New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-03
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Mp Letter List Tomorrow morning

~ Letter List tomorrow morning. -eS
YESTERDAY was sunshiny and cloudy by turns, and
uncomfortably warm. We looked for the man with
the white hat but failed to find him. An ce.cream
man opened booth on the neutral ground of Canal
street, and did brisk business. There was slight
sprinkle OF rain at night but this did not keep the
telescope man on ST. Charles street from taking delib
crate aim at the armament, in momentary expecta-
tion of clearup
THE Masks for Mardi-Gras grin grotesquely in the
windows OF the fancy shops about town ; and we
notice people of all conditions stopping to look at
them. "straws show which way the wind blows"
Nobody will be able to know anybody on Mardi-Gra
night. New Orleans will be one grand masquerade
Carnival will run high.
The BODY OF THE LATE JUDGE EUsTIs has been
taken away for interment in Massachusetts, his native
State His son, j. B. Eusts, ESQ.,, has in charge,
on board the steamship Cahawba, now on her way to
New York.
Col. C. DE CHoIsEUL has been elected Major of the
Orleans Battalion of Artillery attached to the Lou
isana Legion. The election took place on Saturday
last, at the State Arsenal.
The FIREMEN are making great preparations for
their anniversary turn out tomorrow. If the weather
be fair the pageant will be splendid By the pub.
lished card OF Mr.. Chief Engineer Gruber, it will be
seen that the guests from Mobile, Jackson and
Natchez, are to-be handsomely received and hand.
somey taken care of whilst here.
The jackson Company, to arrive this evening are
| to be received at the Jackson Railroad Depot by
| Eagle Fire Company No. 7, whose special guests
they are to be, with delegations from all the other
fire companies. They are to be greeted with can
nonade, and escorted down town in torchight pro.
| cession.
| The Mobile flremen are to arrive tomorrow morn
| ing, by the steamer VIM. Bagaley, aud enter the
city by the Jefferson Railroad They are to be re-
ceved with similar honors, and Washington Fire Com
pany No. s, who compose part of the Mobile dele.
CATION, are to be the guests of Perseverance No. 49,
The Natchez delegation will arrive by the river, and
will be properly received.
The New Orleans dremen intend "doing the thing
up brown" this year. This is as it should be-
FIRE started in stable on Lafayette street, be.
tween Carondelet and Baronne, late on Tuesday
night The stable being brick was not damaged
much. A lot of provender was destroyed.
| CORONER DAUNoY yesterday reassembed the iury
who upon their first inquest attributed the murder Of
Edward Grundy in Algiers to some unknown person
and held second inquest. The testimony which had
come to light since the first inquest, duplicating
James Dempsey as the murderer, was taken.
One witness testified that be had heard DEMPSEY
after his discharge from the service of the Opelousas
Railroad Company, threaten to have revenge upon
some persons employed by the company whom, he
did not name. A second witness testified to Dempsey
having shown him doublebarrel pistol, with the
remark that he would obtain satisfaction from some
body with it; but the witness could not swear that
the doublebarrel pistol found by the murdered body
1 wa fha hod oh
A third witness, who had roomed with Dempsey
described his knife as a whitebanded two.edget
dirk with leather scabbard, and string to tn,
scabbard, to secure it his trousers he had helped
him to fix the string. The scabbard marked j. D.