New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-23
NUMBER l43.

NUMBER 143.
AID down bis CELL in state OF nature, 6ercely slap
ping Inc mosquitoes, and swearing msst awfulIy
| about some Dsgoes and Frenchmen be seemed to K
have met IN bis travels. He WAS released on the e1
Dlanation O bis friends, one Of whom was Captain Of
the boat ws provided with shirt and pair Of pants
and taken ba 70 Algers. His friends laughed i'm.
moderately at bis adventure; but be couldn't join
| them, bis i'll hun,x didn't leave him that ptaht.
His story was that after leaving his companion. 10
swim further out in the current, be did find the cur
rent rather too sron and turning to swim back
be found himself elnal to the task. He then made
up his mind to swim easily with the current, and
land where it might permit hinpt 1t brought him |
over to this side, and he nded and waded out near
the ferry-Ianding by the market He anuckfy struck
the spot where the spaniarzs moor their frnit and
fishing smacks and those gentlemen, seeing man
come out that they hadn't go in, taonght ii sus
picious. They hailed him, an0 as bis answers were
not only unsatisfactory, but iDpudent, they took
after him. He along under the platform In the
dark sometimes up to his middle in the msd, and at
others barking his shins beams and cutting his
feet on shells, and other such pleasant helps to
barefooted race Others Joined the Aueandcry, and
at last Johnny caught, brought mp above n the
gaslight handed over to the police, and marched
naked to the lookup His story that bis clothes were
on steamboat across the river, above Algiers, was
not credited and he was locked up as . dangerous
and suspicious character.
It will be some time before Johnny again as.inno
Gently trusts himself the treacherous current Of the
muddy Mississippi His swim was nearly two miles.
He is rather portly man, fifty years Of age.
He stated that when be landed and waded out, it
his intention to walk up the levee to Jefferson City
or CarrotoD, to take slanting swim for the steam
boat he had left the night being dark, NO ladies'
about, and he never dreaming that he was destined
to the interruption which met him and gave such .
turn to his adventure.
: Though be was arrested as dangerous and suspi-
cious, the police did not know him to be such, and
the charge entered against him the policebook
o was this Arrested by Lee, on the levee, at 81
o'clock, for being naked, and exposing his person
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRr.-A large crowd OF the
greasy ones were yesterday passed over to Burney
+ and bis Black Maria.
# Edward Burk, for raising drunken row on Dry
ades street and slashng around with knife, was re-
t. pay 2o Or 60 into -. tor thirty
offered to Anthony Mullen, for rotously interfering
with the of the steamer Hiawatha, on Saturday
evening. Pat Graham, for fancying himself better
f man than officer Baron, st. James street, and
backing that fancy with pistol, had to pay $40 or
10 go down for twenty days. One Deacruz, for drawing
t. a butcher knife on one Mcdonald, on St. Charles
o. street. and L. NJ. Mccall for passing himself of as
policeman on Lafayette street, were fined IS each.
a WIN. Holt, for taxing his wife on Dryades street
g. was put under bonds not to do it again.
t. John Mcnamara, charged by Michael White with
d obtaining money under false pretences, was dis
~ charged, the affidavit being withdrawn.
~ James McGann, arrested on the charge OF having
stabbed VIM. T. Stanton on Saturday night was SEN
ID to prison The affair took place on Thalia street
D. Constance. Stanton. who is member Of Irat
r. r. Ferry Fire Company No. u, was dangerously
wounded his wound being deep stab just over ons
o. of his hips What the trouble is not yet known
be though it supposed to be some family matter
as McGann, when arrested by Sergeant Moore, had BIZ
bloody knife, and was himself cut in the wrist ant
as Stanton was not known to have weapon, McGanr
he was supposed to have cut bis wrist himself, acci
ID ID dentalIy.
10 The following were docketed
Farrell Gallagher arrested Carondeet street fO
having in his possession lady's small and very val
:. liable enameled gold watch, of Geneva make, sup
eli posed to be stolen. His story, given with ever
ed wheelbarrowipg sand, al the rivers edge, he oun
the watch embedded in the sand, about four inche
ses from the surface story which the appearance
the watch somewhat corroborated. Any lady havin
lost such watch will do well to call at the polio
ith office and this that Gallagher had In deau
80 of $500 BAIL Gallagher was locked up to be exam
tea ined on the 25th.
in VIM West and throwing rock at him, in his ow
his store at the Of Race and Religious Streets
the 18th inst. charged also with striking and knoc
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his place, and beating her with empty barrel. Sci
md down in default Of bail, to appear on the 3Oth.
md Martin O'Meara, charged with striking Micha
~. Cavanaugh on the head with pant.brush, and
tne terwards plying his manleys on him and knockir
He him down, on Euterpe street. Bail given to appe
nan on the 30th.
lei. RECORDER LoNG's CouRT.-Recorder Long, havil
him returned from his recuperative trip the Kate
.u his seat yesterday, with strong appetite for bn
Ver ness, but was doomed to Disappointment Nothil
Ian, particularly important awaited bis action.
red Henry Thompson, the lad charged with stealth
$40 worth of shoes from Frank Nouletts store,
-. Levee street, was discharged, the affidavit bell
ant withdrawn.
ner Mrs Henry was held for examination on char
of of breach OF trust. She is a washerwoman resid
at the corner Of Bagatee and Goodchildren stree
aee and is charged with failure to deliver up accou
the for 81 worth of clothing left with her for washing
hort George Fehn, of Urquhart street.
the Paul Mouniosse, Armand Lambert, and Polna
Ducoing, the young arrested on charge OF bal
beating Philip Coon or Cohn, Saturday night,
his a row at the corner Of Prosper and Sodee stres
ay Ian affair in which they all got badly beaten,
ava Mouniosse cut with knife besides), were dscharg
Coon being certified to be out of danger and refus
ssei to make any charge against them.
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