New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-13

NE us Of =IHE CIT Y.


FIRE AT about half-past IL o'clock, night
before last, house on Magazine street in the
Fourth District, belonging to A. W. Walker,
and occupied by A. r. Cealing, took fire and was
entirely consumed. Loss not great.
A USEFUL REcoRDER.--A great row occurred
up town the other day, in which considerable
number of rioters and drunken darkies partici-
pated. There were few policemen about and
the colored persons had it all their own way
and swore they wouldn't be arrested. Fortu-
nately, just at this crisis Recorder Summers,
comprehending at a glance the condition of
affairs he marched resolutely and sternly into
the crowd, seized by the neck the most stalwart
darkey among them and commenced trundliDg
him off in the direction of the First District
calaboose
g Halloo, Summersr ' cried Mr.. -, not rel
ishing this sort Of desertion, swhat are you
about !? where are you going %
"Going to take this black rascal to the Gala
boose," briefly replied the Magistrate, at the
same time assisting Sambo's locomotion towards
that happy retreat with an extra shove.
s'Nonsense, Judge' That sort of work is no
part of your business Turn him over to one of
your officers and come along"
's0ne my officers' Look here, Mr.. -, you
know just as well as do that 4 haze no officers
10 turn him over to, and as Gen. Lewis's officers
couldn't arrest him, shan't trust them to take
him in. 's
And he sc took him i'm himself.
SIABBlNG A man named Pat Doyle was ar
rested yesterday, charged with stabbing in the
back a man named MeAllster. The affair oe-
Cured, we understood, near the Ferry Landing,
at the foot of Canal street, McAlister was
taken to the Charity Hospital, but his wound
was not considered dangerous.
RECORDERS Court OF THE FIRST DISTRICT
Francis Luges was yesterday sent before the
Criminal Court for trial on charge of assault
and battery upon one Robert Allen.
Larceny Mary Riley was required to give
security for her appearance on the Goth inst
to answer a charge of having stolen a barrel Of
beef from the store of Patrick Meehan, on An
nunciation street.
Riotoatsly Disposed-An individual named
Jerry O'Brien was arraigned before this court
Yesterday, charged by Capt. Box, of the steam
boat Peter Tellon, with having stationed him
self upon the gangway of said boat and madly
attacked with stones and other missiles every
one who attempted to go aboard or ashore
When arrested, several paving stones, of con-
venieut size for breaking peoples heads were
found concealed upon his person. He will be
examined o-day.
RECORDERS Court OF THE SECOND DISTRICT
abduction of Hoa0ra A. Wood.-The examl-
| nation of this case before Recorder Ramos was
| concluded yesterday, having occupied the court
| two or three days. The testimony is quite yo-
luminous, and goes much farther towards estab.
fishing the truth of the affidavit originally made
by her brother than We had supposed it would
We published this affidavit in full at the time it
was made, and the testimony of Miss Wood
with some slight difference in detail, entirely
eorroborates it, to-wit; That, on the 18th d
| April last, in the afternoon, while returning
| from school. she was seized by Patrick Ryan, a
the corner Of Cont and Claiborne streets, for
oei into q carriage, the blinds of which wert
aasa. and taken 70 the Isket Niles Wood state