New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-08-21
City Intelligence.

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| INsANE.-Patrick Rider was Yesterday taken
before Recorder Winter affidavit stating that he is
insane and disposed to do promscuous injury to every
one he meets There being asylum for the insane in
this city the Recorder committed Rider to the Parish
Prison for the term of six months.
That SLAVE CAsE--In the case of the slave
David who is charged with having made the murderous
assault on sundry Wednesday night watch
man O'Neil yesterday made affidavit lie states that
at the time mentioned he unprovokedly assaulted
and beaten by the slave David belonging to Mr. Lenarc
while he deponent was in the discharge of his duty
attempting to arrest the accused. Deponent further
charges that David armed with axe. with which
he threatened to kill any who should approach
him, and that he wounded several white persons with
bricks and other missiles thrown by him The exanna
| ton of the ease has been fixed for the 9th inst
MAD DoGs.-The lower portion of the Third
District to be the chosen abode of mad dogs
Poisoned sausages have been distributed in great
dance in that region but the dogs of that District have
contempt for sausages and will taste They
are too well educated in the ways the police be taken
in by their poisoned provender. A negro boy named
Justin was on Thursday bitten by was taken to
the Hospital OF Dr. Durell horse bitten in this
District few days ago. by these rabbd ours and
gave such unmistakeable evidences hydropoba that
he had to be shot The free colored man who was bitten
several weeks ago Union street and noticed the
tne mas been under medical treatment and restored
health. What resorted to for avertins the
terrible effects of the malady has not TRANSFERRED
| EXTENSIVE Observation-Disclosures was made
yesterday before Recorder Genois by Henry Billiard in
which he charges that the 28th May last he re-
ceived letter from his nephew who resides in uavre
giving information that he had collections amount
ing to 10000 francs and that as soon as practicable
draft for the amount would be this city for DEMO
nent, Deponent heard of the until ten
days ago when lad about twelve years of age
him on Mr.. Lebean's plantation below the city, and in
formed him that the Swiss Consul him say that
draft for 10000 francs had been received by him he
Consul in favor OF deponent and that it necessary
for the deponent to the said Consus office order
to take for its collection Deponet not suspect
ing any thing wrong, hearing the above statement
went with the lad who conducted him the upper
of house Exchange Alley, between Courthouse and
Bienye streets, and from there introduced in the
second story, to individual whose he does not
know but whom he will designate the Police and who
represented himself to be the Swiss Consul who ex
hbited to him the said draft and then asked dcponent
endorse the same being necessary stated to the
payment thereof After he had affixed his signature the
aforesaid individual gave him bill which is attached
to the affidavit.
Afterwards deponent returned to the said house and
has not only been unable to the said person styling
himself the Swiss Consul but has further been informed
by persons occupying the house that they knew not
who deponent meant From the above stated facts de-
ponent has to believe and does verify believe that
his signature has been fauduently obtained that
draft he to have received has been eonouy obtained
by the above described individual Wherefore deponen
charges said person with having committed the crime of
swindling, and the within mentioned lad with having
aided and beted him in the same ETC. Deponent further
states that he does not know by whom said draft was
signed to whom the payment thereof to be made
and that he signed his the back of said draft
The due bill annexed reads thus:
NEwoRlEAss, August II, 1852
I will pay to Mr.. Henry Billiard the sum of 20 900
francs, after the date of eight days.
[Signedl S. V. FAErz.
TIE SPIRIT THUMpERS-Ffesh Deyel0pme2afs
These interesting ceestias have widened their field of o
erations to great extent during the past week From
few solitary individuals who first made themselves mani
fest in the Fourth District they have rapidly spread
around to all parts of the city and number now legion
Toothess old women and the ignorant and sperstitiou
not the only whom they condescend to visit
in the palaces of the "merchant princess An eminent
merchant has been visited by one, which proessed to be
the guardian genius of the merchants young daughter
This same goblin assumed to be skilled in natyities and
other occult sciences and inform another
eminent merchan-a visitor at the house where the spirit
happened to "hang outof the date of his birth
age, etc The same thumper being asked where a
that he was in the city of NewYothe questoner heinz
morally certain that he had gone England So surr
was he OF this fact that he at the ghost down as
humbug but, to his establishment, when he went to
his Office the next morning he found teleqraphie dis
patch from this same friend dated at NewYork the pre-
ous day Thereupon he concluded that the ghost was an
honest ghost and in every way be credited Much an
noynce was experienced by the the house and
by the members of his family at the constant thump-
ings'' of this strange visitor
ine gentleman went so far to have the weatherboard
ing or pasterng of the where the noises occurred
taken OIL in order to whether any hidden machinery
nau caused the disturbance The ghost treated their de
monstraons with contempt, continuing the rappings on
different PARTS of the walls and in the middle of the
The rappngs accompanied by slight kissing sound
ike whisper as if the supernatural was making eff
fort to speak Finally the rapper "vamosed, much to
he regret of the family, who had become
MS demonstrations, and rather liked them than otherwise
On Carondeet street they raised in the fam
ly OF Spanish man +" The lady of the house the
irst to discover it, and the first ntmaton she received
u the presence o! the spirits, communicated by bel
ssrsnt washstanl which aew after vsry aDgsy fashion
i hef bead Th vas tho signal for general seH, and