New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-17
YotaI Sntttligsatt.
MORE RAIN fell yesterday but jn hardly as lare
quantities as the day before.


ANOTHER CONSPIRACY CASE is on the carpet.
Iues Decos, coffee marchand in the French Market,
,as bad bis friend Antoine Debat arrested on
Charge Of having offered money to ole Michel to
murder Him. Debat is ont on bail, and the charge
Will be Investigated soon.
TIE RooFrSG Of the new Court House in tay Third
District already shows itself to be worthless. 1t Is
made Of composition or . mixture OF pitch and
gravel During the late heavy rains it has leaked so
oady as 10 damage and disgure the plaster in soss
81 the rooms and necessitate change in the position
of some OF the furniture. This is bad, for pubic
building so recently finished
Our STATEMENT that the body of old Dufour. the
suicide, remained hanging from Saturday night to
Monday morning, was based the positive assertion
Of some OF the Third Dstrcs police. Deputy Cerouer
Weysham informs Us that it was all mistake that |
be cut the body down when be held the inquest on
Sunday morning. The body, however, did remain in
the kitchen till Monday morning; circumstance
which Mr.. Weysham explains as no fault Of his He
says that young man in the house said be would
nave the body buried, and procured the burial cert
cate OF him for the purpose. He did not know that
the young man had failed to fnl6A bis promise until
he received notice Of the fact on Monday morning
upon which, he sent down and had the body buried,
A DESPERATE SUICIDE WAS perpetrated on Monday
night, by Frenchman named Constant Courteaud,
SO years Of age, living on Laharpe street, between
Preur and Roman, Third District. He had for some
time been afflicted with insanity had but recently
been discharged from the Insane Asylum and sin nce
to live with his wife, had brought about
his old spells by too free indulgence in qnsr which
had been their original cause.
At ten o'clock, having retired to bed, he sprang up
with fearful screams saying that his enemies were
after him; and to the great terror Of bis wife, be
seized knife and began trying to stab himself Mrs.
Conrteaud sprang to him, and succeeded in getting
the knife from him. he then ran from the house and
plunged into the gutter which, wide and deep, was
full of the days rain. His wife cried for help q
neighbor, Mr. Foucade, came, and the two succeeded
in dragging the maniac from the gutter and taking
him into the house. His wife left him temporarily in
Foucades charge, while she went to get something to
fasten the door; during her absence, the maniac
seized Foucade, overpowered him, and ran from the
house and plunged into the gutter second time.
Again he was pursued but his poor wife was now
poweress from fright and excitement, and Foucade's
unaided efforts failed to drag him out till after he had
succeeded in drowning himself His determination
to die, or to hide himself from his imaginary enemies
was indeed extraordinary. The second time he
plunged into the gutter, he ducked his head under;
and it was found that he had kept it under by firmly
grasping the grass and weeds at the sides and hold
ing himself under. A g4...S .g,
Deputy Coroner Weysham yesterday held an in
quest on the body and returned the proper verdict
ANOTHER VICTIM too strong drink has been claimed
in the person of Mrs King, who on Monday night
fell into the street from the gallery of her residence
at the corner of Claiborne and st. Philip streets. The
fall broke Of her legs, and otherwise SO seriously
injured her that she died two hours afterward There
was but little doubt that the fall was the result of
into1ication.
The CORONER yesterday held an inquest on the
body Of Patrick Irvn found dead at the corner of
Bienye and Tonti streets. Verdict, apoplexy.
The EXCURSION OF HOPE HOOK AND LADDER
COMPANY No. 8 to Lake Borgne, on Sunday, was
really pleasant affair. 1t was the first annual turnout
of that company during its nine years existence and,
for feature, target excursion also. The boys,
many Of whom have military SERVICE took along
lot of muskets and target and going to the depot
in their fire uniform, marched in military style. In
acceptance of polite invitation, the Crescent local
managed to get off and accompany them.
Quite number of ladies, the wives and daughters
Of the fremen went along, occupying car to them.
selves, and apparently enjoying the excursion very
much. The Mexican Gulf Railroad we found to be
the same old fashioned concern that it was when we
passed over it ten years previously. The track with
its timber superstructure and fiat bsnd-ras, we found
undulatory enough keeping the cars rocking and
jumping, forbiddng standing or walking about, and
almost inducing sea.sickness. very moderate rate
speed is requisite to safety and the desire of safety
is all that forbids impatience at the long time taken
up by the run of twenty.eight miles. The cars, too,
are oldfashioned and uncomfortable and in several
storms of rain through which they passed, showed
themselves to be anything but watertght If the
railroad only had a frmer and smoother track and
more roomy and convenient cars we believe it would
do thrice its present business for it passes through
beautiful and interesting country and terminates
at of the pleasantes and heathest shores to be
found.
The greater part of the way the road runs through
succession of cane and cornfeds orchards, gardens
and delightful shaded residences. Below the cult.
vated district, the road passes through cleft in the
swamp, so narrow that the trees brush the cars on
both sdes and give the track two tall perpendicular
walls of living green, just as If thin slice had been
cut out of the forest with some gigantic knife In
this part the mosquitoes TERRIBLE in both number
and ferocity No one should go down with very thin
clothes on Or low.quartered shoes the pestiferous
insects speedily find oil SUCH and proceed to perforate
soon as they alght. 1t was rich on Sunday to see
Maneri's band performing with the blood.suckers
settling on them in swarms. The only one who could
keep them off was the big drummer, who, without
missing note on his drum, nearly beat his head of
with quick extra licks of his malet on his throat
face, and back OF his head. The sparks from the
locomotive, though bad enough were not half as bad
as the mosquitoes. The ladies, however, seemed to
be most troubled by the sparks we mean the sparks
which were in the forward cars with straw hats and
red shirts on.
On arrival at the lake, the ladies were duly quar-
tered at the Ocean House, and the boys went down
the beach and had their target exercise. The dsta
was sixty yards. Some few did very good shooting
few more did good ordinary and quite crowd
shot awfully. Mr.. Leduc won the first prize, q
siver medal gotten up for the occasion Mr.. Tracy
won the second, sumptuous affair Of brass and fol
the leather medal there were no less than twelve can
didates. The bad shooting stimulated so much ridi
cule, that the boys commenced shooting at eacl
others straw hats and succeeded in ventiating SOM
Of them handsomely. Dave Bradbury had his ha
shot four times twice whilst hanging on peg, an
twice whilst on the wing or whirling up in the al,
This kind of fun was kept up for some time; other
of the company going out sailing aud bathing, an
perambulating the shades, shells and shantes of oil
Proctorville. In Our round, we took the followin