New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-11
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HE WEATHER.-Dry and sunny and dusty as
ever. Clouds come scattering along occasionally
but won't coalesce or give any definite promise of
rain. Water is becoming distressingly scarce in
| the suburban parts of town, where people have to
depend their cisterns. Yesterday was an
unusually warm day for the season.
A BRAVE ACTION BADLY RgwAEpED.-As Mr.
Musgrove, cotton broker, was riding with his two
children in a barouche On Esplanade street, on
Wednesday evening" an accidental collision with
an omnibus caused the horse to run off. Mr.. Eu.
gene Petitpain seeing that Mr. NJ could not rein
the animal in, and seeing the danger of the chill
dren rushed out to seize the horse by the bit. I'm
fortunately he missed and was run over; the result
being that one of his legs was broken. The horse
kept on in his mad career. Mr.. Musgrove was
thrown from his seat, but not badly hurt. The chill
dren escaped uninjured
THE MURDER OF Young HYAMs.-The Coroner's
investigation into this murder was concluded on
Wednesday night. The testimony of Hyams' two
friends, Dnkort and Coulter, was the same in sub
stance their statements, previously made. The
testimony of two policemen, Corners and Mcintyre,
gave somewhat different colorng to the affair." or
so much of it as preceded the shooting of Hyams
by Hughes. From the testimony of these men, it
appeared that Hughes and Wolf got after the young
men, under the supposition that they had knocked
some one down for hurrahing for Parker; although
the young men denied it, and there was nothing to
show that they had done such thing. Hughes
was in liquor and much excited, and told Wolf that
| the young men had followed him because he had
| hurrahed for Parker. Hughes interfered with
Mcintyre whilst he was taking prisoner to the
lookup; struck the prisoner, and drew pistol to
| shoot him. He was very crazy and seemed to be
bent on mischief. That he killed Hyams without
provocation, was shown clearly enough The Cor
oners jury rendered the proper verdict, impli
eating Hughes as principal and Wolf as accessory
in the murder
| DIED OF HIS WoUSDs.-On Tuesday we mentioned
that Laurence Flanridcz keeping a drinking house
at the corner of Rampant and St. Peter streets
was set upon and badly stabbed on Monday By
three courtezans of the worst stripe, whom he ad
mtted through his back yard to get drink; hi:
doors being closed, in obedience to the election
law, and they, after drinking, attacking him be
cause he did not like their noise, and would mo-
agree with them in politics. Yesterday he died
| The Coroner set about holding an induest las
evening. He had not reported when we were last
at his office. Mary Jane Lewis, OR Jackson, alias
| Bricktop, female notorious alike for her bat
habits, her bad tongue, and her proneness to use
the knife, is the reputed murderess. America
| Williams is the of one of the other females
All three are under arrest, and will probably be
secluded from society for some time.
| browsing CAsEs.-Ihe Coroner yesterday held
an inquest on the body of Francisco Bartella, who
was accidentally drowned in the New Canal on
Tuesday Verdict accordingly.
| The man found in the river on Tuesday evening
at the foot Of Grod street. still there yesterday
no inquest having been held upon him. The Coro
| ner was notified on Wednesday; he went down and
| held an inquest on an unknown body that happened
to turn the foot of Lafayette street; this doubt
less, he supposed was the body he was notified of
hence the undsturbed repose of the body at the
| foot of Grod street.
! JOHN WEAVER ARREsTD.-Jno. Weaver, charged
with having hand in the shooting of Boylan and
Nelligan on Exchange Alley, on Saturday night
was arrested yesterday by Lieut.. Dryden. He was
| held for examination at the proper time.
| FREE NEGROES PASSING THEMSELVES FOR SLAVES.
Twenty negroes, eighteen men and two women,
composing the crew of the steamer Northern Light
arrested on Wednesday, on the arrival of that
boat, by order of the Chief of Police. They all
| represented themselves slaves, and showed
passes, representing themselves as belonging to
different persons up the river. The Chief arrested
them because he had excellent reason to suspect
that they all free, but pretended to be slaves
in order to have the run of the town whilst here
After they sent to prison, they confessed that
they were free. Being free, they will have to leave
at an early day, without the chance of feasting
themselves upon the fun and frolic of darkly life in
New Orleans.
Cor OFF CHEAp.-G. c. Connolly was up before
Recorder Long yesterday on charge of having
shot at John Cunningham on the levee, on Wednes-
day. As it appeared he was drunk at the time,
and as it was not exactly certain that he fired the
pistol purposely, the Recorder let him off upon
payment of a fine Of S25.
SHARP PEDDLERs FIXED OFF.-Pablo Cortez, a
pedder, was arrested in the Third District few
days since, as rather dangerous and suspicious
pedder. The next day another peddler named
Pablo Miro appeared to vouch for the character
of CorteZ. This involved an inspection of their
peddling licenses. and the inspection discovered
that, though genuine, the two licenses were exact
duplicates. 1t was further discovered that the
second licence had been obtained from the Mayor
upon representation that the original had been de-
sroyed at of the big fires in the Third District.
The Recorder at once sentenced the two Pablos to
pay fines of $50 each, and in default of payment
they were sent to prison.
THE ASSAULT UPON WM SHAY.-Wam Shay,
whose wounding by an Independent election party
we mentioned yesterday, was not wounded by
Peter Meyers, we reported upon erroneous in
formation, but by man named Il. Bosmer. Shay's
affidavit before Recorder Monroe was to this effect
That on the evening of Monday, election day, as
he was leaving the engine house of Volunteer Fire
Company No. l, about an hour after the polls
| closed at that place, carriage drove rapidly up
containing five or six men, only two of whom
Meyers and Bosmier, he recognized; that they i'm
medately attacked deponent and his friend Leary
Bosmer striking deponent violently in the mouth
with pair of brass knuckles, or some other blunt
instrument and at the same time drawing a re-
volyer and shooting him in the left arm, injuring
him seriously Meyers and the others aiding and
abetting the business. Meyers yesterday gave bail
to appear on the l7th: Bosmier not yet being az
rested.
THE Muss AMONG THE JEuUs.-We yesterday,
mentioned the arrest of John Duffy, Patrick Duffy
VIM. Terry and G. w. Lester, on Wednesday after
nOon for raising row in front Of the st. Charles
Hotel, in which Terry drew bowieknfe, and was
twice shot at by Pat Duffy. Yesterday, VIM. G. O..
ing Terry with having given him several blows on
the same occasion, and charging him also with a
violation of the law in carrying a concealed bowie