New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-13

The Crescent of this morning endeavors to convey
the impression that Mr.. Corcoran was not thugged,
but was simply beaten with stick We under
stand the object Of the Crescentmen: they are strv
ing to lead public Indignation away from the
organized band of assassins who the real perpe
traitors of the outrage We have seen Mr.. Corcoran,
and we can attest, with hundreds Of our fellow.
citizens who have visited him, that he bears upon his
unequyocal marks of brass knuckes, slung shot and
knife. Yesterdays Evening Delta.
The foregoing is an editorial notice of a local news
item that appeared in yesterdays morning Crescent,
and which read as follows
GETTING better Mr.: corcoran, Of the Delta, is re-
satuTday night Hsphs We learn from good an,hory
decided patient neither brass
have been The case that he was simply beaten with
We have nothing to say in regard to our local
report further than that it is literally truthful the
Delta to the contrary, nevertheless. The physician
attending upon MI Corcoran states distinctly that he
was neither brass knuckled, slung-shotted, nor cut
with knife,' and that he was simply beaten with
tperhaps heavy stick" We must be excused for
taking the word of one Of the most skillful and epe
rienced surgeons in the country, who knows more,
necessarily respecting the extent and character of the
wounds inflicted, than anybody and everybody else
if excuse be necessary-in preference to the state
ton the name Of the physician referred to- no doubt
whatever would or could exist in the minds of the
people. From first to last the damages of Mr. G. have
been grossly exaggerated and there is little ques
ton, he gets out (Which will be in day or
two) that he will be astonished at the persistent
attempts to make martyr of him. no,ens rolens, by
parties whose sympathetic friendship was first made
known during afflction, and even then so deeply
Nv. Of all,
that determination of its precise value would be
difficult undertaking.
But the editorial of the Delta-given above, in re-
ply to local news item of the Crescent-steps aside
from the question at issue, and makes imputations
the gross injustice of which only equalIed by its u-
qualified faIsehood. Says the Delta: ssWe understand
the object of the Crescentnen they are striving to
lead public Indignation away from the organized band
of assassns who were the real perpetrators of the
outraged
Weare not exactly able to understand the object of
the Delta-"men" If they meant to imply truth
they have failed Ifthey intended to insinuate false
hood they have succeeded for any intimaton, direct
insinuatye or implied or put in any manner whatso
ever that would strive Ito lead public indignation
away from the organized band of assasins who were
the real perpetrators of the outrage" do anything
hese of the kind, is as untrue though it from
the, mint of falsehood itself If ne knew of any
!" band of assassins" organized or unorganized We
would at once take measMes to have the members
thereof brought to justice.s
Wewould nef like the Delta, proclaim Gay after
day. that theraare organized bands Of ,assassis,'
" Thugs" "sung.shottersn and brass XIII clleis,
among u.s. and then stop. We wbuld go h8fore the
Recorders, the Grand Jury, the Criminal art anl
as good and aw-abidng citizens ischargesshr duty
in the premises not content ourselves With mere pub
| locations. @"
AS the Delta appears to know more about the
"Thugs," the 'slung-shot men, and. the bras
knuckle " men-as its columns display ali intimate
knowledge, on the part Of its conductors, of such
characters, far surprising that Of any of its cotempo
rares would suggest it is their bounden duty t.
lay all the facts if any in their possession before
the proper officers Of the law, in order that perpetra
tors of crime may be breaght to punishment
The fact that nothing is done by the partie
protesting to so much knowledge of villains an,
yilainy is rather conclusive as to two things: first
that they draw their Imagination for their state
ments or, second, that they have some sinister mo
ave IN view We leave the public to draw their owl
. conclusions.