The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-14

lahentsble accident occurred az rt 3y1e'
Monday evening, in the family Of EoeInstu no ~
case are as follows: The fAmi y were at SUPER.
ard The father was holding the little boy, about
four years Of age. In his lap. feeding him. when
the teapot hIed with hot water, accidentally up
setting, threw its contents over the head and
shoulders of the little fellow. Medical assistance
was Immediately called. but the little sufferer was
terribly scalded as to cause his death on Friday
afternoon.
FIRE in Cairo, Friday morning, destroyed the
clothing and furnishing house OF Steinhener Il
Marks and three saloons belonging to Andrew
Kahn, Michael Banbrick and Patrick Fitzgerald.
Total loss about $40 coo; insured az follows
nix, So ,0o0; Etna, $4,000; Enterprise, 81, 500:
Security. 81 SEQ; Ssngamon, 81 900; Albany, ST.
500. Sieinheiner & Marks saved about one-third
of their stock 10 damaged condition.
United States detective, early on the 9th,
made raid on house Ia the western part Of
Cincinnati, and captured five persons whom he
had suspected of being engaged In counterfeiting
five cent nickel pieces. His suspicious proved
true and all the tools, together with nearly half
bushel Of coin, were captured. The parties were
arrsigned before United States Commissioner
Holiday and held in SIS 900 bail each for future
examination.
The grand jury of Memphis found true bill
against S. A. Dorsn for murder in the first degree
for killing Edwin Whitfield on Friday. Doran
was removed from the station. house to jail, aud
a heavy gUsrd placed around 10 Friday night. But
for this be doubtless would have been lynched.
During the past three months $50 steamboats,
and &C barges we're enrolled and licensed at the St.
Louis custom house. Total tonnage of boats ST.
236; barges, ~ SIS total tonnage. los ISL. The
total enrolled tonnage on the Western rivers for
the year 1865 was 1853 steamboats, of 351 671 tom
mage, and 638 barges of log, l6S tonnage; total
number Of vessels 2SS2; tonnage, 4s6,2l7.
Gen. Sherman has received information that
the representatives of four hundred lodges Of
CemsDche indians had arrived al Fort Bascom,
New Mexico, and offered to surrender. They were
notified that no surrender would be received, ex-
cept at Fort Cobb, the object being TO have all
the tribes on the plains within marching distance
of Gen. Sheridan.
A Harvard College student named Alger, while
passing through Haverhill street, Boston, on Fri
dsy afternoon, engaged 10 an alteration with an
old man named Maxwell and, after talking TO him
10 an insulting manner, slapped him in the face.
The old man resented by drawing large knife
and pungipg IL once or twice 10 the students
bowels. causing wound which is likely to prove
fatal. Maxwell was arrested.
Jsmes Logan. who is charged with the murder
Of Charles NJ. Rogers. In Twelfth street, New
York, on Thursday, December 3lst, on the 9th
walked into the twentieth precinct, in that city,
and surrendered himself to the officer in charge.
The police claim that the evidence 10 their pos
session is sufficient to insure the conviction Of the
prisoner.
An Evansville (Tnd.) lady has just had needle
extracted from her hip which entered her foot
some months ago.
A Nashville dispatch of the 9th says: Hon. F..
tives, and delegate to the Chicago convention for
the State at large, introduced bill IN the House,
to be submitted TO q vote OF the people. author
izing convention, TO be composed OF the MEM
bers of the present Legislature, to convene on the
22d Of February, to enfranchise the DISTINGUISHED
people Of the State. The bill came up in the
House to-day and Mr.. Richards made an able
speech in support of it. The bill at the close Of
debate indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Richards is a
thorough national Republican, and advocated in
1866 The bill allowing coored persons to testify In
court, and voted fer their eniranchisement, but
the majority in the House differed with HIM on the
suffrage question. Admitting his ability and
worthinees. they do not think that the time for
general eDfrancLisement has arrived. The subject
will hereafter come up IN another shape. Tue
ku Klux have much 10 do with the state of feel
ing on the franchise question. . frt
Chief Justice Scott, of the supreme bench of
Baltimore, assigned 70 the Baltimore City Court
yesterday delivered an opinion In the hdbeds
corpus case Of Henry Drescher, nonresident
trader. Dreseher is resident of Newark. N. j.,
and was arrested and committed to jail on Deem
Der IL, charged with violating an act of the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, which forbids any
person, not permanent resident of the State,
offering or exposing for sale, goods, etc., without
first obtaining license to do so. The petitioner
alleges that he is citizen of the State of New
Jersey, and claims that be is not liable under the
act first, because the act is in violation of the stu
and 10th sections Of the constitution; and second.
because said act is in violation of the second
section of article fourth of the Constitution Of
the UNITED States. Judge Scott decides that
the Constitution of the United States doss not
give any control to Congress over the domestic
Iade OF the States, and concludes as follows:
an CT opinion our State act in question is not in
violation of the Constitution of the United States,
and that the petitioner has no cause of complaint.
II is, therefore, adjudged and ordered that the
petition be dismissed and that the petitioner BIO
remsnded TO the custody Of the warden until dis.
charged in due course Of law. The prisoner can
be admitted to bail at any time. Drescher was
Accordingly recOmmitted,
The governor of Arkansas has Withdrawn his
proclamation Of martial law In Columbia county
and Lafayette, east of Red River.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Hess, at the railroad
bridge, over the Sable river, says q Chicago dis
patch. caught fire on the 9th. and was destroyed.
Ers. Hess ard her eeven-year old persisted in the
flames. Their eharred remains were found with
their heads and arms severed from their bodice
The cause Of the fire is unknown. Mr.. Hess is q
sober industrious Waterman at the railroad depot.
Current rumor says that Father McMulIen, who
went TO Rome two months ago 10 complain against
Bishop Duegan, of the Chicago Diocese. has OBJ
tanned an order from the Propaganda citing the
bishop to appear before the council land show
cause why be removed Fathers McMullen. Roles
and McGivenn.
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