New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-19
THE DAILY CRESCENT.

e1uHiiAhtion VI I'LL Ine WltnesseS IOf tne prose
cution, in the case of the State VS.. John McNeal
charged with having set fire to his apothecarJ
shop, at the corner of Boronne and Poydras
streets, the charge was dismissed by Recorder
Summers there being no evidence whateye,
against the accused. The circumstances of the
fire were very curious, and it is quite evident
that 1t was the work Of an incendiary, but the
State entirely failed to implicate Mr.. McNeal in
the least manner.
CONTEMPT OF CouRT--George Guerin was
arrested yesterday, and taken before Recorder
seuzeneau, on charge Of disturbing the peace
Of the Port market in the night time He was
very impertinent to the Recorder, who fined
him ten dollars for contempt of court, in default
of paying which, committed him to the parish
prison for five days.
ATTEMPTED SUIoIDE--About IL o'clock on
Monday night man named John Doyle jumped
from the third story window of house at
No. l9l Poydras street, with the intention Of
destroying his own life. 1t is supposed that he
was laboring under fit of temporary mental
alteration. He was taken up by Lieutenant
Hand of the police in a dying condition and
sent to the Charity Hospital
DRowsED.--The Coroner yesterday held an
inquest on the body of an unknown white boy,
1 aged about fifteen years, found dead in the
river at the foot of Bienville street Verdict.
" Drowned" The deceased had blue eyes, light
! hair, was very short. had no shoes, had on blue
/ cottonade pants and white shirt.
Another inquest was held on the body of a
negro boy unknown, found dead in the river at
Algiers Verdict, sCame to his death by
drowning The deceased was about thirteen
years Of age.
KILLED BY FALL AN inquest was held
early yesterday morning on the body of John
COPELAND, aged thirty years, q native of New
Castle, England, found dead on the banquette
opposite lis Tchoupitoulas street Verdict,
sDied from injuries received by falling while
intoxicated from the third story balcony of a
/ Bill Nelson's boarding house.
~..@ FIRST DISTRICT.
The STEAMBOAT ROBBERY. John Mitchell
will be examined to-day on charge of having
picked the pockets of Natchez trader named
Edward Boyle, ON board the steamboat Trabue,
last Monday evening We gave the full par
ticulars of this affair yesterday morning
FINED.--A man named Anthony Lelaneliy
was arraigned yesterday and fined $40 for
beating small boy named Alfred Serene, IN
default of paying which he was to stand COM
mitted to the Parish Prison for five days
WTHDHAwN.-The case of the State against
r. G. Aulden, in which the accused was charged
by John Cooper with having defrauded the
members of Company A, National Guards, of
$50, was yesterday dismissed by mutual con-
sent.
A few days since Mrs. Caroline Hyams had
MIR. John Tarbe arrested for insulting, abusing
and using obscene language towards her in the
public highway. Yesterday the case was called,
but the proseoutrix not appearing, Mr.. Tarbe
was dismissed. An attachment was issued for
Mrs. Hyams, and she will very likely be mulcted
for contempt of court.
Ann Horton was sent to the Work-house for
thirty days on a charge of vagrancy.
TRAFFIcKNG WITH SLAvE-A German
named John Myers was yesterday examined
and committed for trial before the First Dis
trict Court, on charge of having fraudulently
and through false representations sold to a
slave, belonging to Mr. Daniel Morgan, horse
valued at $3.50, without the knowledge or con-
sent of the slaves master, and contrary to the
statutes Of the State
SECOND DISTRICT
A DEFAULT1NG DRAYMAN.--Michael Provost
was entrusted by Mr.. Louis Bloy with barrel
of wine, valued at $s35, with instructions to
carry it to the house of Mr. Labourdette, at
the corner of st. Philip street. The wine was
5a1;
rested for breach of trust.
LAReENY.-Emelne Gibson, free colored
woman, is under arrest in this District ON a
charge of having stolen dress from Mary Nc
Cray, valued at $40
MANLY--William Victor was arrested for
Victor. No examination has yet been had
THE COUNCIL.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. The Board
met last evening, Mr.. Place in the chair.
A communication was received from the Con-
troller, transmitting the names of various per-
sons to whom he had adjudicated contracts for
paving and repairing streets on Monday last.
The communication was referred to the Finance
Committee.
trict Court, asking the Board to appropriate
1856 to pay him for having the rooms of said
Court cleaned up. The petition was laid on the
table,
A petition from the proprietors of drinking
saloons, asking for the repeal of the ordinance
requiring them to close at IL o'clock, was re-
ferred to the Police Committee.
A petition from the Warden of the Work
house, asking for an increase of salary, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Work house as was
also a communication from the same officer in
forming the Board that the prisoners confined
there had lately manifested an unruly dispo-
sition, and recommending the adoption of mea-
sures to bring them to their senses.
The Finance Committee introduced resolu-
tion appropriating $4,000 for the payment of
the school-teachers of the Third District schools
their arrearages of pay. Adopted.
A resolution appropriatng $500 for the pay
ment Of the commission of builders appointed
by Mayor Crossman to inspect the public build
ings of the city, was adopted.
resolution was adopted making the license
on coffee houses uniform, and fixing it at $50 per
annum
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