New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-02-24
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Commonwealth our report Of the steamboat fire.
mentioned the Dick Keys
~ the Sheriff. This mistake. The Dick Keys
eossd alongside the Eclipse her responsibility and
the Sherfis.
EHg WEArHER.-Night before last was the coolest
~ e season The mercury Lilies Ut IS on Monday
evening and the figure yesterday morning
esgrees ahef Of the freezing point During the night the
tsesng pont reached fact evidenced by ttls
cicles and gzngs Of Ice which dscoyeah IN the
lag in different paris Of the city, On only other morning
during the seasonthaf the 10th
sary been below 49, That morning stood With these
exceptions the minimum the during ths
Aaz been IS degrees Amder winter had many
The wssher yesterday morning cleared up
bad bright pleasant afternoon though evening" the
Temperature indicated design Of its making another
stssmpt to manufacture Ice during the night We esd like
see good freeze just for she fun Of it.
IN QgANpARy.-We met portIy knight Of the
bag yesterday, who anxosiy inquri ing into the
ssAtas moral and financial two individuals who had en-
Haoyed him as their counsel in criminal prosecutions One Of
AIS Clients swindlng case and the other
was defendant ia swindng case--he two eases being
parallel ID The lawyer knowing tina: he
coid not strong for either bis clients without damaging
the Gauss Of The other, trying nd which client he
had best tie TO- and let the other rphehe should prose
sutea ssndsr Or defend ansl Nice qsandary WASN'T 1t
but we'll es that the lawyer who generally which
Of his bread buiesd found which side Of the swndng
question would yield the butter far his bread
FIRE.-About quarter past II o'clock last night,
fire brske eut in the hold o steamer Rspldes Captain
nowts lying The foot Of Bienyl street. which had arrived
se~ hours before from Rad river with large load 81 cotton
te but By the prompt attention Of department II was
speedily checked Several Of boats lying on the lower
esee got prepare for the worst and two or three
q them backed into the river returned again 10 the
eeses We learn that three bales Of cotton in the aerhod
were nearly consumed.
coRosER's kouEsTs- The Murder Of Sunday
as-We Yesterday stated that Sunday night free negro
aa nAed Lorenzo Dow steamer Doctor Batey
~ss stabbed and killed BY unknown person The
Ass investigation Monday discovery Of the
ssfaie vas rendered aitahlng the murder TO
9e o persons unknown On Monday night however Lieut.
kremanx and two Of his officers Ienisn and eade managed
" ss ga the trail Of The murderer syouth Patrick
Wy, Wuem they arTesed, together with number Of other
= Witnesses Yesterday the Coroner rehed his inquest
so 'he testimony fully implicated Murphy as the murderer
Several boys testified that whilst they were together in a
cheenoaae Al the eofnsF Of ST. Louis Dsrbgny streets
Murphy cane in and joined them. He was drunk and
"a aepeAe excitaee mood said he was bound 10 XII
soHe son Of bh before the night waa over An ef. h
ssheehease together and Murphy let crowd and went down
street os himself Soon be back 70 the parts with
eooas kne y his hand aud said, In Boosting manner I've
KILLED somebody OF let he Of abb have my knife nm
60 die hilt or words 10 that effect The testimony IN a.
Che murdered msn hs he short distance af,e bnv
stabbed and tl He By another olered man 70
whom be said that he had stabbed By one of en ~
white boys and In few momenia be expired Murphy upon
being arrested confessed the murder and stated thst ne "a
in drunken frenzy the time DID she deed Recorder
Eabfe yesterday sea him to prison examination
psas from kxpassre Coroner yesterday he noaesss
eedssof two men, found yesterday morning
oee Gwinne slave 40 DID, belonging 10 Mr. Hop
4tas oa the GENTLY Road He found gutter at
heesrnsf Of Dssgenos and Lapeyrouss other wa
IN vakss~n bus supposed be slave belonging
Ihes Pikin. feuad 10 let the City Work HOUSE.
ssaaas asiFaeed the Of he lot him. re
showed into The WafkHeuss where applied
Aet whouf verdict death BY iniemperanee and
szFesare ~@s rendered N each ease.