New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-23
City InteIliganca.

| New RAILROAD DEpor-The Engineers of the
Neworleans and Opelouas Railroad have located the
depot of this company at point opposite Felicity Read
the opposite side of the river between the Marine Hos
pita and the town of Grena The space appropriated
comprises square of about eighty acres This dcerrn-
nation the part of the engineers will be source Of
some surprise, well of disappointment neigh
bors of Agers who have all along supposed that the
ton would be made within their limits and opposite the
Third District Alatera branch if the road is given out
will be extended from Gretua to Algers for the especial
| accommodation of the latter place.
BATHHoUsE RoBEERY.--On Saturday night
some gentlemen visited the Lake by the New Shell Road
for the purpose Of enjoying the fresh air and bath
They proceeded to the bath and having left the bath
house door open, they plunged in Leaving the door open
was matter of necessity, there being lock upon it,
On coming of the water of the party discovered
that some of the lghtngered gentry had relieved him
his containing about fifteen dollars andothcr
articles and also of his gold watch valued at $3.50 No
clue to the thief has been discovered and the probability
is that he is too smart ever to be found out.
| FRE.-On Saturday night about IL o'clock n.
fire took place in the brush and comb of Joseph
Hufy, Camp street The store is in the basement Of
the City Hotel. The Fire Department Immediately
hand and the flames extinguiShed without having
done much damage The water from the engines injured
| the stock considerably There was strong smell of
siDged hair thereabout at the time.
FALSE ALARM-The Fire Companies turned
out about halfpas o'clock last night to an alarm
The alarm caused by the burning pile shayings
TIE Abortion CAsE.-Richard Green, f. M c.,
charged with having mareated the slave woman Jose
phine in such manner to abortion, was ad-
mitted to bail Saturday by Recorder Winter in bonds
of $4,000
TIE CASE OF ALEXANDER Wilcox. aft
dow; In ;, j,,T
before Recorder Yaught charging Alexander Wilcox with
having beaten her daughter Mary Whittier girl twelve
years of age, with whip dismissed on Saturday
the proSecutrX having declined to appear 1t appears
that although Wilcox admitted the assault and beating
it not so bad first represented in the NEWSPAPER
reports of the day and that the proyocation given by the
girl thought by the mother sufficient justify the
punishment inflicted, The father of the young man
(Wilcox) at first in favor of furnishing his son for the
assault but finding that the latter showed signs of re-
penance he thought it best that the prosecution should
be dismissed and thought all concerned As chrou-
clers of the fact have neither care thought or SYM
pathy regarding the matter.
AN OFFICER IN LIMBo-Chnrge of Foyreyy
and Swnding about IL o'clock Saturday yery well
dressed and genee looking man about thirty of
age, went to the office of Benoist Shaw Il Co. No =,
Camp street. and presented draft for $780, purportng
to have been drawn by Corcoran Riggs the well known
bankers in Washington City, the house of L. A. Be-
moist Co.. St. Louis in favor of Captain George Mclanc
The bearer represented himself be an officer attached
to the United States Mounted Rifles The house of Beuot,
Shaw n Co. is branch of the firm of l.. A. Benoist X
Co IN St Louis. Thedraf bore date Washington D c..
Wednesday, July I, 1S52''
clerk in the Office answered the applicant that he
would readily cash the draft of Coreoran Riggs Co:
the house in st. Louis but that the bearer was
known to the firm here responsible reference would
Theh tha draft atp5 hr