New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-12

connected in this city, went Northern splurge
last summer. Being too fast for his purse, he took
to issuing drafts on firm in this city, Of which firm
he represented himself partner. On this sort of
capital he was going it with a rush at Niagara
Falls, when the arrival of an actual member of the
firm imposed upon, spoiled his fun and put him to
fight. Recently he returned to this city, paying
his passage down on the steamer Vicksburg with
another of his fancy drafts. Since then he has
been living rather fast at the expense of different
people. A few days since he got basket of
champagne from J. W. Fee & Co., and paid for it
with draft on the same old firm. When the bill
was presented to the said firm they concluded that
they had stood the youngsters jokes long enough
and had him arrested. He is now under lock and
key. As it is not probable he will be prosecuted,
and as it is probable that few days incarceration
will convince him that he is not member of the
firm he has been imposing upon, and mayhap save
him from ultimate ruin, we suppress his name.
FANCY BALLoTs.-On Monday last some qualified
voter deposited his ballot at one of the First
District precincts, programme of the Buckley
Ninstrels. at the Amphitheater. 1t was discovered
in counting the votes at night, and was of course
rejected.
AT one of the Fourth District precincts some
deposited the following ballot, neatly written
piece of paper, the size of the printed tickets:
For Governor-Sans Souci.
For Lieut.. GovernOr-N'importe.
For Attorney Genera-Smon Suggs.
For Auditor Public Accounts-John Smith.
For Secretary of State-Nom de Plume.
For Superintendent Public Education-Nix fur
Stay.
For Commissioner Board Public Works-Absa-
Ion Snooks.
For Congress-L. D. Nichols.
For State Senators-Wm. Freret, Samuel Harty
j. N. Lea.
For Representatives Tenth Rep. Dstrct.-V. F.
Cotton, Vim. NJ Perkins, A. c. Wilbur.
| For Sheriff.. I. Parker.
| For Coroner--Dr Reedy.
| For District Attorney-C. Roselinus.
| For State Assessors. H. Watkins, F. Turner,
E. c. Payne, R. w. Rayne.
For State Tax Collectors-Frst District, John
Smith; Second District, John C. Smith Third
District, John A. Smith Fourth District, George
| Mensman.
For Seventh Justice Peace-P. Doesticks.
| In consequence of the fantastic and ridiculous
names for most of the offices, the Commissioners
rejected the ballot the names of Parker Nichols,
Watkins, Turner, Mensman and other actual can
ddates, not being enough to save it.
| FIRE.-Between and 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. the elegant twostory frame residence occu-
pied by Mr.. Ferguson, on Bacchus, between Euterpe
and Poyn,nia, was totally destroyed by fire, with
most of its contents. The family were absent at
the time, though the house had been left in charge
of woman as keeper. The fire was evidently
started by incendiary for it started in the par
| tition of the lower story into which the folding
| doors slid, and made its way to the upper story
with the greatest rapidty. The firemen were late
| on the ground, owing to negligence in the bell
ringing. We did not hear the amount of loss. The
police last night believed they had some clue to the
incendiary.
SHOT AND STABBED.-A man whose name was not
given, was shot and stabbed on Thursday night, as
it is reported, by crowd of men who chased him
into shanty at the corner of Apollo street and
Louisiana Avenue, in Jefferson City. He was badly
wounded, and was afterward removed to hospital.
Foolish HoRsE.-A horse in harness, but with
out any vestige of vehicle behind, dashed madly
| out of Tchoupitoulas street into jackson, Fourth
District, yesterday, waking up the neighborhood
and creating sensation generally. Without abating
his speed he took short turn into Beattys stable.
The result was that he came violently into contact
with the clerks Office at one side just within the
entrance There was smashing of desks and par
ttions, and horse medicine bottles, and a bad
smell, and people getting out of the way, and a
foolish horse foundering on his side, and an ex-
give any explanation of his conduct, even to pay
the damage.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED AND THIEVES
CAuGnr-Thirteen bales of gunny cloth were re-
Gently stolen from the cargo of the ship Lucinda
living at Post 81 Fourth District. The thing being
complained of, detective officers Boylan and How.
ard investigated and found out all about it; besides
recovering nine bales of the cloth. The nine bales
they recovered from Patrick Mccormack, keeper
of a junk shop at the corner oil Annunciation and
Robin streets They found that he had bought the
stuff from John Lynch, a warehouse man employed
| in the Touro Warehouse. Finding Lynch, he denied
the theft but stated that he had sold the stuff to
Mccormack, on commission, for John Harrington
dray driver, who-does a heavy hauling business
between the shipping and the warehouses; The
enterprising firm of Harrington, Lynch Il McCor
mack are at present in the lookup, awaiting al
interview with Assistant Recorder Monroe.
TIE RAMPANT STREET HoMICIDE.-The Coroner
yesterday proceeded with his inquest into the deatl
of Laurent Fleury, (not Laurence Flauridez, as
previously reported) but did not get through.
The post-mortem examination showed that of al
the stabs inflicted upon the deceased, the one
which caused death an almost imperceptible
puncture in the crown of the head. 1t was fount
that the blade of small pocket-knife had beer
driven through the skull into the brain, and broker
off even with the skull. This blade extracted
at the post-mortem examination; it was small
hacked blade evidently belonging to a Congress
pen-knife.
Yesterday it was testified to by different wit
nesses that the knife used by Mary Jane Jackson
alias Bricktop, was good-sized dagger. As Mr.
Jules Vienne ran up, he saw the woman stabbn!
the man with dagger He saw it well; because
he tried to wrest from her, soon as he got up
it had blade four inches long or more, and
German silver handle; the point was not gone
, and afterward, at the lookup, the sheath Of til
dagger was found in her dress William Morrison
young river man, who was in the yard where til
fight began, testified to having seen Mary Jan
, draw the knife, which lie described long bowl
i knife or dirk with shiny handle.
:. The story Of the affair, briefly, was this TIL