New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-08
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misses at the corner of Camp Felicity Streets Mar
made Saturday night carried off thirteen
slaves requests state that the assembage the
derdery unlawful charged by the Lieutenant
Two his slaves had wedding and he permitted them to in
ve their friends According the Tennessee from
which Mr. G. comes he allowed but slaves
wedding and required each slave from his
master which requisiton obeyed by every them He
did not know necessary get permit the
Mayor as the requires in this laid his only
He denies he had anything do with mailing the gate
or conceang slaves in his police
rived and found that they had gae couldn't
get ill., he round to show them way before that
they had through his fence, and negroes hid them
selves about house without any his
part Mr.. G. respectable Citizen who, satisfied
would harbor unlawful assembage Of slaves
knowingly make this statement Of the case him
with pleasure.
MoRTUARY-The deaths of the entire city last
week only 99 less than Of the
number q IA women % boys and q girls. OF the
juveniles, "a less than year old. yellow fever
FATAL AFFRAY.-Last evening at about 6 o'clock,
difficulty about drunken GaYer street, between
Dryades and Circus led to airay between John Hart,
preto the grocery at the Of Circus and Gravier Streets
and VIM Price alias Mcdonnell cabdriver generally known
as Billy Mcdonnell in which the former was stabbed iu
sany killed the latter We give synopsis the testimony
by the Co who did not through his inquest till
II O'Clock last light
james S. Buchanan young employed Mr. Clark's
No. 90 Circus street, that drunken whose he
heard Sullivan passed by swearing and making remarks
to every he met He turned down ravie street. and
began knocking and cursng the door Mrs Smith, the
maker the of Dryades Mrs. Smiths
SOIL stepped and ordered him off drunken called
him son of BIB, which the young closed in upon
him. pushed him down, falling upon him. Just then Mrs
Smith ran and seeing her engaged his assist
srce both proceeded to beat the Some up
and puled the o-witness thought the
Mr. Canea friend of the deceaedsaying he would take
him (hs drunken NAM to the calaboose.
Billy Nc Donne also went up seemed inclined to assist
in carrying off; When John Hart up and said,
Boys think been imposed on Mcdonnell said there
was only the when Hart said TITS ID lie !"
and started his grocery the of Circus street
Mcdonnell stepped forward the curbsone and said
Did you call liar you id Irish of bly,: at
which Hart and back him. They struck at each
other at the time Mcdonnell wheeled around and he
did So knife Drop which Mr. Rogers picked up
AT the same moment Hart and Mcdonnell jerked apart
by some persons and witness did know anything of
the matter till he heard that Hart dead.
Witness seeing Rogers pick the knife said, That's
right keep and begged him not him witness of
affair." he being stranger here and to appearing be-
fore jures and courts.
Mary Bracy quadroon gil of Circus street. testified
the passing along Circus and down aver street,
and raising the dressmakers She the dressna
beating the and heard the dressmaker calling
out for knife kill the with Then crowd collected,
and she SAW till Hart running tohis grocery
through the gate on Gaver street, staggering, and
was caught by Spaniard who sad there, whom he said,
THAT id of bh, Billy has killed me' and these
were his last words for he died right away.
Rogers proprietor of the stable on Graver
Dryode saw the fuss over the drunken man. and up.
baard Hart saw that was id shan that or
should beating drunken Mcdonnell replied that it
was none of his id which replied it his
psne.s mr. the business of any citizen and called Mel
oang something 10 that effect and started OIL Melon
m then drew his knife from behind him. and held concealed
his wrist; other who there, urging him on
difficulty with Hart lie stepped forward and called Hart
an Irish son of bib Hart turned and asked him he adj
dressed that name to him.
said e did and told hin, to come on Hart then
annroached him they struck at each other simultaneously
McDenuell Tending off Harris blow with his left hand, aud
t Mimi, him with the right At the same time They then
c,inched and the knife FELL and witnessed picked up
~ .r re,,o,,r,,> seeing him do So said that's right
II y o hid. it or something to that effect
wards begged him not to name him ; | Witness Witness
could tell who the persons were that urged on TO
the diineui'y win Hart 'nes N"u A'o" i'"'' '
or Jour years 10 " pe".s''' 4N ~ r.,., , .h
'Heo' '' '1e - w. - a,+ ~ tho affair
though he stated that Donnell and Hart struck at
Mt ,h same lime His account language betweed them
ad tta, oe Mr. Rodrars though not given as fully
Policeman Charles Stanmeyer testified he, with Police
men HYATT and Turner hearing the MURDER and knowing
Mcdonnell went to his mothers residence the of
Gasouet and Derbpy Streets where they Mcdonnell
nrtin nm another par of pnutaloons Witness sad You're
too too late - 10 which he replied Well help
the man struck me did however admit that he
had stabbed Hart or say any witness the to
the lock no. Witness knew knife (Which shown him.
we'll was riding in Nc Dounes Saturday. when he
him have it. and asked him to present 10 him.
Mr. Rogers and Young Buchanan also identified the knife
the one that baquee after Mcdonnell stabbed
Hart,
Dr. Hart city physician examined the body OF the de-
ceased death had been caused by stab in the
left breast between third ribs penetrating the
upper lobe of the lung severng the main artery of the
heart The wound was very large the knife having been
plunged in and eked downward The knife very sharp
dagger with white bone The jury of inquest at
rendered verdict accordance with the testimony above
given Hart was native Ireland IS of and IN
married
Our readers must not confound Billy Mcdonnell, ODon
nell as he was sometimes called, With VIM c. o. Donne who
is also called Billy ODonne by his friends and acquantances
The latter was present at the inquest properly in order
to prevent ugly mistakes.
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it's not often lh'' we are eh''eu ~ ''' ~ "
OF the oid fhlFd.
| RECORDER SrITHs CoURT.-James Skerltt was
Yesterday sent before the First for stealing
worth of clothing from Mrs Ann McQuad Caope
and for stealing sundry light trifes from LIMBO Jut
street
Thorns was examined the charge of having
purchased the slave man Ben belonging Walter Irvine
Nachez knowing him 10 be stolen He that he hae
purchased the slave in good faith from Bernard Keudig
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