New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-01
CITY IT EN- 8.

MoRTuARY Tho total interments in the city
cemeteries for the week ending Sunday morning. were 81
only. 4 I'M 5$# ,E& &9a
FIRE.-The two-story brick building ut the
corner OF Cont and aras streets in which Mr. Robert
kent drug htors and resided with his family, de-
stToyed by between six and O'clock last evening
with nearly al! its contents The fire was occssoned BY
we're speedily on the spot and worked With the energy
and hearty good will Of former times but the ipasmma
BILE nature Of the materials in the had enabled the
fire to make too sudden Roadway for the building be
saved What the entire loss Is, did not dscovsr Mr.
Robert, however, had $4,000 insurance on his stock.
THE INQUEST ON JAMES DRooNEY. In this
case yesterday after due consideration the Coroner
rendered the following verdict 10
"Came to his death from stabbed wound in the left
side of the abdomen penetrating the omentium and
ting from different folds Of the small ntesnes the said
wound having been inflicted with sharp cutting in
strument in the hands of John MahGney alias Ma
honey, aided aud abettsd by John Nestor, Hugh Nc
CURE and others unknown to the Jury on the Goth inst
at No. 100 New Levee street."
Mahoney has made his escape, the Others named are
under arrest Nastor being the keeper Of the house in
which the stabbing took place. and Mcclure being the
barkeeper It appeared from the testimony elected that
Drooney. we'll Welsh who stabbed at the same
time. we're beset by crowd OF their countrymen for
working under the regular wages as steamboat hands
ACCIDENTAL man named James Doherty is
lying in the hospital suffering from the effects of fail
he had several days ago. from the Jackson Railroad cars
at the depot Callope street. He has fractured skull
and paralyzed arm.
RECOVERING. Michael McKennary, the sur
vvor Of the three men stabbed near Poydrss Market on
Christmas eve is nov pronounced out Of danger and
covering with reasonable rapidity. M
Welsh, who was stabbed with Droorey. in Nestors cot
houhe the 1evee is also recovering. At first no
hopes OF bis recovery were entertained.
BADLY BEATEN Matthew Cruss, O hand on
board the steamship Star of the West received such
violent beating from soms unknown person. on Sunday
last that It, ne i pg to a. the Pit He he
thinks he would be able to identity the who did it
all, should he see him.
A BIT OF A scn1MMAGE UP TowN-As police
Parr walked past John Green's coffee house, at
the corner of ST. Maryland Tchoupitoulas streets, on
Sunday evening, an lrishman named Patrick Donne~
Iva hand belonging 10 the steamer Promeheus-ex-
claimed, Here comes a damned know-Nothing pc.
liceman, now and with blow of his fist eyeled him
upon the banqueie. PAR Immediately jumped up,
drew revolver and fired his assaiIan the ball graz
ing his head. Donney's friends lhen made rush at
Parr, but he managedio escape into room close by
and while the Infatuated Irishmen trying 10 get al
him, posse Of policemen 10 the rescue and put
Them TO flight. Donney was then pursued, and made
desperate but Intellectual effort TO escape; he was
chased through houses, yards fences, and
shot at three lines, before being caught His friends
showed strong inclination 10 rally in his behalf but
and taken TO Jail; from which he afterwards re-
leased on bail by Recorder Jackson The matter will
be Investigated in a few days.
RECORDER RAMOS COURT - The dock was
cea red Yesterday without any thing worth special
ton turning up The following complaints were made,
and warrants issued for those of the accused not already
arrested:
ming off with pair of pantaoons which he tried 3D. with
pretence of purchasing, in Leehns' taiorshop ct the
OF Main and Rampant streets Saturday evening
By Sam Harrison, charging two strangers, with whom
he slept in room in Madison street boarding house.
Sunday night with robbing him of s144; he having
woke up in the middle of the night and found his money
and his room mates gone
By Joseph Hug charging Foz with stealing chain
worth half dollar, from the Vegetable Market
p,vI ot,ar u
priung ST which had been entrusted him the pur-
5pose of making certain purchase.
By Aspssa Anderson charging man named Bagtiou
with roughly handling her on Bourbon street.
By William Kelley, charging David O'Brien and David
Barry with beating him the head with iron and
putting his hand with cotton hook, the IeTee, on
/ friday last
BY Thomas Wall charging Joseph Morris with beating
tm in the face on St. Peter street, few days ago.
| RECORDER BRIaHT's CoURT.-John O'Mealley
All john Cors arrested for other offences yester-
da sent before the First District Court for carrying
| ceed weapons. Both gave bail. AS certain prints
eneavor to make it appear by implication that none but
AMERICANS carry concealed weapons, will state that
| Cots and Officially are Irishmen.
Jtnes McCune and ohm Nicholas were up for fighting
! on cont Leyee street. on Sunday evening" they being
fount cinched the ground with large and delighted
crowdooking McCune, it appeared, wore a ongailed
coat I'D had pitched into Nicholas because he called him
shanean Nicholas set up for defence that others
mad caid McCune shanghai he supposed that his
name. sbeng drawn battle, and neither party wishing
| to prosecute, both were disharged
/ VIE ttsoE alas fiLtSDufS MAI, ana Joln thomson
were sento the workhouse dangerous and suspicious
chhracters Mason was proved by witness brought in
from the Nrkhouse, TO be fancy Spectator of the
sharpesE kl; while Thompson shown to be perfectly
notorious-s who managed to escape the clutches
OF justice "ew weeks by affecting to aid the police
in sporting coVies of his class upon their arrival
| town Maso and Thompson strongly suspected of
being in an unholy alliance with Carson and Will
ians the sharers who ynched and ashore
Tue steamer impress few weeks ago. and to the
work mouse bysecorder Bright, Saturday They all
constitute briant quartete and would certainly make
themselves felt lany community if not nterfered with
! by the police.
| Henry Hendersn and Henry Oskins were aso work
| housed They wee caught following drunken man OH
| cypress street, witlevident uefarious designs
| Patrick King, Own King and John King, Irishmen,
were afraigneu on haTge of inhumany beating Fran
CTS mooney at the urther end of Poydras Market,
| sunday night mooty made his appearance in court
lore ne was called up prosecute, friends Of the
| hings mad klunsppedor smuggled him away-at least
such was the uterencees the officers who went search
| OF him were unable to ind him anywhere The Kings
| were thereupop discharsd
Bike Andrews for behiug Patsey Smith, f. W. c. and
threatening to kill her VIII knife on st. Peter street
| WIS bound over for six maths
| Thomas NJ Frazer, accted of assaulting John Gala
CHAN with dangerous weaon was discharged Calagnan
| not appearing. =
Jacob Jochim arraiand on charge of ueplectipg
| to pay to Widow Eizabet Weber the sum Of Sl5O
which she had empowered hp collect upon her de-
ceased husbands estate in 7ermauy lie gave bail to
| appear on the 10th inst.
Henry Eresey was arraigneo on charge of knocking
down Thomas Powers by b,w of u sword upon his
head and cutting him in the Ind with the same sword
in coffee house at the corner If Rampant and Deord
streets, on Sunday night. Powrs as he averred was
also cut in the leg by othe person while he was
Frpsn hailt IN