The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-26


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Take s:sy ss sssn
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party II the Council for the tms being appoint mayor
opinion also wei! known that in the different Darts OF
ms city The two parties into which the country now dvi
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n0 a.s OF anarchy and placed at the of the
A that commissioners would have do in the precinct in
which the majority was against Them. would be neglect
destroy the will Of he sonstu,iona vos Ii cannot
cs1any ADAPTED to he habit. snd esau:
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which hope will b sfsctualy exercised such manner
ass. WI prevent all cases OF complaint similar those
The exception maintained and the petition dismissed.
CONTESTED ELECTION FOR CoEsTABLE-O' Brion Va.
cass came yesterday before Judge Larue
pursuant to adjournment and opened by Mr. Edwards
VINO read the exceptions to The petition, and referred 10
various authorities in their support.
Charles Greenh who had previously been fined ten dol
lars by the Judge. for his Saturday last
was then called to the witness stand sworn The petit
on being shown to witness. and the question put whether
the name oil Charles Greenhi there signature,
he answered that it his signature. He was asked il
ne had authorized sign his petit
uonp he said that he had ecoecon of having done So
but the next morning after his signed his friends
0la him that his name was In the newspaper OF the
persons who had signed the papers contesng this election
and upon his saying that he had not signed hin SELF
authorized any other person to sign tor him.
that he had authorized j. Z. Dick to sign for him.
Witness born in the United states but came hare
seventeen years He born in Scotland To the
question whether he had bean naurazsd the counsel
for petitioner objected the ground that the witness could
not answer the question in the negative without eliminating
himself and laying him liable prosecution for having voted
illegally The Judge ovefrued this objection remarking that
the subject of his having voted had been brought before
the court and be (he Judge) would take his evil
dsnee should not be used to his prejudice in this court
Witness has been naluraizsd He had little or NO
recollection Of tbs circumstances connected with the petition
of Mr. OBen He had been drinking during the day. and
remembered nothing about authorizing any for him.
He believes Mr. Parry his company and il was he
who told him that he had authorized his be signed 10
the petition.
The witness yet the when we left the court
We understand that the closed late hour
and that the Judge deferred his decision until to-day
TIE LATE RAILROAD AcoIDEsr.-The case Of Martin
Hurley came yesterday for examination before Recorder
CALDWELL Hurley the driver of the Lafayette Railroad
which the Little girl, Mary Alexander on the
Instant and the charges entered him po
lice record, are Assault and Battery and Murder and
caused the deah Of the said child by eaessness and
negligence.
The testimony eoited from showed that one
OF the horses attached to the struck the little girl and
knocked her under the carthat the first wheel passed with
touching her-hat she then rolled Immediately on
the rail. and the second wheel passed her breast
1t was also shown that the going usual peed
about four miles hour, and that the child approached tbs
Car in that prevented the driver from seeing her
until too late to avoid the catastrophe.
The c0nduceor Of the standing the steps beside
the driver at the tme0f the occurrence and declared pos
lively that the child could be from the drivers sea,
until she almost Immediately under the horses There
three drays passing the each bsaIng large
box, and being within v0 feet Of the car The child was
hidden by the box OF the drays and was evidently
running to get out Of their way when spang suddenly
the railroad track The principal cause of the accident
seemed to be that the little girl wearing large sun bon
net which covered her face her seeing what
was passing around her.
When the testimony through the Recorder made some
very appropriate remarks touching the railroad and the habit
OF covering chdrens heads with large close bonnets such
the deceased wearing the time and stating that there
was nor particle OF evidence showing carsesnss or neg
sence on the part of the driver He therefore felt his duty
| to dismiss the case. and discharge the accused.
FINRs.-John Rowan and James Pagan were yesterday
fined two dollars by Recorder Caldwell for having badly
broken the Of rse in the effort TO break
each others face John Joice suffered to the extent of
for amusing mself by getting tremendous passion
and fighting John Burns. The latter had also been arrested
but showed that he not considerably to blame in the
| premises, and was discharged.
CuTTISs.-Mr. Henry Howard was seriously ont and
i stabbed on Monday night by William Fsbsy On tho oovne