New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-25

!, ! " RECORDERS COrzTs.-Mrg. Alice Harrison
ss es '5sSllgs aa9 Mrs huu Meyers, were arragned
45Dls 4 I.stgLlef summers Saturday charged hy
teat, den with having the night before thrown
9lIH FAeIy IRON me secondstory balcony Of bppse
at the corner OF DerbignY and PairnFrs streets bv
WHICH she was 80 badly Injured az tn ia a h 10 tt
to the Charity Hospital Her story - fsst Nv
went into Mrs Meyers room To get Iioi,f v,i,an NJ
Nugent sent her over The gallery SiFs Mgers aiJia
hel 10 the jon ana That u was done without provo
cation. The two accused ladies' blamed sseh Ftttsr
for the deed, and Mrs. Naqent stated that Mra Me1
ers and Mrs. Kelly had been qnarrelinp with a1a
abusing each other 0utFageously Of late The fvTo
accused were sent to prison. to await the result og
Mrs Kelly injuries. George MOXley alias Mauaag.
lay + m. c., was sent TO prison In default of g2G0g
bail to appear for examination on the I'd November
BE was charged with having on the 9Th Of July last
AIDED Mr. James speake's slave man Daniel to escape
from bis masters service and from the State on board
the steamboat Diana. Mrs. Groves slave man John
was held for examination on charge Of having as
saulted and bitten Mr. g. F. Thornton on the 22d inst
az the gate Or the Louisiana Cotton Press. Edward
Royal gave bail 10 answer the charge of having
knocked down and gnttered Caspar Johannsen on
Dryades street. Fred Sanders, for getting shot in
the neck with snngsh0t id bis pocket and no rocks
'hereWth V molllfy the citys offended dignity,
sent TO the WOrk-HOuse for two months a large lot
Of small fry were disposed Of in the usual way.
Recorder Wiltz concluded the examfna Jon (begun
oh tfl0ay) oil AlphOnse Gardes and Victor Gerodias
N regard TO the rencontre between those gentlemen
on tae evening OF the lth inst. on St Peter street
10 Wh1ch Gerodias used cane upon Gardes and Gar
des emptled single-barreI pistol without harm at
Ioaias. notn we're represented by COUNSEL and the
examination m " vas close and lengthy The testimony
slOhe ed that 5afdes made remark whilst in a crowd
where Gerodlas was also, which caused the latter 70
laugh Gardes then asked him If he was iaf1phfng All
him. GerodIas said he was not aIIuding 10 HIM
Gardes continued to look rather severely at erodias
upon which Gerodias asked him if he wanted gDy.
thing ont Of him. Gardes replied, contemptueusly
that il he did want anything out of him. he
get it. Gerodias then invited him t5 go round into
the alley away from the crowd If he wanted ANYTHING
Of him. They started, and then came the tight con.
ceTning which the testimony differed.
Gerodias swore that Gardes pulled his pistol and
| fired before he struck him with his cane. Gardes
swoTe that Gerodias had his cane raised strike and
did strike at him, he averng the blow with his hand
before he drew his pistol William Al Fitzgerald cor
roborated Gerodias' statement and Chas. moineau
corroborated that Of Gardes. After Gardes fired
Gerodias broke his over him Gardes then drew
another pistol upon which Gerodias retreated into
4 the eoiee.house and attempted to seize pitcher
1 Fitzgerald, here seeing Gerodias in danger from
another shot, let fly tnmbler two at Gardes one
o. which hit him on the leg crowd then rushed in:
Gerodas and Fitzgerald left, and ardes was arrested
The Recorder disposed Of the case by iling Gardes
and Gerodas S25 each and putting them under peace
] bonds. The only other case in this Court worth
noticing was that Of Samuel Stanley, charged with
having stabbed Samuel Harris in the neck with inten
to murder, on the lst inst in the Uncle Sam coffee
house, Front Leyee street. he having been arrested
only on Friday. He was sent to prison to await ex
animation.
Recorder Long had bnt one case Of interest before
him that of Daniel Andrews, second mate of the
ship Calendar, charged with the murder of one oi
the sailors, during the passage Of the ship down the
river, on the 18th inst; concerning which we have
already made several reports. rive were in error
previously, in reporting Daniel Andrews to be the
man killed. he was the man who did the killing
the name Of the murdered sailor not vet being Re
ported.l Andrews was brought up from the o. s
revenue cutter by Sergeant Brooks, aud Lieut. Smor
made affidavit against him, from the information EN-
bodied in the following certificates of witnesses
which certificates were attached to the affidavit
" l. j hn j. Iugeubuh do hereby certify that am steers
manon board Of fsia On Saturday TN
10Th OF Oc'obsr, abou. M having ship Caen
dr lsaW Daniel Andrews second Of the ship strike
OF tue m while aoft on The n topgallant yard with beay
ingpn on all parts Of his bady and he head
place sings yard second mate sin coniinueC
70 beat him with the pm, pursued the yard whe
the man el the second throwing pin after ui Til
man went overheard, and drowned