New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-04
Local Intelligence.


marshal for Pniladelphia Fire Company
No. Ii, sends the REPUBLICAN an invitation
to attend the annual dinner Of that orgapi
cation. to be given IN Finnerty Hall, corner
of Howard and Perdido streets, after the
parade to-day. 1t has been limited that
most ravenous.
A card from Mechanics Fire Company
No. 6 does not hesitate to cay that there
will be grand dinner in the st. Charles
Hotel at five O'Clock this evening. Mr..
George B. johnson is marshal, and that 10
sufficient guarantee that ell will be we'll.
CAPTAIN GRAY IN PRISON AGAM.-Jacob
is captain Of the first precinct Metropolitan
Police force, and is generally considered
pretty solid man in every respect, physi.
cally, mentally, financially and officially,
ncd yesterday when some OF his men saw
him take commitment and march himself
down to the Parish Prison felt inclined to
be indignant Most Of our readers are aware
that Judge Adams, acting in the First Mu-
nicipal Court. recently sent Colonel Loan
and Captain Gray to prison for contempt of
that court. in this, that they disobeyed an
order Issued by the judge relative to re-
tanning prisoners, or rather not to release
accused persons held in durance unless an
order issued by the court. Writs Of hsbess
corpus were granted by Judge Cullom,
Fifth District Court, and the MetFopoli'
tans were discharged, the court holding
that Judge Adams had no authority to COM
NIT for contempt. On that 1t was generally
supposed the matter had ended, but Judge
Adams obtained written opinion on the
subject from Attorney General Field, which
sustained his (Adams') position, whereupon
the Judge once more renewed tae war, and
yesterday summoned Captain Gray to the
bar for contempt of court for releasing q
person, not in court hours, who had been
incarcerated for an assault and battery.
Tho same ground which was travelled
over . short time ago in q like case was
travelled again, and the captain was COM
mitted to prison. The commitment which
was to coneign him to . cell in the Parish
Prison was placed in the captains hands
for execution. Jacob calmly accepted the
bit Of paper and took passage in . five
cent chariot, and after an uneventful
Journey knocked at the prison gates
and informed the watchful warden that
he desired bed and board. Unsymp athletic
bolts, bars, chains and keys ratified and
banged as fercely as those at the captains
own calaboose when sneak thief is
chucked in by unfeeling policemen. Before
Captain Gray had buried his blushing face
in pallet Of straw some of his friends had
hunted up Judge Cullom to obtain legal
release through the medium of writ o.
habeas corpus. The writ was quickly
issued, and the prison portals gaped wide
for the procession to energetic captain
was the procession. When in court Judge
Cullom gazed down on Jacobs benevolent
face and eaid: "Well, cir, what brings yo'
here again, infamous wretch" Jacob meekl!
replied Nothing" Then it was explained
that the Judge Of the First Municipal Police
Court had considered that it bad been al
object of contempt, the Filth Distric
Court thereupon gots its indignity on an VI
grade and told Jacob to waltz Oft instanteI
after which a email tea party might hav
been seen assembled in a neighboring sod
stand.