New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-18

Total for the week less Is hours Isl
The remaining Is hours may show Is or 20 deaths,
swelling the total for the week to about 300. The
week before, the fever mortality was 800 Last
weeks return will therefore show decrease of up
wards OF hundred.
FIREa-The negro.quarters and stable Of the Union
Cotton Press, situated Robin street, near Tchou
pitoulas, took fire at halfpast nine o'clock last
night and were destroyed. The place Of no great
value. The fire, though, was extremely dangerous
for time being up against the tirewall Of Orleans
Cotton Yard No. 8, and the sparks endangering the
cotton there stored well the cotton in the presses
all around. The firemen were on the spot in a re.
markably short time after the bells rung and worked
like good fellows whilst they did work. We were
unable to learn how the fire started.
FIRE ALARM5-There have been several empty
alarms within the last fortyeight hours. Capt. John
Youennes, we perceive, offers $1,000 dollars reward
for the detection and conviction of any of the ncen
diaries who have been so busy of late.
U. S. CoMMGssIoNERs CoURT.-John r. Braun,
who was arrested week or two since upon susp
cion of being an accomplice of Demart, the Texas
post-ofice robber, was discharged on Saturday by
Mr.. Lusher. The 0. s. District Attorney withdrew
the charge because there was not evidence enough
against Braun to justify prosecution.
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SrABBING AFFAIR.-William Briley, q ship earpen-
ter had quarrel with policeman Jules Fremont on
Friday night, in coeehouse near the Dryades Mar
ket, and wound up the quarrel by knocking Fremont
down. Fremont then went around and gathered a
crowd of his friends-so the affar is reported to US
and returned to where Briley was where joint at
tack was made upon him, in which he was severely
beaten and stabbed in several places The wors
| 3nFt tba loft cir Nf
abdomen, the latter being so bad as to allow th
omentum to protrude. At first it was supposed tina
Brey was mortally wounded, but on Saturday even
ing he was doing better than could be looked for un
der the circumstances and strong hopes were enter
tained that he would recover. He lies at his resi-
dence, near Dryades Market. Fremont made hi
escape and policeman James Cullom, for being ii
the vicinity of the affair and making no attempt tt
arrest anybody, was, on Saturday, suspended by tn
Chief OF Police. During Saturday Lieut.. Dryden al
rested George Dole as one of the assaulting crowd
but there was so little against him that he was let gu
on bail.
ASoruER SrABB1NG AFFA1R-Wm. Wilson wa
stabbed at halfpast l o'clock yesterday afternoon
by a youth named Wm. Berkenstuck staying at on
of the cofiee-stands in the market. The particulars
as we hear them, are that Wilson, who is a lOaeris
sort OF eIlOWy LOOK Two ullilcS WotIh VI GoCV oh
pie at the stand, and started off without paying
that being his second operation of the kind at tn
same stand Berkenstuck went after him and dt
manded his pay Wilson abused him, and told hir
to 90 back he then caught him by the arm, and tol
another boy to go for a policeman; Wilson the
cursed Berkenstuck for son of a b-h, and haue
of to strike hm but before he could give the bloR
Berkenstuck had snatched a knife from the stant
and stabbed him in the npper part of the abdomen
near the naval. Berkenstuck declares it was not b
intention to stab him; that he took up the knife
scare him off, and cut him unintentionally whi
t making a pass which he thought would not reac
t him. He was arrested by officer Rhodes and locke
up. Wilson was sent to Charity Hospital, suppose
to be dangerously wounded
MURDER WILL OUT--We mentioned few da,
: since that Swiss named Brunner died from sta
> inflicted upon him few nights previously at the Ne
Basin and that the Coroners verdict attributed Il
;, murder to some person or persons unknown. Sin
then the First District police have obtained We
decided clue as to who perpetrated the murder !;
certain young man, named James Cutter, who h
r been well searched for but not yet found it be
now the belief that he fled the city Immediately aft
i. perpetrating his bloody deed. Edward Mahar,
il Meagher, was arrested on the leYee on Saturda
/ charged with being accessory to the murder he ha
ing been with Cutter at the time of the stabbn