New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-27
NEWS or THE CITY.

BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERNEN.--This body
heaa special meeting last night Doctor Dalton in the
enar and fourteen members in attendance Mr.. Watkins
onered motion which thought to be rather cut of
order, aiming as it did apparently, at overthrow Of
the rules of proceeding 1t nogatved six eight
communication tromthe Mayor in reference to the
bequest of Judah Touro for amshouse referred
on his Ilonor's suggestion to joint committee with in
sructons to accept the same etc In the message
the Mayor announced the reception of letter from John
Mitchell. The latter ordered to be printed The
committee in reference to Mr. Touro bequet consists
the President Mcsss Purvis Derbes Wright and Heer-
mann ...p
The order Of the day being the rearransemen Of the
election precincts was taken up referred to committee
that motion reconsidered matter entered upon again
referred to committee and then the committee was dis
charged a
BY this time every thing in such perfect snart
that temperament forbade its endurance and
we were glad to get away
RECORDER WINTERS CouRT. First District
ohas Sugar made affidavit before this court Yesterday
charging Frederick Burns and several other persons m
known to him, with having to his house on the
night of the 9th ns at the of Vine and Cypress
streets and beeAgured and besieged the building with
hostile intentions towards the inmates the operations
were conducted with such that portion of the
defenses were torn down. and the assaans entering the
Tue pihce pY the
through extreme COURSE of sprouts the way of pun
melting and gouging. Only shot was fred upon the
attacking forces and the gun not being trained propery
nobody was hurt, unfortunately number of the be-
seged party then retreated to another portion of the
building and intrenched themselves behind counter
hitherto used for the pacific purpose of doing out un
cooked bvayes and which had been constructed with
view toresisting warlke assault From this position
great number of shells thrown into the ranks of
bIkso far op1vao ,Ia,r,
ploded owing perhaps to the peculiar quality of material
used in their construction fault in the arrsnqe
ment OF the fuse The works finally dismanted and
the defenders thereof surrendered at discretion Not
withstanding the success of the operations General
Burns will be eourtmartaed before Recorder Winter on
the S0h inst fer the which the affair was con-
Quoted it is said he had received positive orders from
the parties who organized the expedition to show the
garrison quarter He held to bail in the sum of
$1,000 and it is thought he will be suspended for few
months.
LARcENr--A man named John Parker was arraigned
yesterday charged with having stolen SO 50 from the store
of w. W. Peyton Deponent stated that he believed ae
eused had stolen various of money from him before
and Parker was accordingly required give securty for
his appearance to-day to answer the charge.
FINEs-John Farrall and John Kelley were fined small
sums for disturbing the peace and Dan Baker having
been arrested for similar oense and found to be in pos
session of deadly weapons fined $40.
CuTTISG,-Geo Chigoy who was arrested some time
ago on charge of wounding Alex Trylford with knife
was arragned yesterday for examination 1t was shown
that Chgoy exercised much forbearance towards Tryor
and only used the knife after having received blow rsm
the fist of that individual He was accordingly dis
charged from the accusation after paying fine of $40
for carrying concealed weapon
CHARGE FRAuD-T. H. McCowen has filed an affda |
Wit in this court against John Carroll charging him
with having efrauded dsponent of $4,000 by selling hin,