New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-03
g0tal 9IutflIiatnts.

Luly udInp sun was not visible, neither was there
rain Bat there was throughout the day fine mist,
which enveoped the city in perfect justification,
and leitit at night or less muddled. Altogether
II was nasty day but it didn't keep the town from
gong ahead as usual, or Douglas from arriving at
night The weather such as to lure Us into the
expectation that there will be more weather to-day
TIE JADE FoETUNE.-The last drawing Of Swan &
Co.'S lottery resulted handsomely to the proprietors
Of the lottery, but shockingly bad to gentleman Of
this city. The tck=t which drew the capital prize Of
$4,000 held by the agent in this city, and had
to be returned to head quarters in the package of u
sold tickets This was lucky for the lottery. But
hear the remainder. Half Of the lucky ticket was
bought by gentleman, who, after holding it two
days, faneed that the number was not lucky one,
and took the half ticket back to the office aad had it
exchanged for half ticket of some other number
By which vascillation Of fancy the snug Of 1885,,
900 slipped through his fingers, The approximating
tickets we learn. were sold here, and thereby several
gentlemen are now lingering some very comfortable
hundreds.
FtREs.-At O'Clock yesterday morning fire
started in the kitchen part Of Morenos restaurant
and boardinghouse at No. 50 Customhouse street.
The prompt arrival Of the remen checked the flames
before than two three hundred dollars damage
had been done, the damage being covered by insu.
rance.
AT 10 O'Clock yesterday forenoon fire broke cut
in the twostory frame residence of Mr.. Michael
Finch, boss drayman, on Basin street. between Girod
and Julia. The house destroyed and the stables
in the rear sCorched the third time Mr.. Finch has
been burnt out the same spot. Loss about $1,000;
| covered by insurance, in the Merchants office.
FINEs.-The very handsome sum of S717 was col
lected by Recorder Long, Of the Third District dur
ing the month of November. This is exclusive of
jaifees, collected by the Lieutenant down stairs.
"PooR E!n-This is what the ladies' at
certain hotel on Camp street say, when they aude to
q lady who was there few days ago. The object Of
the presentssympathy was handsome and spirited
looking young lady who arrived at the hotel, and
gave out that she was Mrs. -, but was determined
never to see her husband more. Her trouble, very
naturally, got out and that was that she had been
forced to marry man whom she hated a man old
enough to be the father of her oldest brother and
that she had taken French leave of him the day after
the wedding the scene of her unhappiness being
somewhere up heriyer. She remained at the hotel,
unhappy, miserable, almost distracted, not knowing
what she was going to do, and caring less. A few
days ago however, her trouble at the hotel was ended
by the arrival of carriage containing two old gen.
tlemen, one of whom was her 'cr1el parient," and
the other her hateful old husband. They talked to
her in private; she packed up her baggage, and
went away with them and now when the ladies
there speak of her, they sigh and say, poor girl ?!
BEAUTIFULLY SoLD.-There was quite an excite.
ment among the Second District police at late
hour on Wednesday night, and hurried marshang
of their forces, to catch the redhanded men who it
was asserted by a wildly excited Frenchman, had
murdered several people in the St. Helena Beer Car.
den out on Carondelet Canal. The police investi.
gated but neither murdered, bodies nor murderers
were to be found. The truth Of it was this
The Frenchman who spread the alarm was green
in New Orleans and several mad wags had been
playing prank on him. They had made his acquaint
ance, and proposed to show him life in New Orleans
To this end, they took him out to the garden named
where they seated themselves at a table and called
for several bottles of the cheapest kind Of whisky
and claret The FrenGhman was delighted with his
company, and enjoyed himself spendidly. But after
several drinks had been taken all round, the enter
tainers began to clap their hands to their stomachs
roll their eyes, champ their teeth and rave about poi
son! One after another they swooned away, and
fell from the chairs to the ground to all appearances
in the last agonies Of death. Horror.struck the
FrenChman rose from his seat. He believed he was
another GenarO at the treacherous table of another
Lucreta rgia. just as he was about to leave two
haryiaced, woolly-shrted and slouchy.hatted ind
viduals, confronted him, and told him that he was in
the den of the murderers and would have to die with
the other victims With which they Clutched him
led him little way, and introduced him to what in
the indistinct light appeared to be dead body of a
man with his throat all gaping and bloody. They
told him that in few minutes he would be the same
as the corpse, and charitably allowed him time to say
his prayers.
The Frenchman, however, didn't stop to pray. He
made break; bounded like a deer over benches and
through shrubbery; scaled the picket fence to the
great damage of his pantaloOns and alarmed tht
police as we have already related The police, npor
investigation, found out that the affair was merely
joke, gotten up to show a Partisan that there wer
still some things to be learned in New Orleans Th
corpse with the bloody throat was found 1t proved
to be WeI-gotten up efflgy.
CoRoNER's INQuEsTs.-An inquest was held yester
day on Louis Henry Lagrand, aged % months, ma
tive of France, found dead at his parents residence
No. 257 Cont street. Verdict, Group.
An inquest was held on the body of AdoIph Vessel
German, So years of age found dead in a house OIL
Derbgny street, between Palmyra and Gasquet. Yer
dict, consumption.
SHooTING.-At about half past O'Clock last night
a man giving his name as Ellingsworth weUt to the
First District guard.house, and surrendered himself
stating that he had shot man named Charles Win
chel at the jackson Railroad depot. He looked as
if he had passed through rough ordeal, and said
that he had done the shooting in self defense. Be
yond this, his own report, we heard nothing,
WILD IRIsuMAS.-Poce officer Veran, of the
Second District, was surprised yesterday morning
on going out into the yard of his residence near the
Bayou bridge, He found in his yard an individual
unmistakahly Irish, with carpetbag in one hand
aud club, "sprig of the shamrock in the
other. Veran, after questioning the fellow, advised
him toleave. Pat refused and showed fight. Yerar
bnckled to with him, to put him out, and there
lively bit Of fight. Veran caught several very ugly
blows from the shelagh, and was beginning to ge
the worst of it, when, in obedience to his call, hi
faithful wife brought him knife. With this per
suasiye instrument he gave Pat a slash in the hant
which made him back out Yeran then got maseu
line assistance, and Pat was finally overpowered
but he had to be tied down with a rope, and brough
into the boOse in a cart. Veran never saw him be
fore and can't imagine what possessed such chal
to pay him such visit.
SMAsH-A furniture car ran off at the heels of its
frightened steed yesterday morning, on Maras street
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