New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-29
NEWS OF The CHI y


INouEsrs An inquest was held On tuesday
evening, at the corner Of Nayaaes ana JACKSON
streets, on the body Of an unknown aermah'
aged about 80 years verdict, " Death ~ gun
stroke" The Deceased was stout built man.
abopt { feet inches in .hegth, dressed as
laborer
Another was held on the body Of William
Hamilton, aged 80, native of Germany, found
dead at the corner of Market and Tchouptoulas
streets. Verdict, g Death by Apoplexy caused
by intemperanee."
CONFEDERATION IN JEFFERSON Cry. = The
fire which we announced as raging yesterday
morning when our paper went to press, was OPP
posite the stock landing in Jefferson City. 1t
originated in the ock- stables of Messrs. Adams,
Irwin & Myers, ur of which stables were en-
tirely destroyed, rogether with fourteen small
frame houses--gr orally dwellings. The scene
of conlagration S so far from the central por-
ton of the city rat the flames had got under
good Roadway b. ore our engines got to work,
but in a few minutes after getting rightly at 1t,
the flames were subdued. The loss is not sup
posed to have been very heavy.
sun STROKE The heat yesterday was in
tense; about one o'clock the thermometer was
up to ninety nine in the shade, and it was ex-
ceedingly dangerous to venture forth in the sun.
We heard of at least six deaths by sun strokeup
to eight o'clock, and doubtless there were many
more.
A man fell down and died in Lafayette
Square about five o'clock in the evening. He
~ l,o6 haoY tba
steamship Pampero as q deck hand,
| Another, also German, died at the corner
| of Tchoupitoulas and Girod.
| Another, at the corner of Julia and Tchoupi-
| toulas.
Another at the corner of Benyille and
Charities.
| Another at Algiers.
| Another was conveyed to the Charity Hos
pital where he subsequently died.
We could not ascertain the names of these
persons, as inquests had not yet been held on
the bodies, =.-..
FIRST DISTRICT.
LARoENY.--John Gamble was arrested yes
ter(lay for having stolen three bundles of impe-
rial tea from the store of Rice & Galpin Upor
4 an examination of the case, the charge being
fully substantial, the accused was committed fol
trial before the First District Court.
Sarah Hubbard was committed for trial be-
fore the First District Court for having violent
! ly assaulted and beaten Louisa Bush.
James W. Rivers was fined $40 for carrying
concealed weapons and firing off pistol in tn
street. "0~..
Timothy Donohoe and Mrs. Donohoe wer
fined $40 each for resisting officer Steele ant
preventing him from arresting prisoner
SECOND DISTRICT.
SrABB1NG-A fight took place night befor
last, in the Cofee-house of Jean Tonegano,
the corner Of st. Louis and Basin streets, j
which a lot of free negroes were the combatant
lone of these named Baptiste St, Armand dre'
a knife and stabbed another named Theophll
Victor dangerously in the abdomen, St. Ar
mand has been arrested and is held to await tn
result of Victor's wounds.
How TO MAKE A PIANO.--The keeper OF
piano store, at No, 1871 Royal street, yesterda
; made an affidavit against one Eugene Martin
charging him with having committed breach c
trust swindling and larceny, by selling piano
! valued at 800, which he had rented to him fo
five dollars month, converting the proceeds {
the sale to his own use and then leaving tn
State. A warrant has been issued for hi
argest.
DIscIARGED--Jo seph Reider, who was al
/ rested a few days since for stealing vial I
t galyanic liquid from the store of his master
e was discharged yesterday there being no ey
dence against him.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.--A man named Ha
fer was examined and committed for trial ft
y assaulting and cutting James c. Topper with
dangerous weapon, and Joseph Breaux an
Michael Miller were sent down on a charge
e selling liquor to slaves.
y THIRD DISTRICT.
2 A sAcRlLEGIoUs RoGUE.-James McManu
alias Fitzgerald, was arrested on Dauphin stree
: on charge of having robbed the Germa
: Church on Saint Ferdinand street. lie ha