New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-16

the read was constructed The receipts for the present
onth Of April according to existing indications will
not all much short q $s6oooo
FRoN Nrw YoRk.-A great gambling and swindling
has been brought to light in New York city The Times
states that the victim, Mr. Henry v. Van Bibber Of
Washington City being in New York on the 2Ath ult,
vas accosted at the Astor House by young man who
pretended he had been introduced to him At Browns
hotel In Washington accompanied him to several public
houses, and finally to house which proved to be gam,
bling en where the young proposed game Of faro,
70 which Mr. Van Bibber demurred, as he had never
PLAYED but finally consented and soon introduced to
several of the inmates Ale called for and drank and
though Mr. b. suddenly felt his head began to swim
he continued to play until be had lost $780, They then
accompanied him to the Metropolitan Hotel where ali
hands dined and drank freely of champagne and in the
afternoon Mr. v. B. procured advance of $500 on
check returned to the gambling dem ALL Being
by this time severely drugged he remembered nothing
until next day, when he returned to Washington and
thither the gamblers followed him. and demanded pay.
ment Of $500 the Bank of America" at the Same
time presenting check to that amount which he had
signed OF the act of signing, however he had recol
lection and he refused to One OF the gamblers then
exposed the whole circumstance In letter to his wife
The insult prompted him to return to New York pros
the affair and his oath all the parties
held to bail in the of $500 each for trial
The has already been laid before the Grand Jury
The n Y Herald admits the serious competition which
the New York and Erie Railroad has experienced since
the opening of the Pennsylvania Central Baltimore
Ohio routes In speaking Of the bad policy of the
Legislature evying toll freight the Erie road
it says:
The competition that the Erie railroad experiences from
the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Pennsylvania Central
railroads. already serious matter and may fatal
far future dividends concerned. The Camden
and Amboy. and the New Jersey railroads crowded
with freights for the West via Philadelphia and Balt-
more The reduced tariff Of charges the Philadelphia
quantity Of freight from this city which heretofore
has been shipped to the West by the Erie railroad
A number of citizens have published a card inviting
the friends of temperance each State Canada to
appoint some person persons meet in the city
York. Thursday, the 18th of May next to make ar
rangements for the holding of great temperance Con-
vention in said city, during the Worlds Fair.
The Dartmoor Prisoners Association had an annivo
sary festival the 9Th at which MI Lewis P Clover pre-
sided Sixteen of the old veterans together with Mrs
Hail. the widow of Of their comrades present
There symptoms of serious disturbance at the
Gavazz lecture against Roman Catholicism at the Broad
way Tabernacle the It'll inst Stones flung into
the Hail. through the windows from the outside, but the
police have taken precautions prevent
the outrage.
steamboat load of Fourerietes, including bevy Of
strong minded women went down to Keyport, N ] on
the 7h and celebrated, the grounds of the North
American Phalanx, the birth day of their patron
Charles Fourier.
The York Mirror records the newest feature of the
strike movement. 1t says:
The latest have heard of is that of the
who have unanimously decided to charge shilling pei
glass instead Of six pence present. drinks and
after the first Of May.
From PHILApELPHIA-Pachas Of Siluer at The Uniied