New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-22
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The BLUE EMPYREAN was never more deeply and
beautifully blue than yesterday. Not speck of va
por that we conld discover blotched it in any part
from morn till night. This will be understood of
course, as "catamount" to assertion that the day
was very clear day. There wassa bracing, almost
nipping GOODNESS in the atmosphere and active ,ex
ercise in the bright outo'doors was perfectly deli.
cious. The turnout of the usually stay-at.home
population was in consequence tumultuous the peo-
pie surged everywhere, in whole streets.ful and
what between the glitter Of the Christmas windows
and the glow of the fair faces which clustered about
them il was fascination to be near and difficulty
to get away. Canal street was-was-but what the
use to state what it was? Wasn't everybody there
The BOARD OF HEALTHs report of the city NOR
taIity for the week ending Sunday morning showed
total of only 9G. The report was not completed on
Monday, owing to tardness of the Sections, in fur
nshing their reports.
The NEW CANAL BANK, at the corner of Camp
and GTavier streets, has achieved its full size and
shape, and is now beginning to put its paint and
plaster, preparatory to dazzling the neighborhood
with its beauty. AT present, in its rough brickaud
mortar and iron aspect it is pretty to behold Fin
ished, it will be really splendid building.
The FIERY ELEMENT licked up, for little snack,
Yesterday morning, q little, cheap, old, unoccupied
stable, belonging to the estate of the late j. Calder,
and situated on Levee street near DeIord. Though
the stable went, the fire b'hoys on hand in time
to prevent any thing else from going A friend who
was there estimated the total loss by the fire at sew
enteen dollars and thfrty.fve cents
The CoRoNER yesterday concluded his inquest into
the death of the child Mary Anne Malone, whose
shocking death, on Thaa street, has already been
particularized in these columns. The testimony of
Mfr. Swayne, the Deputy Sheriff. who arrested Den
dinger the driver, made out rather hard case
against that individual The verdict was, that the
child died from injuries received by being run over
by dray No. 4O9l, through the carelessness of the
driver, Nicholas Dendinger. Deputy Coroner Wey-
sham under this verdict, went and made affidavit be-
fore Recorder Summers, charging Dendinger with
manslaughter.
A WOMAN AND HER CHILD were run over and
badly injured by wagon at the corner of Rampant
and Ursuline Streets on Monday evening and tht
driver was arrested and locked up by Lieut. Gastinel
The drivers explanation was, that he was driving
slowly along, when his horse frightened by som
boys throwing fire.erackers under him that tn
horse started TO run off, and that whilst trying
check him, the Incident occurred.
KILLING KINDNESS was shown to one stranger
another yesterday. Lieut.. Dryden had chap in to
for the lookup, on suspicion of being dangerous an
suspicious chap AS they stepped over gutter, tt
chap in tow silly and qnetly dropped bunch
keys in the mud. The Lieutenant missed seeing
hearing the droppage of the keys and walked brisk
on with his prisoner, who doubtless began to feel
nocent and proud. But it happened that some thc
head of fellow seeing the keys drop, and supposil
they were dropped accidentally, fished them out
the mud, ran after the owner, and catching the own
by the arm, said, with all the show of fancy that
was doing noble act Here, mister here's yo'
keys, that you dropped in the gutter back 20
der!n The Lieutenant, looking at the keys fout
them to be skeletons such only burglars carry II
'e thckheaded stranger got thanks from the pris
ner chap for his killing kindness.
SUPREME Court DEoIsIoNs.-The following d
cisions were rendered from the Supreme Bench
Louisiana on Monday
James B. Williams and Thomas Sheppard, app
at lees, vs. Asa Payson ct ais, appellants Appeal ro
he second District Court Of Plaqnemines. Judgme
''s reversed.
appellant, Appeal from Second District Court