New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-04

NUMBER 1Ol.
| 9ntal anttIIissafs.
The FOURTH OF JuLY-This eisbtv,t,,,a .,.....,
sary Of the Declaration Of American 1udepena,ner
viii be appropriately announced this morning IL !.
salute Of cannon from lafayette Square, 70 Is n
lowed BY another ct and third at sunset. ana
closing at night with grand pyrotechnic display o.
the " neutral ground" on Canal street. Open houas
will be kept during the day By His Honor Mayor
Stfth. e {
The Continental Guards and Washington Artillery
win he Joined by the Continenta from our sister city
OF Mobile to celebrate the day at Pass Christian
where ball is to be given them In the evening By
the proprietors Of the Pass Christian hotel.
| The Metropolitan Club celebrate the day in the
city with an Grafton and the reading Of the Declara
tion Of Independence.
| The Rife Guards (Capt. Jacques) and some Of the
Fire Companies celebrate the day at Mandevlle and
other watering places, to which some Of our seaerz
make excursion trips for the occasion. There viii
also be rai,rcad excursions from the city to places il
| the interior.
| There wilybe numeroN balls at the various water
ing places and other amnsements.
Business generally wilf be closed, and newspaper
men allowed to go abroad.
| A NEW PosJ0HFICE ARRANGEMENT has gone into
effect, BY which the general delivery and that Of ad
Vertlsed LETTERS hitherto in separate departments
will be united and alphabetically divided into sec
tions from to G; from'H to n and from Otto q. in
elusive The advertised letters will thus remain with
the others for two weeks after advertisement, and
distributed without inquiry as to when advertised.
After removal to specialbox the date Of advertise
ment will be required of applicants
SERIOUSLY SrABBED.-A difficulty occurred about
3 o'clock yesterday evening at the Louisiana Hoee
House, corner of Perdido and Casondelet Streets be-
tween Mr. VIM. a. c. King and Mr.. Arthur McGfii
both members of the Typographical Union fthis city
and resulted regret osay in the latter being
verely wounded. He was taken to the Charity Hos
pita and Mr.. King surrendered himself for examine
tion.
A NoToRroUs DEMREP, Mary Jane jackson, living
on Dryades street, made desperate attempt last Sat
urday evening to finish Oft character known as
Charles Reeves, or Long Charley, by stabbing him
three times with dirk once in the groin and twice
in the side. The woman was arrested, and the man
conveyed in very critical state to the Charity Hos
pita. He was still living last evening. The cause
Of the difficulty has not been divulsed.
MAN NAMED Peter N. CIarin, was found at the
City Hotel in another mans room with negro girl
yesterday, and was arrested by officers Boyan, Tauk
and Williams, together with the girl The arrest was
made by warrant from Justice Bradford of this city
obtained by Walter Norton who alleges that the girl
Adeline by name, belongs to Gen. Elias Hull OF Co
lumbus Ca, and has been forcbly taken and secret
ed by the accused. Mr.. Clarin had receipt for
$1,000, dated goth January, 1S49, at Columbus, fol
the slaves Isabella and children, Adeline, Charles
and Frank and signed Morris L. Woods. He had
only few dollars in money.
The negro girl says that she belongs now to Hall
but that the accused running her off to sell her in
this CITY, 1t is rather strange and aggravated
and will doubtless be brought to further development
this morning, before Recorder Summers.
A RATHER PRACTICAL JOKE was accidentally
played off last Saturday on Royal street. Two gen
temen had just drawn several hundred dollars Ii
4 notes from the bank One Of them bet the othe
that he could not pick up the notes if he the bettor
went forward and dropped them, without being ar
rested. The bet was accepted bettor went ahead II
drop the valuable package and bettee followed to pcl
itup. But he had no sooner picked up the package
than lady in store near by, imagining that it hat
been dropped by another lady just passed, ran on
and cried "thief," and sure enough, bettee was ar
rested and perhaps, not the worst part of the joke
bettor was arrested also, and the two friends wer
marched off to the calaboose where Of course, ther
was series Of satisfactory explanations all round
the amusement of all concerned.
some OF THE FIRST DISTRICT PoLIcE exercised
their strength by throwing dumb bells early Satul
day morning, on Lafayette Square. About the small
est man Of the crowd threw sx.pound bell tn
farthest-say about twenty feet.
SOME OF THE FREE CoLoRED EMIdRA NTs TO HAYT
returned last week, better satisfied with the romane
than the realities of the mission. We suspect the
found the country rather warm for their fancy, an
came to the ready conclusion that they could neve
be rendered half SO contented there as in New o.
leans.
\ DUEL occurred near The Oaks on Saturda
between two young Creoles of this city. The wea
pons used were small swords, and the result tha
ono of the parties slightly wounded, after whic
is said that the parties left the ground reconcet
Cause, some discussion about the war in Europe.
A LABoR1NG MAN named John DAILY accidental
fell from the staging OF the steamer Hawatha, at tn
foot of Poydras street, and was drowned Saturda
evening.
WIFE COMPLAINS Of disloyal conduct on tn
part of her husband set forth in an affidavit mad
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better Or for worse" with having walked past thei
: common domicie one evening last week with an ur
common sort of woman--Sva Norrs-who, whe
she asked her husband, as they were passing, 10
some money turned and stabbed her three times i
the left arm and once over the right eye-her hus
band going far to hand her the knife with whic
the stabbng was done and holding her. so that slv
could escape! The errant husband and his new con
panon arrested and held to bail for examinato
before Recorder Wtz
THE THIRD DISTRICT SCHOOL EXHIBITION, whic
took place on Friday at the Fillmore Schoolhous
+ was actually an exhibition worth the seeing. W
had but one fault to find. and that was, the insult
cheney of the exhibition hall to accommodate eve
half the people who attended,
t The hall was tastefully decorated with evergreen
and the smiling school girls and boys were tricke
out in their best, as usual on such occasions. I'll
spectacle was very pleasing one. There were pre-
ent Judge Duyignaud, and others Of the Directors
Mr.. Lombard, the Superintendent, bustling around
keep things right; Miss Mactier, as marshal to tt
High School girls \; Mr.. Gordon, as marshal to b
q High School boys; Mr.. Morse, to lead the singing
and Hoefner and his capital band to aid the singir
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