New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-01
CITY IT EN- 9.

THE WEATHER variable, and sum-
merke In its warmth. The mosqutos got weak In the
knees during the cool spell of Friday night all day Sat
urday there rain broken doses and no sunshine
and yesterday alterations Of sunshine and clouds Of
juicy aspect. Temperature quite warm and moqnitos
all right again Streets muddy, and omnibusses doing
land office business
Last evening, however, there change for the bet
ter The clouds rolled away for good the atmospheric
cooled, and the day expired in golden glory. Ins
streets and public squares unusnay thronged with
gay prornenaders
A DEARTH There was great dearth Of
reportable matter in the different Reeorders courts
saturday There was the usual o. vsSsraney
painful, romantic. =
SUICIDE John Mees, steward of the steam
ship Orizaba committed suicide yesterday afternoon by
swallowing about pint Of laudannm. at Beachs drug
store of Cnstomhouse and Charities streets He
went Beschs lay in the usual supplies medicine
for the steamship Taking the laudanum bottle which
contained pint and soda glass from the counter he
stepped out into the street. flied the glass drained it
and pouring into the glass the remainder OF the auda
drained that of also. The dose, of course coon
prostrated him and notwithstanding the application
antidotes he carried to his home up Camp street in
dying condition physician called in but too late
to remedy what was DONE He died about half past
O'Clock.
MURDER CASE CoNTISUED.-James Broderick
and James Casey were to have been examined satur
day before Recorder Ramos for the OF youth
Adophe Duhhagan, on board the steamer w. N. sher-
man, few days ago but owing to the absence Of wit
nesses the examination was put OF TO another day.
THE CoTToN SPECULATION Green and
P W Clements partially examined before Recorder
Bright Saturday the charge preferred against
by John Pemberton of having embezzled two fatboat
loads OF cotton entrusted to them by firm in Shreveport
for delivery to the house Of Cuddy Brown Co.. in ths
city The testimony, 30 far as heard, went strongly
to the Sd lost The bail reduced to $4,000 each
being able to furnish it, the reanded
to Prson They are both young and rather
men.
on Burgundy street. illuminated his house Friday night
in honor of the alleged fall Of Sebastopo ercey
people at distance supposed 1t to be fire Several of
the fire companies who happened to be out on a false
alarm at the time supposed the illumination was the cause
of the said alarm. and had hard keep unim
berng their machines and restoring the street to its orig
inal darkness. The grand question Is whether the
illumination was or was not premature.
A SALT WATER ToAsT-We heard the follow
ing scorchng delivered the other night by one Ben
Reed, marine gentleman well known around Bsrrataria
this side Of the Atlantic. Ii rather strong for print
but give it just show what sailor ia capable of
and to show that Know Nothing principles in the
least weakened by contact with salt water
Here's to the enemies Of the American party! NAV
they be sent to in leaky ships with choked pumps
wind ahead, wormy bread, compass lost tempest tost
capsized aud swallowed by shark shark swallowed by a
whale, whale 10 the devils belly devil in hell with the
door locked the key lost and blind looking it,
and nary blacksmith within forty thousand to make
another Then may they be seated red-bot stoves
where southeast gales may blow ashes their eyes to all
eternity, d--n they be cider
squeezed into hoecake, drawn through hot grid
iron full OF fish bonas and tcked death with crabs
claws and then may they be landed in the northeast
corner OF hill and sunk deep into its lowest regions
that the purtest Know Nothing that ever was born
could ut em with the biggest telescope that ever
was made!i' MY ~
ANOTHER ROBBERY BY NEGROEs-.A gang of
them drTestsd-The residence of MIR. Edward W Herfick
on Poydras street. Gironde during Sat
urday night yesterday morning and robbed OF nm
wards Of hundred dollars worth Of vauabes CON
sstipg OF gold watches, jewelry and f35 in money Mr.
Herrck got out for the search of house ada
cent to his occupied by slaves and white people living in
discriminatory together Officers Hays James and Bar
executed the warrant and found Mr. Is suspicious
to be correct They found nearly all the stolen property
about the house hidden in various places some Of it Be-
ing hid in the prvy. There also found articles Of
property doubtless stolen from ether persons on previous
occasions ch-fest Of which splendid and valuable
stop watch with heavy chain and seals atached-a sport
ing hooking concern AL the inmates of the house, con
sisDg Of five slave men two slave women and one white
woman, were arrested and lodged in jail
FUGITIVE ORPHANS Three lads, named John
Boyle Jacob sacuse and Cornelius Fenera were arrested
Saturday evening by Mr.. Lice in the Third District
fugitives from the St Mary's Orphan Asylum Thew
were sent back to the Asylum
BREAKERS, i. d. Ryan was arrested on Sat-
urday afternoon, charged with breaking show case in
Mr.; Rupkefs store at No 20 Chartres street
VIM Bailey, f. m. O., arrested at Saturday mid
night, on charge Of breaking open the door of Philip
Moses house on Dauphin street. He ID also charged
with being in the State in contraventon of law
PASSING COUNTERFEIT. - ]. A. Martinez
arrested in the Second District on Saturday evening
charged with passing counterfeit money upon Somebody
He is in jail hiding his time.
SPEcKs OF WAR.--The following were the
noticeable assault and battery held on Saturday
aud fixed for future investigation: Mrs Johnson pro
pretress Of Ga latin street house Combating
that Hamilton Rowan smashed her head and shoulder
with tumber on Saturday night Peter Goldsmith
complaining that Brown and Andrew Foster gave him
beating and kicking on board schooner at the Mes
Basin, and Threatened him with hoop-poles and hand
spikes Samuel D. Boyce complaining that John Horton
cut his ear by blow with closed knife on Poydrss
street on Wednesday morning Patrick Murphy charg.
ing James Gallagher with beating kicking him at the
foot OF South Market street, the 10th ut and John
Schultz complaining that Henry Chandler knocked him
down at the corner Of Tchoupitouas and Terpschore
streets, on Thursday. - VA
STOLEN BRoGANs.-Wiliam Pierce and Will
liam Miller 10 the Second District lock- p awaiting
on charge Of being dangerous and suspi
oons and Of having stolen three bags of bro
gans, which were found In their pdesessiop