New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-27
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The Doc DAYS exercise their full influence upon
irascible humanity. Not to mention the great mum
ber of whisky braws that take place in all parts of
the city, there numerous meetings and settos be.
tween people of the politer class not commonly ad
dicted to stic sports or ground and lofty tumbling
Two gentlemen on Canal street, occupying the same
buildng-one storekeeper, down stairs, and the
other said to be tgerkeeper, up stairs-had mis-.
understanding last evening about their arrangements
in the building, which misunderstanding ended in
blows fancy scrimmage and the usual collection of
great crowd Of people, The tiger man is said to
have come out first best. On Commercial Place, at
nearly the same hour, an old gentleman, in misun-
derstanding he had with young gentleman, forgot
himself SO far as to call the young Of sea-
cook, or something little more canine. The young
one knocked the old one down and kicked him in the
face, covering him with blood. A great crowd col
lected in no tlme and the young man was unpop ular
for the time, though he stoutly maintained that he
popped the old one for good cause.
THE FIRES which took place last night, are duly
detailed under separate heading in another column.
ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS has been entered on the
book at the Office of the Second District Deputy
Street Commissioner. 1t reads as follows
An old red.headed lady, living on ST. Ann street,
between Robertson and Viere, whose object no
doubt, is to purify the atmosphere of a purified
yard, burns all sorts of rags bones and rotten OBJ.
jects which she can find the combustion of which
emts such an offensive odor as to send all tn neigh
borhood to the regions of Pluto! Whew!!
tsignedl ONE s,I,s, ns THE sUFF FERERs,
50 50 sTFFERER, sSFFEkER,
4th, 5h, 9th, 7th and sh sUFFERERS.
ALL CoFFINs are bound to have their tenants at
last. They are an uncommonly sure kind of furn
ture. An incident at Mlneburg on Monday evening
offered proof of the fact Deputy Coroner Wey-
sham went down to hold an inquest on the body OF
the drowned fisherman, Bluff, and took with him
coffin to bury him. Reaching the lake, he found that
the friends of the deceased had already coined him.
with q coffin of their own purchase, and refused to
take him out to put him in the rougher and cheaper
coffin of the Coroner. Tke latter of ordered
his coffin to be sent back to town. But before it
left, news came that a man had just drowned by
taking fit in the water at of the bath houses.
This was the fact. 1t proved to be German, named
George who, whilst bathing in shallow water, fell
over in an apopectic fit and drowned. An inquest
was held the proper verdict rendered, and George
was buried in the coffin which had been taken out
for Bluff.
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRr.-Mr. ]. schatz was
yesterday examined the charge of having obtained
two bills of goods in November and January last from
S. e. Gruman, hatters, under false and fraudulent
pretences. Accused is q storekeeper in Natchez in
which city his integrity merchant and his gem
eral standing has been high for many years. He was
arrested in Natchez and brought to this city upon
requistion from the Governor of Louisiana to the
Governor of Mississippi Gov. Wickie sending the
requsition upon receipt of an affidavit, ide before
Justice Bradford in this city. Schatz was accom-
panied down by number Of his friends, including e
two attorneys, Col Wood, (edtor OF the Free
Trader) and Mr. Midderhotf, who appeared for him
yesterday together with Judge Spoford. Mr. Race
appeared for the prosecution.
When the case was called, the affidavit before the
Court was found to be not the one upon which the
Governor !sua sent the reqtisiou, but new one,
| made by Mr.. Eamts (tGe clerk who sold SchAtz the
| goods) on Monday. the arrival of the prisoner
from Nu.chtz Prisoners counsel demanded the