the money or some portion Of it, |
found in the hOuse Of Touro, was the money that |
had been stolen on the night the burglary was
committed.
The evidence Of Sergeant Malone, of the Second |
District police, was that he had visited the prem.
ses Of Touro, at the corner Of Bienville and Bur-
gundy streets, and upon inquiring for the accused,
was told that Touro was sick. Malone, without
being affected by this statement, thereupOn re.
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