New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-05
CITY Intelligence.

New RAILRoAp-The railroad from Carrollton to Lake
Pontchartrin is graded along its whole length except in
such places require piles to be driven for the founda
ton Between the Metaire Ridge and the point where
the png commences the timbers driven from twelve
to twenty-five feet at which depth is found stiff firm
clay 1t thought that this will cost about $4,000
per mile 1t is expected to be in operation early in the
coming fall
CoNsoLIpArIoN--Th word is now frequently heard
as an oath in streets The draymen use it in quar-
reling the Levee and the Aldermen in squabbing in
the Council chambers, Our Legislators in Baton Rouge
go into Mysteries it, and newspapers talk about
nothing else but that Kossuth We yesterday
informed in the First Municipality that the good people
of that patriotic and faithful district all becoming
insane, and witnessed terrible fight that got
up by the force Of the word One of the combatants
caught the thumb of police officer in his teeth and
came making of separation of the matter
We believe that ninety mine of every hundred of
citizens in favor of Consolidation and that three
of four in favor of the annexation Of Lafayette
Hurrah for annexation of Texas Cuba, Kossuth and La
| fayette!
A Love AFFAlR-Archibald Love yesterday inyo-
UNFAIRLY before Recorder Genos explain matters
touching general disturbance of the and the par
ticular disturbance of police officer by knocking him
down. The Recorder gave Archibald the choice between
paying fine Of SO and taking up his residence in the
workhouse for month The former condition, after
Sulu-We
that is Archibald Lovewent his way with empty peck
ets-eQuvaent to clipped wings.
Foorrsc BLL-Sophia Bishop yesterday paid $40
into the Treasury of the First Municipality for the luxury
| of beating Miss Foote
| FORGERY CAsE-Recorder Caldwell yesterday COM
| menced the examination Of A. H. Hess charged some
time since with passing forged check f. W Dgges
at the Arcade Hotel but owing to the absence of wit
the postponed until Saturday the 18th inst
srABBrNG CAsE.-The two Flynns. Condor and the
others charged with stabbing Cuian and McQuade the
other night i'll evia street to be examined
FRIDAY before Recorder Caldwell
RoBsERY-We have received information of robbery
of Importance the particulars of which suppress
for obvious reasons.
SKINSINe-A gentleman, whose name we suppress,
last night found by the watchan the worst stage of
noxication lying at the entrance of the Mechanics Hall
in Philippe street and brought to the Second Munic
pality tuardhouse lie had been stripped Of his coat
and boots and of every valuable that he had about his
person. his pockets not only empty turned
inside He also badly hurt about the face but
whether from having been beaten from tunhlng his
| ntoxcation. could not be ascertaned
/ lreAL pAssEs-A slave was last night arrested by the
1 watch having pass written in the following terms
| 1.-THE bearer. Edward NJ, has full permission to
pass unmolested from date to Sunday. the sth inst
| (Signed)
All servants bearing passes of this kind liable
arrest and confinement at the charge Of their owners
| So we are informed by the officers of police.
| Mock AucrIos.--A complaint yesterday made be-
fore Recorder Caldwell to the following effect The
plainant went into auction shop where three gold
watches put up and several bids made them
by the company He. the complainant, bid fifty dollars
the three and they struck off to him. The bill
presented $50 $50 for each instead $50
for three Of the watches fellow present said that
he would take two of the watches and give him 500
then and at the time generously loaned him So to
up the deficiency in complainant funds S145 being
all the money that he possessed in the world This part
the operation being completed the complainant
by his obgng friend to another auction shop where he
induced to put up his two spare watches for sale and
they were bid off to him for $40 Though the watches
were his the swnders demanded that he should pay
the money them This he refused do and the watches
retained So he had paid S145 for watch which
| is possibly. though not probably, worth SIS.