New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-02
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aside the order of appeal to the Supreme Court
the ground that the requisite security had not been given
by the plaintiffs Counsel for plaintiffs commended that
their clients the United States not required give
the usual security, and the court was addressed by
Messr Josephs and Grymes for the motion and Messrs
Logan, Hunter and Miles Taylor against The motion
taken under consideration by the Judge,
Ror AND SrABBISG A dreadful ARRAY took place last
night at about ten o'clock at McCranns Coffee house
in eva, between Gironde and Frerct streets There
quite number of people engaged and large police force
necessary to put down the rioters Lieut. Hughes
early the ground and with great difficulty sue
ceeed in forcing in the premises arrest
ing five six of the inmates. He found five badly
wounded two of them dangerously. and fatally
Lieut.. Hughes arrested the following named persons :
Michael Flynn, Hugh Flynn James Kelly, James Couiren
and Michael Hartgan.
Dr. A. MERCER was called in to attend the wounded
men, and pronounced the injuries of James MeQuaid to
be mortal Henry Cullian is very badly cut but will
probably recover. brother of James Mcouaid was
struck on the head with iron bar and badly cut but
it thought his injuries not of dangerous character
FIRE.A fire broke out last night at about II O'Clock
in the upper part Of dwelling house in Toulouse street.
between Royal and Ghartres streets The flames spread
the upper part of the adjoining house were arrested
without doing much further damage by the prompt arr
val and action of the engines. Much furniture etc in
the two buildings damaged by water but very little
by the flames.
A HARD CAsE.-,oseph yesterday entered tremendous
complaint against himself before Recorder Genos and
begged that he might be sent to the Work-house lie
ragged and dirty He drunkard and a loafer-
too lazy to work too cowardly to steal -natured to
beg. and too i-feaured to excite any sympathy if he
should adopt that profession and witha too honest to
become mock auctioneer or god-dust buyer His
friends were confined to single class that of keepers
and these had made virtue of kicking him of doors
whenever he drank without first telling thom that HE
pockets Were empty lie had long made his drinks in
this fashion. but he found out and atterly even
the tapsers of the niger cabarets' had refused to de-
liver their liquor to him without prepayment That
game being blocked and he being innocent of the where
whal to procure sucency of rope with which to hang
himself made the application stated before The Re-
eorder complied with his request and him to the
Work-house for twenty days.
CHARITY HospirAL-The following are the returns of
the Charity Hospital in this city the week ending with
Saturday Admitted, 3S7 discharged 3O3; died Sc re-
naming. SOC,
Kossu1H.-Dont be alarmed, Mr.. Reader he has not
come nor are we going to imct upon you any of his
ings We merely intended to observe that we saw man
yesterday in Royal street wearing Kossuth hat
ATTEMPT TO KILL WArcmAN.-Tgnaeio Acuilard was
caught by Waterman Jones Saturday in the act of
steamboat j L.
boswell Upon the attempt of the watchman to arrest
him. Aslard drew knife, which he threatened to use if
touched and actually tried to stab the Waterman with it,
He was however, arrested and committed to prison
C,NvAs.-IIow John Kline became posscssed of roll
of canvas which he carrying along the street no
could pretend to say but Johns aneceens were such
to satisfy convenient poceocer that he had not come
by it honestly Recorder Genois sent John to the Work
house for fifteen days.
observation-disclosures Montalbert. poor simple-oo,ing
genius yesterday at the request of Alderman
Ramos on charge of having obtained certain groceries
under false pretences.
sESrENcEs.-Judge Larue Saturday sentenced VIM
Silk, convicted of manslaughter in killing Alderman
Laughn to Imprisonment in the Pententiary at hard
labor one year. The Judge accompanied this sentence
with some remarks saying that he had been Obliged to
refuse the application for trial but he had taken
into consideration the to mercy advanced
by the jury and reduced the punishment to the smallest
possible limit. George Geolhe also convicted of man.
saaghtet in killing Martin seheran was sentenced to I'M
prisonMept for i've years In the penitentiary Pierre