The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-01

Third Municipality yesterday obtained an ipill..e
ZION Of the proceedings of Mr.. Robert, who seized
H.. furniture IN the Council Chamber. and The mat
pr viii remain in &i1tI quo for the present. This
movement was very shrewd on the part of the AT.
toru v as the grave Aldermen will now have chairs
.o-l upon nj their next meeting and an opportuni-
T, NJ div SIM some means to choke Mr. Roberts off
tAHN VI NMITH.-We yesterday gave an ac-
roHul OF Fanny N. Smiths cowhdfng her cook
Bridget Mclaughlin. We have since learned that
lIr circumstances connected with the affair are
highly ajrpclous. and should call down upon the
head oI this vile courteZan the severest penalty of
The law. 1t appears that the girl Mclaughlin was
r.. umnended to Fanny's house from an intelii-
eeHca Office, and, having been but a short time in
The r' mlry, Went there perfectly ignorant of the
character OF the house. She had not been there
long When her eyes began to open, and she discov
cred that she had been deceived. She informed
Mss Fanny that she WIS going TO leave, and asked
Io b" PAID Tor her services during the time she had
hpan employed. Every effort was made on the part
OF Fanny 10 induce the girl TO remain: and when
all arguments t'uIed, she locked her clothes up and
thai same evening made some infamous proposals
10 ,tr, which We're Indignantly rejected The
ugra,s Fanny rh"n locked the girl up in a room
and attempted with a cowhile to whip her INTO q
.ompaace with her base proposition The poor
gIri resouely held out, until she was lacerated in
The most shocking manner, and them at the peril OF
her hte jumped from the balcony Of the house into
an adjoining yard, and made her escape. She ap-
prarcd at the Police, and made a statement of the
facts, upon which a warrant was issued for the ar
rest Of Miss Fanny. Ii is supposed that she became
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her visit on Wednesday highland when they
went at ao9ut ten o'clock, they found the door
locked. and TO appearance Of any one about The
door was broken open, and the house searched from
top to bottom, but without finding any thing of
Fanny The officers We're about to leave the
premises, when it was minated to them that
certain armoir in an upper room contained some
thing more substantial than Clothing-and in this
armor, which had been turned over twice during
the search Miss Fanny was found enscOnced, and
almost sutiocated. After considerable difficulty
.H' was conveyed to the watch-house, and was
yesterday morning brought before Recorder Genois.
She gave bail for her appearance to answer
AaREsTED.-Daniel jackson, charged with get
ing William Pondexer drunk and robbing him of
ST few days since, in the First Municipality
denomination. e. Elizabeth Hannah was arrested
a. " vagr;nt, and committed for her appearance be-
fore the First District Court
No PRosECUToR.-James Bergan was yesterday
brought before Recorder Golding, charged with
having attempted to carry off lot of clothing from
the cabin of the brig Pioneer, OIL Tuesday night
as The master of the brig, w. ii. Hubbs, made
an affidavit on Wednesday, stating that he caught
Bergan in the act of going away with the property
hut from some cause unknown, he failed to appear
Yesterday, and the accused was set al liberty No
prosecutor appeared against Peter Quinn, charged
with failing his wife Catharne. Ii being
drrslood that Catharine wished to compromise the
matter, and rush into the arms of her dear Peter
The case was postponed indefinitely.
FALSE ALARM-The alarm of fire about 9
or,ock last night proved to be false, and our fire.
men had Il run about town for nothing. .
Rows AMONG THE WoMEN-Withn the last few
days there nave been more than twenty assault and
hallerr cases before the different Recorders, in
which the parties were women. Mrs. Miller rss
Yesterday arrested in the First Municipality, charged
with coyhidng Mary Ann Lemon, at the corner Of
81 Peter and Chartres street.. Mrs. Boswell was
charged with an assault and battery on Ann Tay-
Tor. at the corner of Bourbon and Customhouse
Streets Mrs Jane Armstrong was charged with
whipping Bernard Bradley. Poor fellow.
DISCHARGED. j Rabasa was yesterday ey-
mined before Recorder Golding, charged with
having received the wages of a runaway slave be-
longing 10 IuIme Manouvrier, with intent to de-
rand said owner of the same. From the evidence,
o, appeared that Mr.. Rabasa did receive few dol
ars on deposit from the negro, but that he was per-
fpcy innocent of any criminal intent He was
therefore hOnorably discharged Henry Pesir
was brought up for examination on the charge OF
having aided and abetted in the commission of The
crimes of perjury and forgery, and in swindngNlr.
William H. Wilder. No direct evidence could be
brought against the prisoner, and he was there
fore discharged.
SHOOTING A Washington Baldwin was
arrested in the vegetable market Of the First NUM-
cipalily, about halfpast two O'Clock yesterday
morning, charged with shooting with pistol and
dan erously wounding slave woman belonging to
;he widow De ST. Romes Baldwin has not yet
been examined and we have not learned the par
tculars Of the affair.
HELD TO BAIro-Julia Veil was yesterday ex-
anined before Recorder Golding, on the charge OF
having assaulted her brother-i Flaw Michael Veil
with Ratchet The evidence did not show the
affair TO be as terrible by considerable the charge
would indicate, and Julia was let of by giving bail
in the sum of $500 to keep the peace for six
months. Louisa Jourdan, f. W. C., was examined
on the charge of assaulting and beating Eliza
Crawford, with intent 10 kill her. This affair, as
we'll as the other, was wonderfully lessened in i'm
uorrance by the evidence, and Louisa was only re
uuired to give bonds in the sum of $500 to keep th
peace Bridget Dean was held to bail TO keep TIL
peace, in consequence of having kicked up a gFea
row in Phppa street, near Triton Walk
SrvT DowN.-Francis Duffy was yesterdy re
furnad before the First District Court, by Recorde