New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-08
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worth while to add, 10 an Irishwoman.
CHARITY HOSPITAL. ~ Report for the week
ending last evening at O'Clock:
Admitted 10
Dscnar8ed 100
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SuIciDE.-Deputy Coroner Mitchell yesterday
held inquest on the body of Samuel Whitman native
of Germany eixtyone years Of found dead In COOP
er-shop Tchoupoulas street between Celeste ST.
James. Verdict suicide by cutting his throat with
while aborng under attack Of deirum tremens
In his pockets found $50 in cash and check for
COO He an resident Of the city-had long been
hard drinker-and only week two since was found
lying beesty drunk In the Fourth District with 81 0OQ
| bill concealed in his cravat He had no family.
| SUIT By AN EDITOR. Judge Alexander Walker
yesterday filed suit iu the Fourth District Court claim
ing SLIPS of Denis Corcoran and d. G jenkins present
propretors OF the Daily Delta services
rendered by him to that paper his editorial capacity
obtained upon the city printing In 1855 influences
In obtaining the official leter-is he claims $780, and
extra labor in writing the historical sketches
ties OF Lake Borgne and Ohamete General Jackson
htte the Pirate etc, he claims SAT5-tota Sl725 The
JudgsFs his own counsel In the It remains
be in what estimation the laws of this region holds
csss.se Things are becoming rather unctuous in
Courts.
The ELECTION CoNTEsTATIoNs.--Firs Dis
frtct Conrt-L Madison Day, Esq yesterday resumed
and concluded his able and elaborate argument
incompetency Of State Courts to natnraze aliens and
the consequent ncompetency Of such naturalzsd per-
sons TO act jurors. Judge Robertson, however
proper to decide otherwise and ordered the empaneing
Of jury to proceed This under the challenging that
opposed necessarily occupied some time and when
the jury was completed the court adjourned to ten
O'Clock this morning The following the jurors
selected J @ Goodrich, A. Troisclair L. c. Letelisr p
r. Fell, NJ Garcia, J. r. George, Alex Bauder, William
Sir, W. II. Mclean, A. Shumway, W. Watson and A.
Duauercrop,
Third District Cour-Judge Kennedy last evening de-
eded that he had not authority to take testimony Of wit
in regard to alleged outrages at the November
election for by the Democratic Senators elect
and opposed by the American Senators The contrasting
parties we learn intend applying next to Justice Of
| the Peace to have the desired dispositions taken.
Fifth District Court.-Judge Augustin yesterday gave
his decision, Diminishing the application of Dr. Macauey
for writ of manaamus to compel the sheriff count
the vote cast in the Second Representative District
the 9th Of November He decided that the Legislature
is the only power that compel the sheriff
votes but ordered the sheriff to carefully the
District subject to the order Of the Legislature shond
| that body have occasion to use them.
| SINGULAR PRooEEDING.--4 Prisoner .acquit-
ted but not Discharged Yesterday, Arthur Guern was
aragned before Recorder Seuzeneau for examination
charge Of having shot and killed Dr. Scherer at the
Twentieth Precinct the evening Of the November cleo
ton. The affidavit made by boy thirteen years old
named James Nelson and the language of the affidavit
positive to Guerin being seen to shoot Scherer
Guern, on being brought in stationed amidst the
spectators In court and when the boy brought in he
was directed TO point him out After scrutnizng the
crowd for time the boy pointed out not Guern but
innocent spectator, who considerably astonhed by
the circumstance The boy then informed Of his
mistake and directed to take another look around did
so and after keeping the court in suspension full half
hour turned to the Recorder and confessed his inability
| to point the out There other witnesses
against Guerin any other sdayts and the Recorder
after admitting that the accusation of the boy blown
TO the winds by his inability to identify the he
used astonshed the spectators by refusing discharge
that The only reason he for this proceeding
was that the law permitted him to resesve his opinion
until such time he should choose to deliver it, and
that he did not choose to give his decision in the
case until II O'Clock enthusiastically. Upon which he
msnt 1t is rather transparent, and presents but
aspect from and every point of view The object
to keep Guern in custody until better perurer thar
the boy Nelson could be brought against him We will
see to-day
FOURTH DISTRICT CouRr.-Suit for Diporce
Cstharine Hof residing No. 4sCrcus yesterday
tin Pieto. Alleged grievances: threats to kill drawing
sword cane neglect to support false arrest keeping
& concubine etc, etc.
DUEL EXTRAoRDINARY.-Old Fire Eaters
Two gentlemen of family responsibility and years-bott
being gray haired-ieft their peaceful homes far up
town early hour yesterday morning for the Oaks
Metaire Ridgen order to settle existing grievance
according to 1.-The code. y Pistols the weapons
and fifteen PAGES the distance. Every thing being II
readiness, the umpire proceeded TO call out, Fireone
two three But before the word re half utter
ed one of the combatants raised and pointed his
pom The seconds interfered and explained to him. tina
he must not raise his pistol till one was called
second and third time, the thing banked in thu
same way in short, the old fellow couldn't keep hi
pistol down, Finally be did manage to keep it down
til g one y was called and when he did at last get Il
pull the trigger, the pistol snapped impotentiy. TIL
other old fellows pistol however went off but did dam
After that the seconds brought about recancia
ton, and the aged combatants returned scatheless tt
their peaceful homes What 1t WAS all about did u
earn-could mt even discover whether there lad
in the case or not.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN This bod
held adjourned meeting last evening, Gen Tracy il
the chair and quorum present.
First messages from the Board of Aldermen, an
nouncing concurrence in some resolutions and rejection
of others.
Two resolutions and an ordinance all in reference t
street improvements rejected by the Board of Aldermen
ed md the and auHf
Committee for conference Several other rejected resou
.ons fayoring certain claims also persisted in
referred to the Committee on Claims for conference.
The Board of Aldermen asked concurrence in sundr
resolutions which granted in instances and Il
| others the resolutions appropriately referred.
The special joint committee appointed to consider tn
Fire Ordinance, reported the ordinance back tn
Board in amended form, accepted by the Board
Aldermen and published officially i'll yesterdays Crescent
Mr Mcknight offered, a substitute for the ordinance
resolution calling for special committee to confer wit
the Fire Department the method
the department, and argued in its behalf, Mr. Fabr
, seconded the resolution.
After debate in which Messrs stth, Violet, Fabr
and Gtsn took part the resolution was voted upon
lost by to IA.
The ordinance then taken up, aud the amendment
| concurred in without debate.
Mr.. Stth called up the ordinance for farming out til
collection of the coeehouse 1t read
motion made the special order for the meeting.
Il The unfinished business OF the last meeting the
taken up, consisting Of petitions, which referred
the reports of the standing committees which
appropriately disposed Of This business being Finished
the Board adjourned.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL - Recorder Brigh
yesterday Charles Faber Dryades Market butche
before the First District Court be tried for exposn
for sale at his stall the beef Of animal that had die
| of disease Bail furnished
y R, Hicks was examined and sent down for stealth
thirty steamboat gratebars from James W. Keene
woodyard at the of Liberty and Caiope street
on the 22d ult. Bail not furnished.
Henry Porter was examined and sent down for ma
treatment of his wife in their house at the of Ca
quet and Where streets Bail Of $1,000 required but
furnished
II Thomas Farley examined and sent down for stall
bling Mrs Catherine Howard with intent TO kill tt
eth ult, in house st. John the Baptist street. Gas
not bailable.
Mrs Margaret Murphy was examined and sent dow
for raekug with slaves in her grocery Levee stree
!, between Thala and Hunter. Bail furnished ~
Michael Burke sent down for carrying beneath h
clothing canesword without the scabbard with whc
weapon he had threateped the life of Patrick Clark
his own house, on Richard street. Bail not furnished
District Court to be tried stealing sundry articles
the store of Thomas L. White on CANAL street, while
was errapd boy there, months ago. He sent
! | prison to bide his time
Valentine Frey father of the above boy, also
mitted for trial for stealing large quantities of pater
medicines from the store of j. Wright & Co., in Chartr
street, while he employed there during the early pa
Of the present year. He was sent to prison.
: FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. = John Miner,
slave protesting to belong to Mr. Bienvenu who has
some time been under arrest here suspicion of bein
runaway, was yesterday accused Of being fugiti,
from Justice in Terrehonne parsh in this State where
broke Jail after having sentenced to twenty yea
in the penitentiary for murder. He will be examine