New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-14
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THE DAILY CRESCENT.
Incidents and Accidents ON the Fourth
Our exchanges come to US filled with accounts
Of the doings on the Fourth in various directions
AZ Wilmington. Del, the day passed off quite
pleasantly until evening, when John $, Valen-
tine, q member of the City Council, was ar
! rested. charged with firing crackers in the
street. The Delaware Republican says:
Mr. v. was brought before the Mayor,
when he INDUCED in some disrespectful re-
marks, and the Mayor ordered him TO be com
mitted. Bail was immediately rendered, but
Mayor I'll. declined taking 1t, and Mr.. VI was
placed in the cells. The crowd collected were
much exssperated, and dispersed with much
grumbliDg. About ~ o'clock in the evening,
N number Of persons assailed the house Of the
Mayor, firing bunches of crackers, backing
the door, and alarming the neighborhood.
Mayor II. went down to inquire into the mat
!, ter, when he was seized by several persons, and
treated rather roughly, tearing off some of his
], clothing. he freed himself BY great effort,
X when he drew q revolver, and his assailants be-
came intimidated
ss The case Of Mr.. ". came up for examina-
i ton on Wednesday,, but in consequence of the
excitement it WIS postponed until to-day. A
meeting was held the same evening to sustain
the Mayor, who, it is said, merely enforced an
ordinance OF the city, which has for long time
remained o dead letter"
At Harrisburg, Pa, the day WAS celebrated
on grand scale. There was military and
civic procession, an GRAFTON by r. A. Lam
berton, Esq, sumptuous dinner, fireworks,
$83 20 was contributed towards the Washington
National Monument. N
Dnring the firing of the national salute at
h Queenstown, near Harrisburg, Pa, man
e named Henry Martin was killed, and another
n named John 0rndorf had his arm blown off.
At Norfolk, Va, there was o military and
q civic procession on the occasion of the laying of
the corner stone of the Odd Fellows Hall, with
addresses from Dr. McKenney and Col Sey-
mour, Of South Carolina, followed by dinner
n at Ashland Hall
AT Pittsburgh, 1852 excursion tickets over
the Central Railroad were sold, and the day
Z passed off pleasantly
At Philadelphia a disgraceful riot occurred
q on the evening Of the Fourth, between the La
!. fayette and Northern Liberty Hose Companies.
Guns and pistols were freely used, and several
of the belligerents were severely wounded.
y Several other rows, not Of serious character,
however, also occurred. No less than eleven
fires occurred during the day and night, many
originating from fireworks, but the damage
done did not exceed few hundred dollars in
any one case. There was an imposing military
parade in the morning. and grand display Of
Y fireworks in the evening. Fifty-six arrests
we're made for drunkenness.
In the town Of Fayette, Jefferson county
Miss, a young man named James Nightingale
was instantly killed on the Fourth, by the ex-
plcsion of a small cannon.
The celebration of the Fourth at New York
passed off in that city and neighborhood in a
quieter manner and with fewer accidents thar
it ever did before. During the military parade
three soldiers fell dead from excessive heat AT
the Crystal Palace an Grafton was delivered by
the Rev. Mr.. Chaplin to about 5000 persons
AT Tammany Hall there was grand festival by
the Tammany Society, and in the evening there
was magnificent display of fireworks in severa
different sections of the city. About twenty.
five persons were injured slightly during The day
and evening from pistols and fireworks.
An accident happened on the morning of the
Fourth. says the Wilkinson Miss Wing, Of thu
9th inst, which is much and deeply regretted
The Sheriff, Mr.. Curry, and Mr.. Crlst, the
jailor, were firing the cannon, when, from som,
cause, itwent off prematurely. wounding Mr.
Crist most notwithstanding his right arm Of
up to the elbow, and burning his face and breas
most dreadfully. Mr.. Curry, who was stopping
the vent, was more fortunate than his compan
A0h DOtu MS LnumDS were lDJuTeu-One mac
the bone completely knocked out Of the flesh
the other was only dislocated. He soon hat
them fixed right, and We hope he may soon hav
the use Of them. The remainder of the arm o
Mr.. Crist was amputated close up to the shout
der. Heis now doing as well as can be expected
and we hope he will soon recover.
On the 4th instant, when the up-train on tn
Norristo#n Railroad had reached within tw
miles Of Norristown, q journeyman cabinet
maker, residing in the Borough, and who wa
riding on the platform Of one Of the cars, fellof
The wheels passed over his neck and severed i
from the body.
On the 4th inst q fight took place on boar
the receiving ship Union, at the Navy Yard
Philadelphia, between Patrick Fisher and Jas
Briggs, The latter struck the former on til
head with o club, fracturing his skull. He die
on the 9th inst,
The following extract from the Rev, DR. It v