New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-14
Rietsmong American Sailors at Havre.

Several aes of late have had to chronicle savage
pugistc erouDters between American seRmen b1t yes.
terday paa Of city thrown into confusion by
disturhanoeshich took the form batte in which
knives, maDg-spikes, hand-spikes and other weapons
were freely used, and which only put down by the
energetic I'D reiterated Intervention of the police
newand siguar feature given TO this melee by the
furtheiintensifed by the tenacious hostility which
reigns bettsn the white and black crews Il is well
known white and colored sailors keep entirely
aoo from ach other while Shore and take their
meals in serate boarding houses, 1T will be easy
dsrstand, tan, the savage ardor with which they seize
upon everypocasion to display their mutual hate and how
under sncfeireustances trifng quarrel may end in
bloody meM The affair of yesterday Is in point
/ 1t commenad as follows
smir Delalgne with portion of bis dress disarranged
In attempting to TO the back part of the shop
pulsed witt violence Another sailor who was present
took sidesrth the woman, and attempted to settle the
matter MT the first continuing to maltreat the woman
the two saaien repaired to the street and fought
coored ma here nterfered, and the sailors thus op
posed by aperior numbers was soon defeated.
This happened, as we have said, in the morning. but
at about O'clock in the afternoon number of white
seamen, Epm the crews OF several ships, collected
together med with knives and stones and proceeded
the housed M Roney Rue Dauphine where the eolored
seamen nke their meals The negroes excited by the
the whites assaed them from the house. and
followed tsm to the quay csgimr Delsvgne. Here the
whites mtis stand, and the combat took place ut TIL
point ltRas carried so warmly that the comhatanf
seized iro bars from the merchants who shutting
their stof dread Of this terrible scene Unfortunately
afsw agents to separate the enraged combat
ants wersior long time, entirely ineffective.
Corpefs0pson, the marine ge,ldaTmefe In his eeura
geous envors preserve the peace received several
wounds sd had his sword broken, although he did
call II nbseryice. Lebeyre of the brigade Of surete
also ergac in his endeayors to the progress
OF the fgk Among thewhite and colored seamen many
have recdsed serious wounds bruises and Commissions
eyes moss etc., bear witness to the fsrceness of the
battle Anong those most seriously hurt is an American
who fried in state of insensbilty to the house
of NJ Mieaan, druggist Rue de Ia Cirque 1t has been
on the conrary that his wound will not prove fatal
AT about three o'clock an additional police force hay
ing arriyescn the ground the light was stopped and
number ofarrests were made. rs
The affair then seemed terminated, but 6erco was
the hatredof the combatants that short time after
wards another bloody episode in the history Of the day
took place near the gate Of Maria Theresa The COM
batans included of those who had been engaged
sne light q the morning. recruited by the addition Of
was upon i guard hut not yet in sufficient force 1t
was net until three hours fight that the agents of
the police force the marine gendnmie aided by
pany of Cutcm officers who we're returning from
proeesson able to pub final stop to this
ceson Of dporable scenes In this latter phase Of the
combRt great deal of blood was again split Police
agent Bredd received knife wound in the right and
upon the hand and was otherwise maltreated severely
that he b obliged to keep his bead 1t is, however,
believed that he will soon be on his feet again =
Patrols Of police have been organized In the quarter
where the light took place arrests have been
made which shows that the affair serions A
close inquiry into all the circumstances has been
menced Journal du Hayre, June Is.
The Eagle Manufacturing Company at Column
bus, Ca, have proved, in their line, that the
South cannot be surpassed in whatever she I'M
dertakes. Their agent, General Edward Crofts,
has shownus, says the Athens Banner, speci-
mems Of their work il, WOODEN goods Georgia
cassimeres, kerseys, Southern linseys, jeans.
striped cottonades, shirtinga, etc., etc., which
are as beautiful, as fine, and no doubt, as dura-
BILE as any we ever saw. The Eagle Factory
uses l,500to 2 900 bales of cotton year, and
1000 pounds of Georgia wool.