The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-05


them was fool enough to hand Williams twenty.
dollar bill, with which. Of course, he instantly dis
appeared. When Captain White found him on
Poydras street. he had eleven dollars of II left IN
his pocket. The balance he is supposed to have
given TO some companion.
TIE SEYMOUR KNIGHTS Benevolent Association
hold meeting this evening at their headquarters,
over the Gem saloon. Business Of Importance is
to be transacted, and therefore the attendance OF
every member is earnestly requested.
RoBBERIEs.-In the house of James and Abby
Morse, cooTed, on Camp street, between Felicity
road aud st. Mary's street, the police, by virtue of
a search-warrant, have found and recovered a
large quantity of wearing apparel, three pieces of
silver and pearl necklace, all stolen on Saturday
from the residence OF Mr.. Selph, on the adjoining
corner, during the fire which took place there.
Matilda Bush and John kyler have been arrested.
accused both of having set fire to the premises in
question and of committing the robbery. The two
Morses were locked up for receiving stolen pro-
perty.
party Of men attacked Mr.. George Patton. re-
siding at No. SO Union street, while near his home
on Sunday night, and choking him. took from his
person q valuable gold watch and chain and q
Mexican dollar. They then escaped.
The fancy store, No. 27 Philip street, was en-.
tered by unknown persons Saturday night, and
robbed Of nearly s2500 worth of goods, consisting
of the most costly and beautiful articles of fancy
work boxes, ornaments worked in shells, and
other valOsbes. They were the property of Mr..
Between two and three o'clock yesterday morn
ing, the coffeehouse of August Crouzally, at the
corner of Claiborne and Orleans streets, was bur-
glaIioHsly entered by unknown thieves, who stole
two dollars and half from the till and quart
bottle of anisette.
The residence of Mr.. d. Maurice, No. st Anne
street, was entered Saturday night by unknown
persons and robbed of wearing apparel, watch
through the front door. No clue has been OBJ
tanned TO the perpetrators.
A man named A. Guiaume was assaulted by un-
known persons about IL O'Clock Saturday night,
knocked down and robbed of small sum of money
on Bienville street, between Chartres and Levee.
His head was badly cut mp wi h slungshot.
which was evidently used without regard to con.
sequences.
About O'Clock Monday morning Mr.. Peter
Shoemaker had his pocket picked Of gold watch
and other vsluables in the French Market.
Mrs. DeBsr wife of Manager Ben DeBar of the
st. Charles Theater, had her pocket picked last
night, we learn, of q pocketbook containing six
hundred dollars, while she was passing out with
the crowd from that theater. The money had
not been recovered or the thief arrested at last
reports.
TEX BEEF CATTLE broke loose from a herd
which was being driven along Rampant street yes
terday morning, about O'Clock, and dashing
toward the boot and shoe store of Mrs. Bowel,
No. 25l, smashed up the showcase and broke the
furniture of the establishment and damaged some
OF the goods causing destruction Of $3.50 worth.
bull in china shop is bad enough, but think Of
ten beeves in a shoe store.
A CHARGE OF ARSON has been preferred by Cap
tain White, chief Of detectives, against l.. Silver
stein, whose jewelry store. at No. lS5 Poydras
street, was, il will be remembered, destroyed by
fire on the 9th ult. MI. silyerstein has been ar.
rested, end was yesterday brought before the
recorder and remanded until further orders.
A NEGRO named Jordan Gutheim was arrested
Sunday, and remanded on the charge OF being a
fugitive from justice.
D. r. WILSON, clerk, native of Washington,
was arrested yesterday for alleged obtaining
money under false pretenses.
jim FLETCHER, q young negro gambler, was
arrested by oIder of superintendent Cain yester-
day afternoon, charged with obtaining possession
and disposing of in a gambling house at No. 3
Front Levee street, the sum of 500, knowing the
same to be the property OF another. The proprie-
tress of the same house was also arrested, but re-
leased on bond to appear on a charge of.refusing
TO refund the money.
DAYTouRcK, Greek, was arrested in the
Second District, Sunday, for carrying q con-
cealed weapon, to-wit bowie knife. Another
Of the race of Miltiades, school teacher, named
Dominic, was arrested also on the charge of
attempting to rescue his compatriot, interfering
with the policeman in the discharge of his duty,
carrying a revolver concealed, drawing 1t and
shooting it of in the street.
Mr.. CHAs. COPELAND, residing on Chippewa
street, between Jackson and Josephine streets,
Was run over by car No. Is, at the corner of Chip
pewa and Jackson streets, about O'Clock sun
day evening and sustained serious injuries upon
the head and legs. He was conveyed TO his home
and placed under medical care, and the driver of
the car. VIM. Wyble, was arrested and confined
at the Rousseau street station.
THERE WAS NAUGHT OF INTEREST before the
Fret District Court yesterday, before Recorder
Gastinel or Recorder Massicot.
FIFTH DISTRICT CoURT.-In the injunction sued
out by the City National Bank OF New Orleans
against State Tsx-c0llector F. c. Mahan, Judge
Leaumont yesterday ordered the writ 70 be dis
solved at plaintiffs costs.
Widow Harriet Stockman institutes suit for the
recovery of 1915 from the New Orleans Boat
mans Association alleging that her deceased
husband was a member and one of the incorpo
raors of the association, and his widow, she is
entitled to $25 a month therefrom, under the act
of incorporation, from -, 1850, which the asso
citation continued TO pay her from that time up to
January, 1868, when the same was refused and
has continued to be refused up to date.
l.. Madison Day, attorney at law, has been accord
ed a witt OF Injunction against Mahan. State tax
collector, on the grounds following: That Mahan
has served special notice on petitioner, dated
December &c, 1868, requiring him to call at the
collectors Office and pay tax OF $3.50 70. being
one per cent. State tax, as per act ia OF the
Legislature, approved September, 1865 aud
threatening petitioner with seizure and sale of his
Petitioner AYERS said tax TO be illegal and un-
constitutional and net due by him. that the so.
called act is not law, and is without force or
validity: that it was not passed with the forms
and solemnities prescribed by the State Constitu'
tion, under which 1t is pretended to have been
passed that its pretended passage was IN viola
ton of article AZ Of said Constitution that it was
not read in each house onthree several days; aud
that four.fifths of each house which pretended to
pass it, did not order suspension Of the constitu'
tional rule requiring such reading that said pre-
tended act ia is also in contTavention OF the
articles ll0 Is of the Constitution that it is re-
retroactive and forbdden that 1t attempts to
impose a taxation not equal and uniform and 10
tax property not in proportion to its value, to be
ascertained as directed by law. 1hatfor the fore
going and other reasons to be known on the trial,
said pre- ended act ia is unconstitutional, null and
| void, and the tax demanded as aforesaid is moi
| due but is an unauthorized, unlawful and oppres
sive exaction.
Petitioner therefore prays for an Injunction
three hundred dollars damages, interest and costs
| of suit.
Judge Leaumont has granted the writ.
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