New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-09
NEWS OF THE CITY,.

FIREs.-0n Tuesday night, at about eleven
O'Clock, fire commenced in an upper room OF brick
house Baronne street. between Canal and Common,
and before it was extingushsd much damage done
by the fire and water together boarding house was
kept in the upper part OF ths building ana below was
confectionery establishment A free coored girl, be
tween three and four OF was asoerained to be
in the upper story at the time the fire was at
its hight Mr. John Adams, known to every body here
one OF the most brave and efficient hremen that be
found any where assembled to the room by means of
ladder and rescued the child at the peril of his
life but the poor little creature badly burned
that she expired shortly after.
Just before daylight yesterday morning fire occurred
the of Hercules aud MepomeIe streets org
mating stable in the of two-story frame dwell
ing house owned and occupied by Mr. DsGray From the
stable spread to adjoining outhouses and sheds and
finally burned down Mr. DeGray's house together with
all its furniture small building adjoining, occupied by
Mrs Beck, next consumed, The house of Mrs
Riley aud double eottage-one portion occupied by Mr.
George Levy and the other by Mrs North widow lady
also destroyed together with greater portion of
their furniture The remen succeeded BY great exsr
TONS in saving large twostory brick building the
corner of Hercules and Melpomene
DEAD-Francs or Peter Myers, one of the
wounded by the unfortunate accident last Tuesday
the Leyes died at late hour night before last An
inquest hed upon his body by Deputy Coroner Ter
rs, and verdictwas rendered of death from an acct
dental gun shot wound Schofar, the who shot
through the neck is IN fair way to recover The col
ored porter, VIM Henry, in whose hands the gun was
discharged was yesterday arragned before Reaorder
Winter and after a brief examination discharged.
THE PANpBLY -Sepeath. Day.-In ac-
cordancs with suggestion made on Tuesday, Judge
Reynolds entered upon this trial in the of the
First District Court long noted the tribunal
which Judge Larue presided. In consequence of the
gagged as he informed the jury by fire in his noighbor-
hood nearly all night the court adjourned at un
usually early hour-1 Is ociock-whersupon friend of
| ours perpetratsd the following
Somebody gave as reason why
| The Court adjourned " the Judge Is high.n
A SANDER vile ~ (another cried,
| At the caumnator's side1-
Though tits sufficient to eTcie
And even make anchorite tight
To fill chair long occupied
By ono to Cogniac allied
| LARCENY james 'Connell and Henry Hush
erman arraigued before the Fourth District Police
Curt yesterday charged by Patrick Ryan with having
| broken open his trunk in boarding house on Ninth
| street and stolen therefrom the sum OF $152.
FtNED.-An individual named Geo, Jusrine
arrested in the Fourth District being noisy
profaue and for walowng about the pavement in his
drunkenness stumbling block to passers by. He was
brought before Recorder Naught and fined S25 deadly
weapons having been found concealed upon his person
when arrested.
| RECORDER WINTERS CoURT-Ffrst District
Auguste Meyers yesterday sent by Recorder Winter
before the First District Court charge
! ing stolen some silver coin from James Show.
| FiNEs.-Small fines were imposed upon n number of
persons yesterday among others of five dollars upon
John Madden for insulting and striking police officer
| RECORDER RAMOS COuRT--Se District
warrant was issued Yesterday for the arrest of Jsmes
Mcdonald charge of having committed violent as
saut and battery Frederick Bremen, second
the bark Cruiser while that vessel at Bremen
at the time of the attack upon the topsa yard
| came near being thrown to the deck in the scufie.
RoBBERyEdward G. johnson deposed before this court
yesterday that the night previous in the boarding
house of Mrs. McCullum in Galatin street. he was VIC
ently seized by two individuals OF whom proceeded
to throttle him while the other sd his pockets taking
| therefrom SIS Warrants issued,
IMPORTING FREE NEGROES Charles Halsey CAPTAIN Of
the schooner Exit araigned yesterday charged with
having brought TO this port in his vessel free
man, without complying with the law in such
and provided Hs was required to give security for his
| appearance,