The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-09
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TEE FOLLOWING ORDER was issued yesterda
by the superintendent Of police, with reference {
the preservation Of the peace during the festivtie
of to-day: -.-- = -
SUPERMTKNDnNr's OFFICE,
| METROPOLITAN POLICE
New Orleans, Feb. Ssh, 1869.
Special Order No. "a
within the city Of New Orleans tomorrow fMsrd
Gras), 1t Is hereby ordered that all persons VIC
latnR article 6sl, city ordinance relating e
onenses and nuisances. which makes II unlawful tc
throw hour or any other substance on any person
passing along the street, and all persons appear
ing in disguise on the street after O'Clock P. M
excepting those composing the Mystic Krewe Of
Comus, snail De arrested and confined in the lookup
Of the precinct In which they may be arrested.
III. The superintendent of metropolitan police
feels confident that all good citizens will where
ever necessary, cooperate with the police force
in the execution of this order.
By order GEO. L. CAM.
Superintendent Metropolitan Police.
GIN. ADELBKRr AMEs, military governor OF Mis-.
sissippi, accompanied by Major Sumner, of the
NTH cavalry land son of the late Gen. Sumner, }
and several ladies have reached this city, and viii
keeler. now of Gen. Buchauan's staff, was durinn
the war acting In Q similar capacity with Gen.
| Ames.
Elk GENERALS N. N. CURTIS AND ALBERT BARNES
reached here from Washington on Saturday en-
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parted on Sunday morning. Their mission is from
the secretary OF the treasury and is important.
| Rev. DR.. ROGERS delivered q lecture upon
| Ritualism, Sunday night, at st. Alphonsus Hall,
| st. Andrew street. The spacious hall was filed
| by q large audience, who seemed to have been
deeply impressed by the DOCTORS remarks.
SEVENTY THREE INTERVIEWS were reported in
| New Orleans during the week ending on Sunday
last, being decrease Of twenty-seven from the
nnaK rfA1 Ho.s Il
OF consumption, 6 pneumonia, lockjaw, con-
gestive fever, convulsons. spoplexy, 80 of va
rious other ordinary complaints, and were of
stubborn infants. 90 were white, 40 colored and
not stated. 40 were males, 26 females and not
stated. Is were under year of age. 4 bstween
and 5, 4 between 10 and 20, 8 between 20 and 80,
10 between 30 and 40, between 40 and SO, l be-
tween SO and GO. s between 60 and 20. 8 between
20 and S0 between 90 and 100, III not stated. 80
were natives Of the United States.
THE TEpERAruRs yesterday a. shown By the
thermometer at @. Duhamel's, Ill Canal street,
lately corner Bienville and Chartres streets was
as follows: At A. Y. "a degrees; IL \. SO;
Pm. 81; 6 P. M. 81.
If THE REvELERs tonight, after leaving the
balls, wish good supper, they will find John
Strenpa's restaurant, the old Mdison Doree, open
all night long. Johns is on Bourbon street, Just
below Canal. F
TIE LOCAL thanks the directors Of the New
Orleans Catholic Publication Company for the
kind invitation TO be present at their anniversary
celebration, to be held this evening at 100 Gravier
street. The stockholders and their friends will see
notice in another column which will prove Of
interest to them.
Ex-ATroRSEY GENERAL SPEED, who was present
in the United States Court yesterday, was Invited
by Judge Durell to occupy a seat apon the bench
beside him.
PURSUANT TO AN ORDER from Judge Durell to
the effect that If the POSI- boxes of tobacco seized
md fbal Had hvf oH Ofafoo sn<a 81
authorities were not bonded by III A. NJ. yester-
day, their sale by the marshal would at once be
ordered, the claimant yesterday appeared in
court, offering Messrs. Chss. E. Fenner 8. P. Har-
rison, T. K. Price and w. Van Benthuysen as sure
ties. These were accepted, and the tobacco was
thereupon ordered released, the marshal being in
sfssetea 20 h-and IL with a view to its 0narantAa
from further seizure.
GENERAL SHERMAN was called upon by many
visitors yesterday, including Governor Wsrmoth.
he visited headquarters about noon, and after
wards called upon Generals Hatch and Mower, at
the district headquarters Tomorrow he will
visit forts Jackson and st. Philip, accompanied
by small party of friends, and on the following
day proposes to start upon visit to the military
seminary near Alexandria. of which, prior to the
war, he was superintendent.
IT is STATED that the Olympic Theater-what is
left Of it's to be the scene Of q grand dress,
fancy and masquerade ball tonight. The poor
old Olympic was burned almost entirely down,
several months ago: but the festive youths who
have an interest in the present matter, have made
every preparation for the comforts of their guests
An immense canvas roof will defend the dancers
from the dews or the rains of heaven.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIvALs.-Attached to the
train which came in last evening the jackson
Railroad was an excursion car, which contained q
party of ladies and gentlemen who came to New
Orleans to enjoy the Msrdi Gras festivities, and
ties of their friends in the Crescent city. Amongst
the most prominent were H. B. Plant, president of
the Southern Express Company; NJ. G. O'Bren,
superintendent Of the Southern Ex press Company
Company w. T.. Hare, superintendent of the
Louisville and Nashville Transfer Company; and
Horace Scott, general superintendent of the JEFF
fersonville and Indiana Railroad.
We trust that these gentlemen, and the ladies
who accompany them, will find their stay here as
pleasant as they have anticipated.
AMONG THE THOUSAND AND ONE DEVICES used by
sharpers and confidence men to obtain the money
Of others, without giving any quid pro quo. none
thus far have been more audacously and unblush.
ingly practiced than that one by which an Ger |
trusting Sambo was wheedled out Of trife over |
hundred dollars at the Jackson Depot, on Sun. |
day afternoon. He was about to embark for |
jackson, Miss. when, accosted by white man,
stranger TO him, who, after some conventional |
preliminaries said that he had unfortunately left |
all his money In his trunk Would not the colored |
man loan him Sill until the train started and he |
could get to the baggage? Certainly he would. |
anu mOuCy DcluB lOOhculJ uhuucu over, tut |
lender took his seat in the car, while the borrower
started to hunt up his family. When the train |
left, be hadn't found them, nor have any reliable
reports of bis having since discovered them been |
received, What is worse, the worthy head OF that /
missing family is now himself among the missing |
1t is possible, however, that vigorous search by |
Captain Schneider. Of the Pscanier prec nct, may |
result " Npserihpg the ipEeS i2us 60Sas svy..,
q Rip Van winkle of the NJ. p, heard on Saturday
night the sweet strains of music coming from |
I,ra1 linz uuhn a reGnQCtQno
were epioyipg themselves with soiree ddnsdnte. |
he went in to ask If they had permit, and being,
il Is said intoxicated, took the flute from the mu-
sician, took of his coat and blew some hideous
tones. not at all like the magic flute OF Jdnino, |
in Mozart's Zauberfote." He finally went into |
ex,rayaeanzas of so gross character that 1t was
necessary TO send him to the First District sta
ton. Being brought before Recorder Becker, ne
went 10 the Hotel Swain for thirty days to think
over the poor appreciation Of musical talent.