New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-24
THE DAILY CRESCENT.


ending Mt o'clock ON Saturday evening, July
%: Admissions, 235 /; discharges, ITS; deaths,
81. Total remaining, 534. OF the deaths,
there was one from yellow fever--makng the
second death from that cause since the termina- |
ton of the last epidemic.
srABBING- last Sunday, we understand,
while the Carrollton cars were on their way to |
, this city from the Lake, lot Of drunken IRISH
men who were in one of them insulted the wife |
If gentleman whose name we did not learn
The gentleman reproyed them in polite man.
aer, when cry was raised of kill him--kill
he scoundrel ~ and fellow named Michael
5osgrove, and another, whose name we have
srgotten, drew their knives, assaulted and
stabbed the unfortunate man in several places,
so severely that he is not expected to live. The
wo villains have been arrested and committed
q prison to await the result Of their victims
4 wounds ""m-
DAxGERoUsIY WOUNDED. late hour on
saturday night Waterman McCann found a
nan named George Davidson, steward OF ship
lying on his beat at the corner OF Thalla ana
5t. Thomas streets, with dangerous wound on
THE head, and had him taken to the Charity
Hospital He stated that the mate OF the ship
+, whose name is Fletcher, had inflicted the wound
A warrant was issued for Fletchers arrest but
he can no where be found.
LARcEYY--John Howard is under arrest on
a charge of stealing tools from VIM. Harris
n A GoLD DUST SwINDLE.--John Davis was
taken into custody on St, Charles street about
noon yesterday, on charge of having swindled
y q tailor named Isaac Bozlyer, on Perdido street,
by selling him brass filings for gold dust 1t
seems that he called at the tailors, told him he
had Just returned from California, and desired
to purchase some clothing. for which he would
pay in gold dust. After delivering the clothes
and receiving the DUST the astute tailor,
being of the tribe of Israel, soon discovered that
he had been swindled. He followed the gold
dust Spectator, soon overlook him, recovered
the traps and had him arrested. During this
occurrence St. Charles street was in state Of
immense excitement, as great as was Wall
street during the late Schuyler frauds.
y FIRST DISTRICT.
LARcENY.-John Hart is under arrest in thu
First District, and will be examined on the 26ti
instant, on the charge of having entered thu
premises of Mr.. George Renhardt, at thu
corner of Circus and Perdido streets, forcibl,
broken open the bureau, and stolen therefron
the sum of 500 SO in cash.
A JUVENILE VAGEANr.-A youth, named Der
nard NIcDermott, was yesterday arrested 8
the request of James A. Butler, as juven
lie vagrant, and charged with having run ava
from his parents. The Recorder committed tn
youngster to the House of Refuge,
CUTTNG.-Nicholas George was arrested fc
drawing q bowie knife and attempting to CT
John Bratter. After he was arrested he 81
verely cut officer Hayes on the hand with IL
knife.
FISHING IN THE WRONG PoND--John Fish'
was examined before Acting Recorder Bloom
field, on a charge of having stolen bridge fro
across the gutter on Claiborne street. The pr
perty stolen Was valued at 1913. His honor COL
mitted the accused for trial before the Fir
District Court
ARREST OF DEsERTER Officer Howard q
rested Corporal John Greve on board the steal
err Gypsy, as deserter from the detachment
the U s. troops at Baton Rouge. ,.=
SECOND DISTRICT.
PROSPECTIVE DUEL.--Anthony Pradas ma
an affidavit on Saturday before Recorder +
leul, in which he affirms that Ernest Fou
nette and another young man, whose name
does not know, intend fighting q duel "
deadly weapons. A warrant was issued imr
diately, and sundry officers dispatched to arr
the parties
DISCHARGED. thinner was exa
ined on Saturday before Recorder Filleul, o.
charge of having committed the crime OF bre
of trust, in the settlement Of the estate of
late Pierre Boulard, as agent for Widow R
Boulard. The Recorder dismissed the case
the ground that the offence, by virtue of
laws of Louisiana, is prescribed after q laps
three years. The crime alleged to h
been committed in 1850, and the prosecu
was not instituted till 1854-hence it was
h barred by statute of limitation.
LARCENY --Emeline Gibson, f. W. c., was
amined on charge of larceny, accused
stealing dress, valued at $40, from Mary
May. There was no evidence against Emel
and accordingly she was dismissed
A SHREwD SwINDLER.--A fellow named Oh
Wilder called at the produce store of Jean
LANCER Despair, on Saturday, and after t
X ing for some time asked the owner of the
the price of barrel of potatoes. He told
three dollars. W1luer Salu lHat ue WOulu
rs a barrel, and told Mr. Despair to give him
/ dollars and he would give him five dollar
The unsophisticated merchant gave him the
dollars, when Mr.. Wilder was instantly t
with leaving, and fed from the store il
haste, forgetting to either take the potato
the five dollar bill. Mr. Despeaux reps
too late of his over confidence, and had a
rant issued for the rogue's arrest, but moi
has since been heard Of him.
THIRD DISTRICT.
SLIGHTLY ROMANTIC. The case of j
Grow, charged with kidnapping d little
was examined on Saturday before Actln
y eorder Witt, and proved to be OF raths
teresting character The facts of the ca
developed on the examination, were as tol
In March, 1847 Mrs. Fitzgerald, who ha
Gently lost a child, was applied to by g
II man to take charge of female child
days old, for which she was to be paid a
rate of $18 per month. The terms suited
f., and the child remained under her care
she was about two years old. tho stips