The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-23
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| liant display. The troops rendezvoused on the
leVee at the heao Of Canal street, at IL O'Clock.
al which time national salute was handsomely
fred by section Of battery X. LIST artillery.
The troops consisting Of the artillery the LIST IN
fantry and company G, 9th cavalry, then formed
in line and marched through the principal streers,
attracting as they passed general admiration for
their mastery drill and eVolutions.
RELIGIOUS There will be daily evening prayer
through Lent in Emanuel Church, Jefferson City,
at o'clock.
There will be evening prayer in Christ Church,
Canal street. during Lent, on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, at P. NJ, on Wednesdays at ii A. NJ,
and on Fridays at Z Pm.
Mr.. TAYLOR, agent for Miss Janauschek, leaves
this morning for PIttsburg In which city the gifted
trsgedian will appear after her departure from
New Orleans. Miss Price and the st. Charles
company. headed by Manager Pope, left last
evening for VIcksburg, where they open this
evening with Leah, the Forsaken."
SEvENTY.FoUR DEATHS were reported in New
Orleans for the week ending at A. NJ. on Sunday
morning. the 2lst inst, the number being an in
crease Of two over the number reported for the
week Previous of shs.~--ls ~e-- -.sn, sere.~z
died OF consumption, OF pneumonia, OF whoop-
ing cough, OF anGmia. 3 of heart disease, 8 of
gunshot wounds. 2 Of catarrh, 2 Of commissions. 2
Of congestion of the brain. drowned, 2 of typhoid
fever. of old age, and 20 of other diseases.
OF the above As were males, ~ females, and not
stated; 40 were white, l6 black, s mulattoes, and
not stated; IS were under year of age, between
! and 5, 3 between and 10, between 10 and 20,
s between 20 and 80, between 30 and 40, be-
tween 40 and so, between so and 60, between
go and 20. between 20 and so, between 80 and
80, and Is not stalled As were born In the United
States, in Germany, 2 in Ireland, in the West
Indies, in Denmark, / in Prussia, and 10 not
stated.
THE WIND, yesterday morning, detached a
heavy piece of wood from the roof of the building
No Eorrar orA oanff dAuyu fho
head of q lady who was passing, causing painful
wound upon the scalp. The sufferer was kindly
attended to and cared for in the store of Messrs.
i. G. Berry Co., opposite, and within half an
hour afterward was able to depart homeward.
THE ROBBERY OF MRssRs. FoRcHNER & HABER's
SToRE.-ln our account of this allan which We
utlished on Sunday morning we, the facts no hav-
ing then come to our knowledge, failed to give
proper credit to Mr.. ]. Holland, the private
Waterman employed upon the beat. 1t seems
that little after seven on Friday evening Mr..
Holland noticed man with three bundles of cloth
on his shoulder going down Camp street, towards
Gravier. BE at once commenced to watch him,
following him on Gravier street towards the levee.
When near Magazine street the thief became
alarmed, and throwing the cloth down commenced
running. Mr.. Holland picked up the cloth and
finding Officer Finn, the two went to hunt up the
store whence the goods had been procured. An
examination showed that the store of Messrs. For
chimer & Haber had been opened, and subsequent
inquiry the next day proved that the goods had
been stolen thence. The facts were reported
officially to the central station by officer Finn and
our report having been compiled from the re-
cords of the office the credit due TO Mr.. Holland,
who is an efficient and active officer, was not
given.
A CoLoRED MAN, named Solomon Atkins, was
Knocked down and robbed of seventy-five dollars,
at the corner of Mags zine and st. Marys streets,
about o'clock yesterday morning. Il is stated
that warrants have been issued for the arrest of
the guilty parties.
QUANTITY OF bleached cotton and calico.
found at the houses of Mary Benton and Edward
Butler, colored, and alleged to have been stolen,
were brouVht TO the Central Station on Sunday by
Special Officer Ryan.
A MAN NAMED Thomas Mitchell, found on the
steamboat landing by officer Downs, on Sunday,
in sick and destitute condition and with his legs
terribly swollen, has been sent to the Charity
Hospital.
SPECIALS DUMAS AND BoULLosA on Sunday ar
rested, at the corner of ST. Charles and Polymnia,
a woman named Elizabeth Carter, charged with
assault and battery, and the larceny Of lot Of
wearing apparel.
SPECIAL OFFICERS BENEDICT AND CUNNINGHAM
yesterday arrested on Howard street boy named
John Morton, aged IA years, charged with hav-
ing stolen from the residence. Of Mr.. Potash, ad.
joining his own, gold watch, two gold chains
and revolver, valued in all at SIS. Officer
approach throw the revolver over the fence back
into Mr.. Potash's yard, and that he went there
and found il. He then arrested Morton, and by
dint of close questioning ELECTED from him the
means of recovering the articles which had been
either pawned or sold at rutnously small rates.
Mr.. E. NJ. BoULIGNY, late collector of internal
revenue for the Second District, has been re-
quired by Judge Durell to furnish bail in the
amount OF $25 900 for his appearance when called
upon to answer the charge now pending against
him in the U. s. Circuit Court.
AN INTELLIGENT CoLoRED MAN named Dan
Smith, employed on the steamboat National, was
arrested last evening by special officer Benedict
Memphis stating that he stands charged with
larceny in that city.
FIVE BARRELS OF WHISKY belonging to the
barge Rps s we're feasy about O'clock The
captain reported the fact to the river police.
TIE TEMPERATURE yesterday, a. shown BY the
thermometer at G. Duhamele, Ill Canal street,
lately corner Bienville and Chartres streets. was
az follows: At A. n. 60 degrees; IL NJ. rs; 8
Pm. 76; 6P. 70.
THERE WERE ARRESTED on the steamboat land
ing, at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, four col
ored laborers, named Bill Williams, Adam Celes
tine, Nelson Taylor and George Carter, charged
with pifering and with having in their possession
lot of corn, supposed to have been stolen.
looking boy of fifteen, who has been several times
arrested upon charges of larceny, was brought to
the central station by officer McStea last evening.
charged with being dangerous and suspicious
character and with being in the Turner'S Hall
under suspicious Giro umstances. He will undergo
examination probably this morning.
ABOUT HALF PAST O'CLOCK yesterday q son
Of Mr.. Peter Coyle, & We years old, living at No.
S47 Melpomene street, was severely bitten by
dog. The animal was shot by officer Campbell.
WE LEARN that youth. scarcely eighteen, was
arrested last evening at the corner of Toulouse
and Bourbon streets, for being intoxicated, by a
police officer who beat him SO severely about the
head that be was wetering in his blood when
be was taken 10 the station. We hope Recorder
Gastinel will inquire into the action Of this officer
and ascertain whether there was any justification
for the violence. We were told there was not.
As YOUNG LADY was on her way home from
the Opera House last evening" she stepped on one
of those mischevous bricks called dandy.traps.
We heard the squirting, which sounded very
natural, having worn white trousers under the
same circumstances, but it was quite queer to
hear, wheep, jimminy brackets, / knew it
would come ~ coming from the lips OF the
young lady and the shivering which ensued. We
appreciated the feeling of the fair one and sup.