The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-21
4ural 5nteuigenrs.


House on Tuesoay evening, bat V. e. Mccarthy
Our statement that the ousted man was a music
teacher and had been on the police board would
however, been sufficient to identify the man to
those who know him.
In OUR ACCOUNT of The expulsion of Mr.. V. F.
Macsrthy, . colored mar. from the parterre OF
the Opera House on Tuesday night we stated that
Capt. Michel George, after the affair, "accosted
Mr.. Eugene Stses and taunied him for his repeat.
ed visits to the Opera House with colored man. u
We also stated that we were not informed of the
conduct of Mr.. Staes at the time Mr.. Eugene
Staes called on Us last evening and requested us
70 state that after the apostrophe of Capt. George
he-Mr. Staes-severely rebuked Can't. George
and 10 such manner as to leave no doubt in the
minds OF the persons present that he had not been
cOwed by Capt. George. As journalists, and since
the alteration was personal one, unhsppily the
result Of an AFFAIR OF public concern, we give Mr..
stses' statement, as he has o right to claim that
We should.
IT MAY BE that fatigue and drowsiness are in
store for many of the jewellers who danced so
eaiy last night at the ball of the Hebrew Aid
eociery, for 6omnus, you know. will have his
dues, the god Of mirth and all the nymphs and
muses. TO The contrary, Notwithstanding. But the
debt OF repose is easily paid and the cost of so
many hours OF pleasant festivity will be reckonsd
light indeed. If as the song says:
1.-The best way to lengthen our DAYS
Is TO steal few hours from the night"
then yesterday was a long, long day of happ'.
ness for the youths and msidens whom we met at
Odd Fellows Hall last night. We will not ESSAY
any description of the ball, nor venture on any
elaborate account Of the toilettes Of the masque-
raiders, for il is well known that the pressure Of
the hand and glance of the eye create a far
greater impression than silks ana satins and Jew
els rare. We will only say that there are those
who, years hence, when time shall have sivered
their hair and dimmed the flashing of their eyes,
will look back TO last niRht an era of tnersives
and gsiysreeount their pleasant experience.
We wish long Life to the society, and manyisuch
anniversaries.
The PROCESS OF COUNTING the immense number
Of city notes. amounting 10 nearly half a mIon
dollars, which are soon to be destroyed by fire by
the city treasurer, is now going on In the Southern
Bank.
BR. o. L. GRANT, of Chicago, a brother of the
president elect, Is In the CITY accompanied by Mr..
). Hough, prominent railroad man, and by Col.
W. b. Gere and W. F. Gray, ESQ.,, merchants of
Chicago. The party are 81 The st. Charles Hotel.
On WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, about s O'Clock.
Assistant Assessor Beggs and Internal Revenue
Inspector Harry Waters, acting uDOn information
received, visited the premises No. 35 Barracks
street. and etiec'ing an entrance discovered an
Illicit rum still which had, apparently, been for
some days in operation, molasses having already
been set up in the tubs and fermentation being in
progress. The capacity of the still itself is about
four or five barrels per day. The entire premises
were seized, and will be libelled in the United
States court. Meanwhile search is being made
for the pToprietors, against whom, it is stated,
criminal proceedings will be instituted. The Law
subjects the property in and upon which an illicit
still is found, 10 seizure and sale.
The PERUVIAN IRON CLADs, AtahuaIpa and
Nance Csssae, accompanied by their tenders
bavana and Monterey, are reported as having
arrived at Pensacola on the 18th inst.
AMONG THOSE WHO CALLED at the Office of the
superintendent OF police yesterday, seeking re-
dress, were two, man and his wife, English
people by birth, who came TO complain that the
former had. on the previous night, lost at some
game of hszsrd in st. Charles street gambling
house, the sum of four hundred dollars-every
cent belonging to him in the world. The superin-
tendent was able 10 suggest no means of recovery,
unless the cUmplainent were willing to bring
some definite charge.
CNE THOUSAND FRANCS REwARD.-The chief of
police, o., more properly, " La President de Po-
hce," for Frankfort on the Maine, has trans
mitted TO the superintendent Of police ia this
robbery committed at that place on that day by
one Henry Harris of Australia. who had ordered
lot Of jewery. valued at 25 600 francs. brought to
bis hotel for inspection. under pretense that he
wished 10 purchase, and then under pretext of
showing them to his Soi-diSaHt wife, had run away
With them. Harris, we are told, is known TO some
Of the older detectives in this city a shrewd aud
experienced professional. A full descriptve-list
Of himself and his companion accompanies the
letter and, what is more remarkable in view of
The fact that it was written ON the day the theft
vas committed, description of the Jewels, two
brooches, and Two pairs of rrinRs, together
With wood cuts representing fac Smiles of them
The document is well worth inspection, and
gives one an IDEA Of the systematic and thorough
conduct of police matters over on the other side
)f the pond.
SOME IDEA of the traffic done here in Texas
hides nay be formed from the fact that parties in
bis city are about shipping fifteen hundred tons
If them TO Chicago leather manufacturers.
TEE TEMPERATURES yesterday, as shown by the
thermometer st O. Duhamefs, Ill Canal street.
ately corner Bienville and Chsrtres streets. was
ls follows: At 6 A. n. 43 degrees; IA 4. so;
IN. 81; 6 P. N. SO.
CORPORAL SULLIVAN reported yesterday that
nan named Antonio Upas residing at No. 297 Old
4evee street, had difficulty in the morning in the
Vegetable Market with another man whose name
$ unknown, whereUpon both parties went over
he river to settle the dispute, the result being
hat Upes received severe wound in his breast !
rom knife.
AMONG SEVERAL HUNDRED BARRELS Of New Or
cans made whisky, seized in st. Louis two years
iDce, upon charge Of Noncompliance with the
evenue law by the manufacturers, were one hun |
red barrels which Mr.. John Henderson of this
ity, the well-known liquor dealer ut the corner of
.afsy yette and TchoupitOulas, had purchased while
q bond, snd, after paying the 81 per gallon tax
poD them had shipped to St. Louis. Since that
inc the United States authorities there have held
be liquor until recently the United States district
ttOTDey for that city came TO New Orleans to
Investigate whether there is any cause for the |
lrther retention of the spirits. That gentleman |
as. we learn, informed Mr.. Henderson that the |
uDdred barrels will be released. their pedigree /
eing uhquestiOnable. But Mr.. Henderson, mind
ll of the fact that he paid 81 tax per gallon then,
Ibereas tie tax is now but fifty cents per gallon,
lys that he has sustained damages at the lands
the government and will bring suit therefor.
SUPERINTENDENT CAIN has been busily urging
pom members OF the Leg stature the passage Of a
TiDgent vagrant Law whereby dangerous and
lspicious characters may be summariIy dealt
18th, and, IS an earnest of his intentions has
rOmised within ten days after the passage of
leh an act 10 have the city once more free IRON
le hundreds Of prowling rogues who have mostly
cen st rscted hther from abroad by the action OF
e Legislature in its last session in repeating the
,Tmer vaerant law.
4 CoLoRED WOMAN named Eliza Lewis was ar.
sied on Canal street last evening. charged with
aing implicated in the larceny of piece of cot
n from the store of Messrs. Turcotte & Pepin at
e corner of Baronne and Canal streets.
A WHITE Boy, aged thirteen years, named Jno.