New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-03-12
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FIRE.-The old soap mandatory formerly occu
pied by Mr. Bneau, Orleans street. extending through 1,
ST. Ann, between Derbgny Roman Streets took fire Al
about o'clock yesterday afternoon and was DESTROYED
was nothing more than collection shanties tenaned AT
the time by and the loss great The fireman
were on hand with their alaey and saved the noe
valuable property adjscent to the soap factory.
IMPORTANT DECISION IN REGARD TO HoTELs.--We
give tie following abstract of very able opinion of Judge
Eggleson Of the Fifth District Court delivered Yesterday in
the case of Pope Hall Hldreh of ST. Charles Hotel
The plaintiff put up the St. Charles Hotel in November
lo5' While there, his entered at night and his
watch valued at $500 and gold amount of S45
stolen The defendants plead TO the suit public notices
posted by them in the and conspicuous parts of the hotel
TO the elect that they would responsible for money
watches or other vauabes unless deposited with the clerk
The Court held that the defendants liable for any loss
unless oceasoned by the force of their liability was
fixed by law and they not limit by auy pube notice
defining their responsibility They haye right to require
traveller TO deposit his money watch etc. with their clerk IT
the uhy TO Keep honest servants and vigilance over
all persons coming into the hotel guests or otherwise dg
men is accordingly given for plaintiff Judge semmos s,
counsel Tor plaintiff Mess CLARK Bayne for defendants
St. Charles street wants mending at the Union
street crossing As the truck of American Hook and Ladder
Company rushed past there during alarm Of fire Yesterday
tne morse stumbled in hole and fell fiat his side sending
ms rider on somersaulng towards Chiuns drur
store LUCKILY neither horse hurt and in half
minute the horse his with his rider on his hack
tearing down street as If nothing had happened deem rut
OF ho at ihe crossing was the of the and seeing
What the hole did We think II ought to be mended
ORLEANS STREET wants mending in the vicinity of
Claiborne street. Our old friend the Young America s
the steam squirt who has fair shake at FIRE for
long time made break cooked and pred for the Ere on
orleans street. yesterday afternoon But just she got near
the hre she pumped into blasted mui hoe-stnok fast
scared poor mule nearly deathcreated big exc ment
geneay-and did Of her serape till the fire WAS
numbered with the things that were If ii be true that bsu
is paved with good ineons think that that ancient and
renowned locality must be largely indebted the Young
Amerea for its modern and IL this suppoon he
rue we are left to that Of the said paving can b
transferred from the aforesaid region to the streets of
city which some of its minded inhabitants and visitors
persist in styling the jumping off place. to the place afore
u-wmeh brings us back to our jumping of assertion that
Orleans street wants mending.
MURDERED BODY FoUND-Dr. F. H. Knapp gives
information that Wednesday murdered body of mulao
woman was found in ditch by the dividing his plantation
from that of Mr. H. C. Story the parish Of St. Bernard ten
miles below the city The clothing of the woman was torp
and there other marks of having made
resistance before being killed None Of the people in the
vicinity had been able to Identity the body.
FIRST DISTRICT COURT - The only trial in this
court yesterday that Of Vincente Maria a spaniard
charged with sabbing with intent to kill Campbell mate
o the steamer Granada board that weeks ago
The substance of the that been hand on
the boat and in leaving had alteration with the mate who
undertook TO drive him and others ashore unceremouosl
upon which he drew his knife and the mate IN his left
arm and left breast and right thigh very nearly killing him
haa was defended by counsel at the expense the Spanish
Association The jury out all the and had not
agreed upon verdict when last at the court.
RECORDER STITH's CoURT.-Patrick Coleman was
yesterday sent before the First District Court for assautp
Matthew DALEY with knife, with intent kill on ths 7h
in at the corner of Annuncaon and Gaienne Streets Bail
$50.
Henry Tpner ordered pay s5 or 20 to prison for
Of David RaRan ~ ~ ' ~ ~ 'oiniott
William Milton araigned on charge of having forc,bI
and OF having used and destroyed lumber o h
SAD boat Case hNed for the 2th W. stge Of
chap named Pope required give bail Of $500 to an
and aproye certain charges respecting the
respeclRDity oil his character.
In the evening the Recorder opened his for an extra
session IN order 70 examine Jerry Hays charge having
saeoed and murdered policeman Bird the 18th utimo
giving him stab from which he subsequently a Charf
Hospital Col Field appeared counsel for Hays The esti
mony Of which there considerable only cenmstan
tal and vaguely eireumsnntial that The Recorder whilst
expressing strong doubt to the guilt Of accused still
and him before the First District Conr 10 he ed a.
charged tor murder Hays was accordingly remanded to
RECORDER FABRE's CoURr. Louis Roussel WAC
yesterday sent before the First District Court fo tea
quantity Of clothing, cross razor from i Rontsn,is
hep A. Ne 6g bourbon street. he night Of the Sd
iase Levy sent before the First District Court for mitch
ng pugicaly into David Jones' Orleans street on he
John Flynn and Peter Buk were arraieued an ch,s ~
having stolen skh and bale Of rope an axe and oibef sr
with the other articles in their possesson In defei oS bs ~
appear and explain at the proper time they to prison
RECORDER SoLoMoN's CoURr. Armand Fond |
yefgne free eolored boy and Simeon Lewis free eoloed
deed Jean Bapte Hubert free color bow on the 2h MD
fondVeTgne as principal and Lewis accessory
to prison await his before Judge Hunt for murder hui
II ad net sufeenty impleate Lewis and he discharged