The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-03

~ - +" " i(allisi IucNe' was yesterday re-
tum2 before the First Ds.act Court by acting
i'eeorde '3oiding, On IT, charge Of assaulting and
beatIng'a man named Dent
CoNmITTED- Recorder Genois yesterday com.
mitted VIM Thompson and Peter O'Rourke TO an
pear before the First District Court on the charge
ofvagrancy These two gentlemen are pretty well
known to iHe police as hard eases. THOMPSON had
cold chisel when arrested
BREAcH on nUsT.-Henry slave, belonging
10 Capt hitnball, was yesterday morning arrested
by the First Municipality Police, charged with
keeping clothes which had been entrusted 10 him
70 be washed Francis Kattman who keeps a
boarding-house on the corner Of Gallatin and Bar
rack streets, made affidavit that the negro had Kept
dozen and half of blankets belonging to him,
and refuses 10 deliver them up
RoBsING WArcHMAN.-A fellow calling him
self John Dixon was arrested on Tuesday night, by
watehnan zeigler, Of the Second Municipality,
who charges him with having stolen handkerchief
from him on the Levee. Dixon was sent to the
Workhouse torthirty days as vagrant.
srABBMo.- Charles McFadden was yesterday
morning brought before acting Recorder Golding
charged with having, the 2lth ult, assaulted and
stabbed a man named Christopher lIcGrujan. As
the affair did not prove to be Of a serious nature
McFadden was only held to bail to keep the peace
AssAULr VITA SToNE-FlEen {, Office was YES
terdav examined before Recorder Golding on the
charge Of having assaulted the wife of Torrance
flanagan with stone, and inflicted dangerous
wound on her head. The testimony made Ellen
ont regular tigress, and She was returned before
the FIRST District Court for trial
DIscHARGED.- C. Moseley was yesterday ex-
amined on two charges of assault and battery, be
fore Recorder Golding, and discharged on both
EXTRA PERFoRMANcEs-A. J. Hart was yes
terday morning brought before acting Recorder
Golding, charged with giving some extra perform
ances at the Olympic Theatre, on Tuesday even
ing, not in the bill, and decidedly disagreeable to
the audience Hart is also charged with an attempt
10 demosh officer Mcdonald, who arrested him.
Hart had in his possession smalt itofred leather,
with string attached to it, with which piece of
personal property, sharpers sometimes play game
called the Sc ring game. The modus operandi as
explained to Us by Lieut. Busby, is this: Two
shars" on the lookout, discover " flat walk
ing alone the street, and Immediately follow him
until he gets where but few people are passing,
when sharp" No I, passes him and walks ahead.
Sharp No. 2, keeps near the fiat, and No.
soon drops the leather with rings rolled up in it,
IT,.
and unroliIng 1t until he comes to ring, takes it
out and puts il in his pocket He then throws the
leather, which still has one ring in it, the side
walk, and III moment sharp" No. | Stops sud
denly, and turning around says he has lost piece
Of leather with a gold ring in it. Sharp No. q,
says that he the piece of leather but that there
Is no ring in it, when No ] Immediately offers to
bet any amount OF money that there is ring in it,
TIE fiat who,io course, stops to see the fun,
having seen sharp, No. 2take ring out of the
leather, IS very positive that there is none in it
afterwards and on being solicited by No. 2 TO 90
halves in large bet, if he has the money, imme
dately "planks up, aud loses In some cases,
where the $ fat cannot be induced to bet he is,
upon some pretence, induced TO take out his pocket
book, which is forthwith snatched from him, and
g sharps' Nos. l and 2, ext around the corner.
Whether the young man arrested ever put his
piece OF red leather TO the above use or not, we
cannot say, but he viii be examined this morning
upon lle charges Of disturbing the peace and as
sauting the officer.
ASSAULT BY A SLAvE-A slave belonging to Dr.
Campbell named Baechus, was Yesterday arrested
for knocking down officer Begansky, and biting his
hand severely. at the corner of Cont and Dauphn
streets, First Municipality.
The CHARGES AGAINST CAPTAIN WINTER.-It
will have been noticed by the proceedings of the
Second Municipality Council, that at its last meet
ing, number Of charges were preferred to the
Council by Mrs. Ann Irwin, who has formerly had
contract for cleaning te streets of the First Dis
trict against Captain Winter Il will be recoIlected
that We noticed on the 18th ut., that several men,
about twenty-five in all, had been arrested and
brought before Recorder Baldwin, charged with
mobbng the house Of Mrs. Irwin and threatening
her life The history Of the difficulty is this-Mrs
Irwin employed large number Of men upon the
streets and at the end Of the month"; as usual drew
her money from the Municipality, and neglected to
pay her men their wages for the month. The men,
most Of whom are poor and dependent upon their
monthly daily labor for the support of their fami-
lies, having been put off from time to time, last
learning that Mrs. IRWIN had got her money from
the Municipality, and still neglected to pay them,
repaired IN body 70 her house and expressed de-
termination 10 remain there until they We're paid.
They remained on the banquette in front of the
house the whole OF the night Mrs. !. having pro-
missed 70 pay them the next morning.
Mrs. Irwin now charges Capt. Winter with hav-
ing aided and abeited the mob, and told them that
they mightenterher house if she did not paythem.
Tue matter vas referred 70 special committee Of
the Council Nbonsisting Of Messrs Thacker, Rem
shaw aud Stockton The committee met last eve
lling in the Council room present, Mrs. Irwin,
Captain Winter, and large number of witnesses,
including Aldermen Golding and Barnes The
testimony of all the witnesses went strongly TO in
validate the charges of Mrs Irwin. The matter
was postponed TO Friday afternoon next
THE CImRGEs AGAINST ALDERMAN O'NEIL--
AT the last meeting Of the First Municipality Goun
eli, 1t will he recollecedsa number of charges were
preferred against Alderman ?. II. O'Neil, Of the
Second Ward special committee, consisting q
Messrs. Fabre, Duplesss, Duncan. Barthe and
Gourdan, was appointed to investigate the charges,
and This committee last evening held meeting.
Messrs. Duplessis and GUlrdain being absent Aid.
Fabre was called to the chair. Before proceeding
with business. AID O'NeiI arose and stated, that
from motives Of delicaey, he would ask Of Inc com
mttee 10 allow RandelI Hunt to appear as his rep
resentatve, and the request being complied with,
Mr.. H. was introduced. lie opened the proceed
ings bya spsechof much power and eloquence, and
and strongly reflected on the resolution OF the
Council. which empowered them TO bring the ac-
cused before them, to answer certain charges, Of
public notorety, which may be brought against