New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-13
CITY Iutelligeuce,

vertsed to this Course to-day The entries are
good and of them have been winners at fast
time. fine bill of fare is offered. See advertisement
PLACIDE's VARIETIEs-Beneft of Mrs Roace,
very good house assembled last night the occasion
of the above benefit The chief feature of the evenings
entertainments the fine old comedy of Speed the
Pow This play has already passed the ordeal of crit
cls and stands as one OF the finest pieces
brought the English stage Indeed much of merit
requisite in the play selected in order to compensate
the deficiencies of inefficient company. The theatre
does not furnish sucency of talent to bring with
effect piece so meritorious We hope may not be
charged with want of gaantry in asserting the fact that
the ladies' department is particularly deficient Not that
they not well enough in the particular lines for
which they were originally engaged the fault lays in
their want Of fitness for the parts they compelled to
play
To the performers who enacted the parts of Sir Abel
Handy Bob Handy, Henry Farmer .4shfieM Susan .7sM
and Dame .4sheid, must accord their due of praise
but the quntessence of courtesy could not demand of
the acknowledgment with regard to the unenviable
majority who personated the parts of Moington Mss
Biuniford, and others.
Miss Badtord not made for the melting mood but
in part where great GOODNESS exciting scenes is re-
quisite and where it necessary to conceal emotion
der trying circumstances she would perform to the life
At the burning of the castle where her life mracu
lousy saved she seemed the only not particularly
excited by the fiery death she had escaped This
ing down and masking of the passions where intense
ton is the immediate consequence is art of
quiremen and evidence of hisronic shamming de-
serving of all commentator.
We must not forget to commend Warrington for the
cool style in which he received to his paerna his
long lost The calm manner of Sir Charles Colasyam
in his most frgid moments could not compare with it,
The nights receipts large and in with the
friends of the beneficiary. we rejoice.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Session.
The Executive Session of this Board Tuesday night
having been held with closed DOORS not enabled
opresent the result of it in yesterdays issue
The nominations for Clerk and Assistant Clerk each,
by the Recorders of the First Second Districts and
Clerk each by the Recorders of the Third Fourth
Districts confirmed
John Youennes confirmed as Chief of Police and
Thomas McGovern Captain of the Second District.
The Consolidation Act having given the power to the
Board of Aldermen to confirm the nominations of Assist
ant Clerks of the First and Second Districts the conr
nation made in opposition to the objections of the
Board of Assistants
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-Judge Larue.-In
the of the State against Hugh Bradley John
gan, indictment for entering in the night time with
out breaking the latter pleaded guilty and the former
was found guilty.
The of the State vs. W B. Kinney, E. Kahn,
Charles Greenhi and Thomas Marks continued until
November, on account of the absence of witnesses.
The entry of noue poselu was made in the cases of
James Sanford charged with picking pockets and of
polite Ranlion and John Melville, alias Wickman, for
larceny.
INQUEST. on the body of John
Williams, native of Sweden aged Is years Verdict
Died by accidental drowning by falling from off the
ship Espandola on land, Friday, 18th of May"
OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENcEs.
An affidavit was made yesterday before Recorder Genos
by clerk In the fancy store OF Adophe Blache on Royal
street. setting forth that the previous day coored
calling himself Manuel Lion, who says he is free
to the aforesaid store and falsely represented to de-
ponent that he had been sent by Mrs Caessfor for
dry fancy articles such Chrsts Holy Water Stands
etc. and that deponen believing said representations to
be true delivered unto said Manuel Lion two Christs
Holy Water Stands, one in bronze and in ivory,
both valued at $40 Deponen further says that he has
since ascertaned that said representations were false
and Lion was arrested
RECEIVING STOLEN PRoPERrY-Connor, on the above
charge. was sent to the First District Court
STABsISG WITH A SwoRp-Jean Daley is charged with
having done in this wise upon the leg of Ambrose schel
Ter.
PASSING COUNTERFEIT B1LLs.-John Nichol-
was yesterday examined by Recorder Winter the
charge of attempting to pass counterfeit $50 bill pur
porting to be of the issue of the State Bank Louisiana
A Rose testified that the accused went to his house
the of Tchouptouas and Grod streets the th
instant and wished to purchase shirts The shirts
shown to him. and he picked out four for which he
to pay So He handed $50 bill purporting to be
the State Bank of Louisiana. to deponents clerk and
asked for the change The clerk suspected that the bill
counterfeit whereupon deponent took it to Mr.
Brown, who confirmed the clerks suspicious Nicholson
then began to trembe violently thereby convincing de-
ponent that he knew the bill in question counterfeit
before attempting to pass it. Nicholson was then
rested.
Patrick Lawer sworn-testited that the accused Mich
olson passed similar counterfeit $50 bill in John Barrys
Coffee House the evening of the 9th inst Mr. Barry
him good money for and did not know it
terfeit until the following day.
G. A. f. Rondeau, Assistant Cashier of the State Bank
Of Louisiana had never issued notes like those in Court
and that the signatures thereto counterfeit
Officer Steel testified that the accused had previously
been charged with having passed II counterfeit $40 bill
prporting to be on the State Bank Of Indiana to
who trades on the Levee.
The accused having defence to offer committed
for trial before the First District Court.
PieK-PocKET.-1saah McCluster charged with picking
the pocket of named Reed committed for trial
before the First District Court
RoBBERy.-uenry Brown. the charge of having rob-
bed Miss Jane Nichols St. Peter street of diamond
ring worth $40, was brought up Case fixed May IA,
DANGEROUS AND SusPIcIous-Charles Smith who, from
the amount of the bond required from him. is supposed to
possessed Of immense amount of ucre called
for bond of $1,000 to appear for examination the
18th instant.
RECEIVING STOLEN Goops-Amos Applegate and Eli
Everett stand accused above A bond of $500
uired for the appearance of Apologize and the examna
ton to Everett continued indefinitely. The prop
the return Of the officers concealed the premises of
Applegae and forms lengthy and interesting inventory
Of small wares too numerous to mention.
CHARGE MuRpER.--Georgs Hicks charged with hay
ing the Shell Road the 18th of April last driven
horse and buggy boy ten of named Thos
Quinn from which the boy afterwards died brought
up for examination.
James McCabe sworn.-Testfed that on Sunday. the
18th Of April last, he standing this side of the
Canal near his house. when he t7o buggies coming
up the road driving very furiously One ahead OF
the other drawn by sorre horse. The last buggy
driven by person who had hold of the rens and
along He saw two boys standing each other when
he hrpp vera com pt, he hny IN