New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-16
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YESTERDAY was bright and beautiful day though
a trife cloudy at times.
| The LEyEE NEAR CARROLLToN created consider
able alarm on Monday and yesterday by breaking or
weakening in such manner as to let the river tricke
through and threaten crevasse. The Street Com
missioner, by direction Of some Of the Aldermen to
whom the matter had been reported, sent up gang
of men with spades and wheelbarrows to put stop
to the leak. leak in the levee is thing requiring
prompt action, and we are glad to see this leak so
promptly attended to.
LITTLE GEORGE MARSH in his little carriage drawn
by goats, created an immense sensation about town
yesterday particularly among citizens Of his own size
and age. The turnout was unique, and worth looking
at.
FIRE broke out at halfpast IL o'clock yester.
day in the bake-shop in the rear of Ambrose Genets
bakery on Levee street. near Elmire, Third District
The back buildings were soon destroyed together
with few cheap shanties in the interior OF the
square, inhabited by poor German families; and
from these shanties the flames communicated to the
frame residence of Mrs. Morean fronting on Elmire
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remen were early the spot, considering its great
distance down town but the property destroyed
being old and cheap and very combustble, went of
with greater speed than the remen could come. The
fire started from the oven, which was being heated
for baking. The store in front was not insured Mr..
Genets loss not than 5000 or $500, and was
covered by insurance. The whole loss by the fire
| could not have exceeded 81 ,50O
| A
New Custom.House yesterday at IL o'clock, NJ: as
one Of the large archtrave pieces over the columns
OF the general business room weighing ten tons, was
being hoisted into position, and the top of the
left sde the large iron book supporting onefourth Of
it broke, and the stone Immediately fell to the floor
distance of about forty feet carrying with it two
workmen who were standing upon it, contrary to
positive orders, issued by the Superintendent, and
before the accident.
One man was killed on the spot. and the other
dangerously injured The occurrence was owing to a
flaw in the case Of the hook that could not previously
be detected 1t gave way under strain of only two
and half tons, when it had already been used for
five TONS aud was calculated to resist with safety (f
perfecD a strain of eleven tons. Had the mer
obeyed the directions given, no one would have sus
The ponderous block Of stone, falling from high
of forty feet, alghted on similar block OF stone
and both were fractured to pieces. The brick and
iron floor, supported by the brick arches beneath
proved its great strength by not succumbing in tht
least to the enormous shock.
The man killed was Samuel Nelson, an Engshman
35 years of age. His neck, and leg, and an arm
were all broken by the fall. The Coroner held al
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dental death. The other man, whose name we di
not learn, was sent to the Charity Hospital dlnger
ously wounded.
CAPT. JAMES ROBERTS, Of the steamer Saracer
was dangerously stabbed on board the boat on Nor
! day evening, by John White. the clerk. How tn
affair came about, we did not learn. The captain
wound was ghastly cash in the abdomen. He we
put under the care of Drs. Bertheot and Drew, VIII
are doing their best for him, and expect him to re
, cover. White was arrested, and affidavit was mad
> against him yesterday before Recorder Wilt.
ELMIRE STREET away down in the old Third, d.
serves its name [; it is all mire, magnificent nlirt
Recorder Long politely trotted this reporter down
see the fire yesterday, and turning down the stree
named got into bogs and mud.hoes which threatene
to swallow horse, buggy Recorder, Reporter and al
The bench and the press got scared the horse smpl
got mad, forgetting who he had behind him, and be
haved ridiculously. The Recorder on getting hir
home, locked him up in stable and put him on bal
rations for contempt of his authority Elmire stree
is bad for buggies and that's so, sure enough!
GREAT EXCITEMENT prevailed around the Thr
District yesterday morning. The regular business c
animal catching having ceased some time ago. tn
cows and other household pets had fallen into the flu
and free exercise of their ancient privilege of brow
ing and roofing within the pound limits. Great wa
the CONSERVATION of the suburban citizens therefore
at the appearance of Deputy Street COMMISSIONS
Gnyol and squad of men, who came and drove o
their cattle as suddenly and neatly as though they ha
been Camanches on a Texan frontier
The whole District was swept; and some of til
irate owners of COWS offered battle in their behal
One Gascon attacked Guyol with his whip, but th
latter gave him full change with his cane, and sat.
fed The atmosphere was full of curses and impr,
cations and the excitement altogether unprecedente,
Judge of the astonishment and delight OF Crane
father Lea the pound-keeper, upon the squad dri,
ing into his hospitable pens herd of t,co hundre
and forty cows! The applications to Recorder Lon
for the release of the cows were immediate and MT
merous. One man took out one hundred and twent
. cows which, at 50 SO per head, would make til
snug sum Of $500! He and others paid under prt
test, with the intention of contestng the thing cv
The occasion of the matter was this: contractc
who had finished contract for gutter-making an
ditch-dgging, within the pound limits had gone Sc
eral times to the Street Commissioner to get bis ce
ti6cate of approval but each time the Street Con
missioner went to look at the work, it ruined an
undone in many places by the inroads of the cattl
Under these circumstances no certificate could be
d sued. On Monday, the contractor, being desperat
for relief, was advised by Mr. Fleschier to apply
t the Mayor and be sworn in as Deputy Street Con
. missioner for temporary period, and then take h
y workmen and make descent upon the anima
n which ruined his work and violated the pound orc
nance at the same time. This the contractor did. F
# got his commission; and yesterday with his men ar
!, Mr.. Deputy Guyol made the grand descent.
st The work is to be continued we learn. The Gov
y suffered yesterday, the turn of the hogs and goa
>. will come next.
STOLEN PROPERTY as general thing, is require
in evidence when the trial of the stealer comes |
before the First District Court. For some time pa
> Judge Hunt has had occasion to complain Of Il
'r transmission to him of only the papers in arcel
cases, without such stolen articles as may have be-
> recovered, and the complaints have been most fl