New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-24
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TME CITy-The city at present looks heaithfn,
sg gay. Our celestial nAmesake has appeared as
queen the evenings her lower horn pointing lower than
hxoe and dry monthor at least month less
acy than last several days have had dry weather.
e 10 Of searching forenoonS and swelering afternoons
followed up By evenings Of glory and nights Of breezy
mud fast resolving self into dust andthe plague
III watsf appears to be fairly Mt an end.
Al find complain Of the MONDAY heat and
sc midnight mosquitoesand Of these we have no right to
epan seeing how best in other respects Most peo
pe quit talking about Yellow Jack the belief that he
indsnels postponed his visit but hold that as he
m quarantine he will slip his sentries
of these fine nights and pitch into midst in all his
ancient might absence far by attributed to
antioe and Of the disbeeves III that institution
have struck their coors and gone oEer.
Meantine political begins to bubble and the noise
building and repairing hickens the breeze
e autumn approaches Many Of the watering visitors
have returned the city delightful for change Why
should they healthier happier, and pleasaner city
New Orleans is just does not exist on this continent
YBsTERDAY.-Ou visits to the Coroners and police
yesterday loves labor lost" Up to evening there
had been in the First District and two in the
zecondand those insignificant The evening scenes about
sSa however were pleasant promenades squares
ware with gay throhgshe gentlemen lounging and
smoking the children jumping the and the ladies rnd
ing the hoops To Of which able to take exc
ssptien.
1kNNESSEEANU A Notwithstanding bDt pdot Wtth
people about ownprincipaiy around the St. Charles
Hetshaye surprised aonished and stunned generally
by The eccentreies of old codge with
white hat who down from Memphis on
The Belfast landed here with brick in bis hat and his
pocket full II solid rocks His eccency
consisted his Of his in strewng the
aoand him the blind principle, but in cooly and de-
Hbernteiy insisting paying fifty hundred times the
value Of every triie he bought -%
He bsfbers shop Common street, got shaved
nd handed the dakey bill The darkey said he hadn't
change enough The Of money said he did 1T want any
the darkey to keep the BILL and walked out The
anting and has been Dragging Of his
fwents dollar shave since. s54 2q5E
the Orleans House with acquaintance take
drink drinking he threw down half dollar and the
sakeepe offered him three dimes in change He told the bar
the Dimes and feeling ashamed his ltenes
twenty dollar bll and slapped II the table tell
s him take that besides The barkeeper stood on his dig
sity the bill back. The old fellow then hufy
and erumplng the bill up threw it behind the counter and
Wherever he went, informed he acted in
similar manner giving oanse in quarters and inspiring
delight in others He had his pockets stuffed with hundreds
Sites and wenties and couldn't against without
pckng fist full Of bills in his face We have doubt that he
awful eomaotion among the sharks and
but the conspicuous in which he acted
of them from attempting to take advantage of
% We heard however that at night yellow waherwomsn
Gonan got hold of him. and feahered her
aearts his weed pockets must not omit
mentioning that several times during his crossings
d. Charles Hotel he stopped admire it. with the remark
Wall, that's rather fine huildiug-dd if don't think I'll
bny Had he executed this threat and paid for the hotel
ratio his drinks and shaves would have him
two hundred millions.
Next day the old fellow the sensation by going
aronnd with augmented brick in his linen bag SO
Sail of silver that he had bend sideways carry it. He
kngged his bag about with him. throwing handful half
collars wherever he incurred debt Of dime. much
he threw away can only be guessed att must have
been thousands M
On he day after that he went about more like rational
at the he had
his Senses offered him the twenty dollar bill he
Seen forced lake saying Here's twenty left here the
other day sir WELL know left it'' said the Of
money gave it to you, didn't sirn SWELL
then, damn IT. keep " And the barkeeper finally
7esd pocket the afon How many other incidents of this
Kind TRANSFERRED have Of knowing After cutting
vide swath for three days the old fellow packed and
travelled back to Tennessee. We Learn that he wealthy
planter Of that State.
Fhee have been many New Orleans at
but think the old fairly take
the cakesr from all of them. W-
The WIFE MURDER.-The Coroner, on Saturday,
completed his inquest regard Mrs Ellen McKee, found
dead her residence Prieur street Gasque
Asy morning The verdict that her death caused by
beating kicking Of her drunken husband Thursday
night her body being dreadfuly bruised and her liver rup
sursd The husband who arrested has been duly
committed for examination by Assistant Recorder Holland
HoRsE ELoPEMENr EXTRAORDINARY Yesterday
afternoon ridees horse flying along Gasquet
he had been specially after He against horse that
Esd rider eieefyng the horse and throwing the rider
horses then IA of together and were last turning
me corner of Basin street. in cloud We don't
became Of 'hem but they had pleasant time of it,
wherever they stopped.
ATTEMPTED SuIcIDE.-vidal Tibbier, a Frenchman,
undertook to drown himself by eap on Saur
day. Two policemen who him make the mad plunge
Eshed him out.
PIGEONS, PLUcKED. - Mary Ann Godfrey was
arrested Saturday evening" charge Of charging John
6fnru t1,A d,
Lewis also arrested charge of charging VIM Clark
50 for at the Perdido elephant They will be over
Aaaad this morning. @i.
The RECORDERS CoURTs.- Acting Recorder Hol
land Saturday examined Caroline Hunt on her claim os
Three successive private titles were shown proving her
% slave but she still strongly con,endsd she was free The
Recorder ordered her to be delivered her MASTER W.
Nayna. @ng her that If she insisted being Free she must
prosecute her claim in civil court.
LIE Mathews arrasned a charge of having feoni
sasy collected and appropriated sl60 whilst clerk in the en-
go Of Mess Taylor Raddin the boot and shoe merchants
He arrested at Ocean Springs and brought by officer
Tom Boyian. In default Of $500 bail he prison.
5ohu Mckee, Mckay araigned charge having
murdered his wife Thursday night by stamping kicking
her He prison. to be examined Wednesday.
Wm Hudson, charged with threatening kill of
Jsss l. Powers, and Gabriel Mitchell charged with cutting
CHARLES Reid in the Gravier street, held
aatfen.
Recorder Fabre examined the case Of E. yanderscheer
shaged with perpetrang forgeries of hand the
extent of $500 The charge made in May 1856 by Peere
having been forged year previously The exana
ton established the charge and copies OF all documents
soether Recorders decision furnished the French
Gonsa for transmission France which country Wander
escaped about the time the forgerie discovered
Mary Burns examined few days previously charge
ssbng returned Californian her. house Franklin street
discharged. examined charge Of vagrancy then
preferred. and again acquitted
Recorder Solomon held Forbes for examination
charge Of insulting and threatening Madame CALDWELL and
playing havoc in her house-e having surrendered himself
H. J, Delmare and his wife and daughter, held on
charge violently beating Mrs Catherine Murphy and her IT.
IL boy-they having also SURRENDERED themselves.
ohn Corners prison chargebf having vio
emily beaten MANNED and robbed David Keuney apublc
highway.