The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-11

,raspd him. M1ilard was sent 10 prison hlti tile
s,e If the Captain should be determined lester-
law however, death put an end to the anxiety felt
nnon this distressing subject and the gallant COM
lander was numbered amongst the list OF those
rho have departed. The jury of inquest returned
rsrlict of death from wound inflicted by some
horn instrument which penetrated the abdomen
Cant Smith was only thirty-slx years of age at the
,aas Of his death was brave and intelligent
ss.er. and universally esteemed by all with whom
!. IA transactions Willard, the person accused of
n; murder, will have to answer to heavy charge.
A CHorcE CRowD.-The police of the First
Municipality yesterday ares ted quartette of the
esncvn who went by the names of Bill Van
hook James McElvain, Hiram Kelly and Bill
csas. alias Bill Burst. They are all thought to
i dangerous and suspicious characters. Bill
Rus supposed to be the talented young gentle
man who robbed passenger on board the steam
heat Princeton a few days ago of 500. The par
,ss will be examined to-day.
Since writing the above, we have been informed
that the persons mentioned in the above article
belong to regular band Of thieves who during
be prosperous season, make New Orleans their
headquarters. Nearly all of them have been
rested twice or thrice by the police of this city,
Init have invariably defeated the ends of Justice
nv virtue of the habeas corpus act. Yesterday the
trunk of an elderly gentleman from the West,
who had taken passage on the steamer Empire,
WAS broken open and robbed of $780, Late last
evening that interchangeable chief of the First Mu-
uicpality police department, Capt. John Youenes,
discovered $2l3 of the money stolen from the En-
pre, in the room in which the person who is APP
IarenIy at the head of this nefarious band-Wil-
liam Burst-was arrested. 1t may turn out that
The arrest of these individuals may lead to the
mavelling of the mystery connected with the
robbery of the City Bank, which took place few
DAYS ago, in which it will be recollected some
$1,000 were distracted from the vault.
FoRGERY.--A man by the name of John Mill
gan was yesterday arrested, at the request of Mr.
Charles L. Frost, of the firm of Price d Frost, on
the charge of forging draft to the amount of 800.
The draft in question was found in his possession.
After being examined by Recorder Baldwin, he
was sent to the First District Court for trial
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.-The attention of this
tribunal was yesterday enlisted in hearing test-
moy in the case of the state Us. colored man,
by the name of Rodin, who belongs to Mr. Man
uel Prados. The negro was accused of having at
tempted to commit an act of violence upon the per-
son Of child by the name of Josephine Weber.
The atrocity supposed to have been connected with
The deed, and the tender age of the child, who
was not more than seven or eight years of age,)
drew very large concourse of persons to the
court room The testimony, however, after having
been thoroughly sifted, failed to convince the jury
Of the truth of the allegation. This, combined with
the opinions of several respectable physicians, who
stated thai IN their opinion (Which for the most part
was based upon personal examination, the deed
could not have been committed. saved the throat
Of the accused from the hangman's rope. Robin
was therefore discharged from the custody of the
law The prisoner was ably defended by Mr.
Cypnan Dhfour, the former District Attorney
Mrs. DELANY.--A lady bearing this romantic
name was yesterday ordered TO give $500 bale to
keep the peace, go to Jail for four months, for
having created terrible rumpus in the street.
Ms. D. stated that she had been assaulted by her
own son, kicked out of her own domicil by her
own husband, and maltreated by about forty of her
neighbors. Whiskey, however, was at the bottom
Of the whole affair; and Mrs. d., who had a nose
as lurid as a red pepper, went on her way NUT
tnng curses, not loud but deep" upon the po-
lice in general and the Recorder in particular
JUVENILE PHENoMENoNs.-Master Pat Foley
and William and Henry Williams, Were yesterday
sent to the House of Refuge by Recorder Baldwin,
as mcorrigible little vagabonds. These young
ppntlpmpn ha1npu IN thn IanI- ri
and in many instances manage to foil the most
venerable members of the police They cried as
II their little hearts would break-but as their tears
were about as sincere as those shed by the croco-
die, they were sent down, much to the satisfac-
ton Of justice and their progcntors.
DETERMINED TO HAVE REyENGE.-A tall wo-
man in very dirty calico Dress whose counte-
nance was ornamened with any quantity of parti-
caored bruises, yesterday created quite a sensa-
lion IN the First Municipality Court room, by pray
ing TO have her liege and lawful lord Frank Con-
'd,put in quod. Mr.. C.,-who, by-the-bye spoke
~W Dutch with a lisp--rushed into the office for
ule purpose of giving his wife a second fogging
uhcer Gale, however, took the Teutonic monster
oy the collar, and showed him into solitary cell.
In 'ilr silent apartment Conrad, who seemed to be
qlle as furious as Byron's hero of the same name,
VIII nave abundant time to chew the cud of
sweet and bitter fancy" and learn that no man
as a right to clay his hand upon a woman, save
IN the way of Kindness
srABBlNG ON THE HIGH SEAs.-Thomas Ran
,sa'a seaman on beard the ship Osceola, Captain
n''sow' was yesterday accused by Valentine B.
ease, OF having stabbed him with intent to kill
nNlA the ship was on the high seas. Recorder
namos directed the accuser TO apply to Thomas
d Duant the U. S. District Attorney
1hARGE OF RoBBERy.-Jesse Young, who re-
" ~ In the Third Municipality, yesterday made
l""aVlt before Recorder Seuzeneau, that n few
%s ago, whilst lying in his room he was robbed
Som gold by man named Patton. The ac-
'%d contends that he only took the money for