The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-20

At the annual meeting OF tne southern teoiuO |
Railroad Company. in San Francisco, an entlre
new set of dire StOTs was elected. LLOYD Lewis |
chosen pres ident, and D. o. Mills vice president.
The FIRST section of the road, fifteen miles from
San Jose, is completed and thrown open 10 Dusl
ness The new company promise To push the
work vigorously. The road passes sonthward IN
I'll il reaches the thirty nth parallel, thence east
ward TO where the State line strikes the COLORADO
river The Southern Pacific Company have con,
tract for the purchase OF the san FRANCISCO hho
San Jose Railroad, which gives II CONTINUOUS
line from san Francisco. 40,
General II. B. Ayres arrived at memphis on tne
18th from Little Rock, and Immediately proceed
ed to New Orleans. BE will make report on Tue
militia troubles in Arkansas. His views on lne
question entirely gathered NON Gev. O,ayton
and immediate parti-ans. The people 10 Atkan-
sas feel that Justice has not been accorded 10 the
| by the United states officers. The convention 10
| discuss these matters has been postponed, put
| measures will he taken TO obtain redress lol HJu
lies through the courts.
| A letter was received at Washington, on the
| l6,b BY the commissioner OF internal revenue
| from an officer OF that department IN Iulahouia,
Coffee county Tennei see, giving an account oil ne
| outrages committed upon the revenue oIhceIs 10
that section of the State, for performing thelI
| duty He states that few nights ago ne was
! taken from his bed BY body OF masked men VINO
threatened TO blow bis brains out II he attempted
| TO enforce the revenue laws. They then hfeo
number of shots at his house, but released MIN al
ter exsciing promise that lie WoulI no' a'sep
10 enforce The law. The matter has been referred
TO the United states attorney Tor tennessee, WIN
;Ts,Tnctions 10 reonest the assistance of military
force 10 aid the revenue officers to perform their
duties. .,.,.
| Of the new breech-loader which is to be made al
the Slringfeld, Massachusetts, armory, Is pelng
! rapidly forwarded When eNeiytulnE IL ioou a5'
/ the making OF the new model will begin at once
and a larger force tn tie present one wiz ne
| cesFsiily lie employed, in order to furnish tue
amy with the improved bTeech-oaders as rApia"-
as ,hey are eshs srsy occurred in the Chaucery
r. nrt nom in Memphis on the l4th, between Dr.
Diokins and Captain Patterson eluzeos u s LIS
norntv growing out of q suit. and resulting IN me
yonudipc OF the former in the hand, and the otner
| in The arm. Z. II. Thompson, bystsnoeI, "es
!; shot in the leg and dangerously wounded. C s
relor Smith lined each OF the parties 10 the Shiay
CIV dollars and ordered them TO jail Tor ten
i Or. Slmmonds, formerly of Cincinnati, and laie
of nemphis was shot sDd killed by DANIEL Marx
ham. al Water Valley, Monday evening" "'iA'
: The United States marshal has levied on Nash.
y villes Little Rock Railroad stock to sausiy dsnI
y due Simpson, The press enaIge 1ne H.
y negro named Mark H8ney persuaded the
daughter of a blacksmith named Jones, residins
u near Germantown. Tenn, TO elope win MN ana
- take nearly five hundred dollars IN golu oeiohgln
q 40 her father Ca discovering their hight the
greatest excitement prevailed in the neigaoor
hood as the girl is only fourteen years od: Inc,
- finally succeeded in capturing them anu Is 10
&c lieved the negro has been lynched. -,
Ex-Goyernor Neil s. Brown, OF Tennessee ga:
ur,,,sn an earnest protest against violence and
vigilance committees. . rN ~,
no In 1be United States Circuit Court JACOB ans
~ uoses uerav were convicted of violation OF reye
,x nne laws by illegally removing whisky from as
"a. tillery and we're TemaDded for sentence. luls
IRE first conviction Of members OF the WHISKY rinl
IN Ssn,aI Trvcn cigar manufacturer Of Westfeld
Mass. has failed for $50 GOO assets about 70 Pc
ID | cent. . NJ
| old to
~, | he bargp little trade for himself when ne was
how. kent his own account Of profit and loss WI
de-. his own hand and has done II ever since. d
av clerks not cheat him, and ialse entries wvu
&C. moi damage him. for he keeps supplements =
for OF books written up every Light at his house
ge, himself. lie is genial, cheerful, lntelilgen
The courteous merchant. His face IL benedictlo
He il welcome TO all boards; ana WINE ne ~
"a, decided opiplous and expresses them, his mann
use il so mild and courteous that Ill pleasure 70
ion afOciaied With him. This spirit has opened aV
nues of influence and success to him winch ma
d Of led 10 his great wealth.-lNe" lOIA 0OAesPO
the depce b stun Journal.
his a married LADY in this city retired TO bed,
Saturday night, in her usual COCO heal,h. =
1 of arising IN the morning, che was astonsned 10
10 ihet sbe was totally blind in one eye, tne soou
- hlirdness having come upon her during the mig
7de Tee blind eye looks as bright ana heai'oy as
sonnd one, and tie lady suffers no pam xnats ,
ton from the singular calamity, nor Is ,n S
tate slightest peTcepnbe cause Iof tue lVSS VI ''''
d on New Albany COMMERCIAL. r,t
len few nights since man named Weathe
LIVING in the lower portion OF LoulsVnle; WI
uE6er tie influence Of liquor, asked ms httle %
,De four Years Of eye to spell word. which II v
p impotsible for the chid to do. Weathers ID
'"s seized him by the hair and picked up stick a
heat the child until the flesh upon his body v
lacerated in many places. HeediDg not the CT
-. Of the little one who pleaded for mercy
Avs picked il mp and held il over hot IRE Ia
tn. Stove until its whole body was burned to olis'
Westhers was subsequently arrested.
,or, Three negroes over ninety years OF age ca
died on a plantation near Taledega, Ga on
5th instant.
~ Mass January 18th, for an attempted outrage
Mrs Elizabeth Gibbons an estimaole LADY, u
Eve wears old as she was going 70 church, on )
Sav. Mrs. Gibbons thrown In the snow
orat. severely injured, but her screams frightened
The Boston underwriters have presented
re- captain OF q CuDarder with testimonial OF 81
for his sesmauship 10 bringing his vessel sale
i the that port after its rudder was broken.
road man in WOonsocket, X. l.. has offered
ward of one hundred dollars for the detectIod
lding the person who recently poisoned his three
Of all kittens.
wise Information has been received tbat prlvate
ties are making good thing ost OF the iqr
alive ness in Alaska. One vessel has reached Homo
Cal with 40 OCO seal skins. They were bought OF
Alaska Indians with whisky aud euch llt.ie va
bic commodities, and their sale VIII ne. n1e p ~
BILL engaged very handsome return; lne I! a
Olitan committee on commerce orc ran,ieeoan
matter, and some Connecticut gentlemen,
de ~ want the trade regulated by law, were pc
NEE them lately giving the facts and hgures oota
poned in recent mp TO thal e9nnuS an aae,v dal
are sure TO report bill at an early uay
M stringent penalties against illegal traffic.
erred s. c. stars chairman Of the board OF direc
Of the Kansas penitentisry is charged with
secre duently Obtaining vouchers iOf ''-l' 'OO anu