New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-30
City Intelligence.

PORTUGUESE BENEVOLENT Assoo1AT1oN--Ele
ton and .iaeasayThe fourth anniversary and annual
election Of this association took place yesterday At ten
o'clock the members formed in procession at the
Canal and Baronnc streets where banner presented
by several members of the association and few of their
particular friends salute of thirty guns was fred
in honor of the day.
After this the procession headed by fine brass band
and bearing banners, marched through the principal
streets of the city to the hall of Polar Star Lodge No
(Masonic) situated at No. IL Love street where the
annual election for officers and physician took place
The following officers elected to during the
| ensuing year:
President Francisco R. Borgess. reelected First Vice
PRESIDENT Jose Nunes reelected Second Vice President
Luis Machado Secretary Antonio yiera, Jr elected
Treasurer Alexander PereiTa reelected Physician Mar
tin Mol.
After the election the members and invited guests to
the number of about two hundred, sat down very
sumptuous dinner comprising all the luxures of the
kets with plentiful flow of wine.
The decorated with bannerswith the portu-
national coors the stars and stripes and portrait
of Washington the flag of the association and other APP
propriate embIems.
Regular toasts drunk, and sentiments proposed in
the national language of the members Among the guests
present the Consular representatives of different
powers members of the press etc, etc.
The meeting was in every respect harmonious and the
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| SECOND DISTRICT CENsUs.-We give an alb
sact of the of the Second District taken in
cordance with provision of the Act of Consolidation
The returns from the Third and Fourth Districts pub
lshed two months ago. and those from the First District
| have not yet been made
The voters in the Second District number 36Sl viz
562 in the Sh Precinct 425 in the 9th 3s6 in the 10th
4S3 in the 18th 5SS in the 18th 500 in the 18th and
| 425 in the 18th.
The total number of white residents 1870 males and
1858 females from to five years of age 1855 males,
and 1886 females from six to sixteen SOL males and
4o57 females from seventeen to thirty 638s and
3421 females from thrtyone to fory-fye 27S3 males
and 1869 females from ortysix to sixty 754 males and
636 females from sixtyone to seventy; and 24l males
2s3 females from seventy upwards-making total of
| "a, 452 white residents male and female.
The free colored population is put down at 1893 males
and 1893 females from tweny-one years of age
11O5 males and 1887 females from twenty-five years up
wards-or a total of 1928.
The slave population is returned 1865 males and 1858
females from to twentyone and S45 males 2314 e-
males overtwenty-two-or total of 62s2
The total population Of the Second District for both
sexes and all ages conditions and color is thus 46GG2
AFFRAY AND HOMICIDE. - Deputy Coroner
Loze was Saturday called on hold an inquest on
board the schooner James Stockton, lying in the New
Basin, the body of Daniel S. Halloran who picked
up Friday at Pass Manchac, in state of exhaustion
from hunger exposure and from wounds that
been inflicted on him From the story which he told
before his death to the Captain of the Stockton gather
the following:
The deceased had gone over to Pass Manchac in com
pany with two other men, Hiram Brady and Phillip Pc
ters and the three had gone into partnership in the bust
of making shingles 1t happened that Ialloran on
recent visit to the city had become the enved
of an entire jug of whisky which he had shared with his
companions until they had become essentially corned
Haloran thinking they had got enough of the eye
and wishing to keep in supply cool off on
refused to allow Brady and Peters to drink any
this stage of the story they got Haloran sk and
when fairly launched they again insisted further
of the whisky which being refused they threw him
overheard He swan ashore and the pirates having
cured the jug Of whisky proceeded to the opposite shore
where they INDUCED in potations of the ardent their
perfect content BEING intoxicated than ever
Brady and Peters got their rage enknded against HALO
for his treatment of them and concluded to back
to the shore whence they and to punish him They
attacked him with knives he being unarmed partially
Naked and after while left him for dead
Having recovered his consciousness, he hailed the
schooner Ceestine but received although per-
| sons visible on her deck.
After lying in this wretched condition during four days
wounded in ten places without food shelter partially
naked and stung by mosqutoes--on the fifth day the
After telling his story to the Captain Of the schooner
prove the truth of it the Captain with him to the
| camp, where the men had been at work There they
found Brady who asked Haloran what he wanted there
| again :" lalloran asked for Peters, and told hi
was out in the woods Halloran died three or -four
hours afterwards on the schooner He was wounded III
ten places eight OF the wounds being serious nature
Information of the facts given by Deputy Coroner
Loze to the Captain of Police, but the outrage
pepetrated out of his peculiar jurisdiction he could do
nothing in the matter The papers relative to the matter
will be sent to the parish of ST. Tammany, but as the
only witness of the outrage he who was murdered
the law will not probably reach the offenders If Judge
Lynch should pass along that he will find this case
that comes within his peculiar Jurisdiction
The deceased twenty five years old, and naive Oh
! Ireland.
| STABBING A BoY.-The case of the youth,
Adophe Nichols charged with having on the 2sh OF July
last stabbed another youth named Joseph Aud was ex
amned by Recorder Geuos Saturday Since the affair
Aud has been confined his bed from the wound receiy
ed Aud made affidavit of the facts and stated that Al