New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-22

whose confidence may place their lives II hs kespins
he assumes moral responsibility, higher and more
sacred than can be reached by the laws Of the Stste
We believe, that to the absence of correct apuYe-
citation Of these responsibilities may be traced ca
| iamity that has shocked this community more than
any previous one Of similar character for, II there
was any vessel on which the thousands who hahualy
travelled on her considered themselves safe scas e
rr,ncess too fatal sense Of security on the past
ner omeers has probably led TO calamity that has
hurried scores into eternity, thrown the pan Of
prved the community Of valuable citizens destroyed
large amount OF property, and shaken public con-
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The report being read, Judge AcCaleb thanked
the Jury for the vigilance they had displayed in in
vestgating the explosion, and the care which they
bad taken in embodying their conclusions in form
which would render them accessible to the public
eye. His Honor then discharged the Jury jndefi-
nitely.
RECORDER SUMMERS CoURT.-Assissant Recorder
1Munroe presiding-The Monday Morning BIues
were present in great force yesterday. They were
was the review to which they were subjected. They
numbered upwards of hundred j; and after all the
dischargeable and bailable had been deducted
there were four wagon-loads to be trotted OF By
Birney-two loads to the Maison de Hernandez and
two to the Hotel de Fremeaux.
VI the above, twelve were new company OF the
Montague Guards, smoked out from under the levec
Matthews. on Sunday night. They had been marched
up in military style from the levee after the usual
fashion, the flag of all nations" (the hooppole and
piece Of yellow oicloth which constitute the stand
ard Of the Montague Guards3 borne at the head BY
| the biggest recruit.
| The most notable single customer was man Who.
though intelligent looking and decently dressed,
bore marks of having been q drunken tear of the
widest sort Hs was found lying beastly drunk on
Grod street on Saturday evening and brought to the
| boose in wheelbarrow. When arraigned in com.
pany with crew Of much worse-looking customers
| who were similarly charged, be politely begged the
privilege Of saying something in his defense The
Assistant Recorder told him to be very brief as he
had much to do and no time to listen to long yarns.
Then the prisoner said "May it please your honor i
gentleman; I'm not at all in the habit Of getting
drunk 1 am stranger in this city, lately arrived,
and came to this city in search Of employment
Arkansas, who wished to engage a teacher was
with them sometime; we drank frequently together.
and before knew it, your honor, got drunk 1t Is
not my habit to get drunk, and | hope will be
lightly dealt with for my first ofFense, and, as
promise, my last" The Assistent Recorder replied
81 don't think school teachers have any right to get
drunk When was boy, my old teacher used to
|
ing got not because was in fault, but because be
was drunk. Remembering this as well as | do. /
can't excuse any teacher for getting drunk. win
have to charge You the usual price for lying down
| drunk in the street-two dollars and half.n The
teacher politely returned his thanks, paid the fine
aud walked out We should add that on Sunday.
ashamed Of his incarceration in the lookup. he Re.
fused to give the officer his name but the officer in
sistng, he gave it as James Philosopher Yesterday
he gave his true name, and the officers of the Court
wrote him down James -. alias Philosopher.
John Frazier, slave of Collins, for sporting sword
cane on Baronne street, on Sunday, was asked for
So Having left his change at home, in bis other
| vest he received a prescription for twenty-five
drachms of hickory oil Julia, negress, arrested as
runaway slave, thought herself all right upon
proving herself free. But failing to prove herself
legal resident of Louisiana, she fined $5 and ad-
yised to travel for the benefit of her health.
Edward Hall, charged with stealing John Dom
nelly's coat Michael LiI!is charged with stealing
81 and ring from Mary Kelley and John Murphy,
alias Pat Rooney, for being suspicious and possibly
dangerous, went into retirement default Of finding
vouchers for their future good behavior
after
Adelaide Balfour, charged by Lena Edwards,
(both Dryades street buzzards,) with embezzlement
and breach of trust, in failing to hand over $50 left
bail.
Jerry Monnihan, alias Sullivan, charged with steal
ing breastpin from d. F. Buckley, and beating
him; charged also by the officer who arrested him
with being dangerous and suspicious character.
Sent down.
Margaret Corcoran, charged with tearing the
clothes and otherwise hurting the feelings OF Mary
McNaly, on Julia street near Magazine street. Sent
down.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT.-Judge Hunt-The only
trial in this Court yesterday was that of Jacob
Grener indicted on three counts for counterfeiting
passing counterfeit con and having counterfeiting
implements in his possession. Gretner kept timers
shop on Raronne street, near Perdido and was last
year detected and arrested by policeman Thorpe who
also found the dead evidence against him. The jury
found him guilty on every count, and he was re.
manded to await sentence.
On motion OF counsel for D. Bornio, Jr. indicted
for selling lottery tickets. the prosecuting officer Of
the State was ordered to show cause on the 25th,
why the indictment should not be quashed.
The other business was unimportant.
RECORDER WILTzs Court Assistant Recorder
BENT Pres'ding.-Porter Fox, f.mc., with no right
Of residence S in Louisiana, was yesterday up on
charge Of pa having erteted his bond given in October
declared forfeited and the Fox sent to prison to await
the orders of the First District Court.
Philip Wagner, charged with interfering with De-
putty Constable Erard in the discharge Of his official
duty; George Smith, charged with whaling August
Henber, Thomas Conners and Edward Ward, charged
with stealing $40 from the money drawer of Pony's
ice.house, on Ursulines street Eliza McGouns coffee
seller in the Vegetable Market charged with Taxing
Mrs B. Lindauer, in the market; Peter Lindauer and
Juhl Hedgrist, charged with thrashng Chas. COIN,
or McGoun, at the same time and place as the above,
A large crowd OF "black spirits and white blue
spirits and grey" were disposed of after the usual
| fashion.
RECORDER LoNG's CouRT,-A party of five slaves
and three free negroes arraigned yesterday for
being caught in unlawful assemblage on Sunday.
The slaves were required to pay $40 each, or take
proportonate doses of hickory oil, and the free
darkeys required to pay SIS each OF sweat out
the amount in prison.
The Recorder rendered bis decision in the case of
the marine homicide, mentioned by US last week. On
Friday evening he examined James Creary and Alfred
Dunbar first and second mates OF the ship Venus,
Just in from Alexandria, Va the affidavit being
made by Sergeant Brooks, from Information given by
the Sailors The testimony of the sailors agreed as
to the facts of the two accused having Violently
beaten and kicked one of their number named Rich
ard Tinker, whilst the ship was coming down the
river from Alexandria; that he died several DAYS
afterward when the ship was at sea, and was buried
at sea that he was well and hearty, doing his work
as usual, before he was beaten and that after the
beating he never spoke word and lay helpless in
his bunk to the time of his death The only thing
like testimony for the Defense that of the stew,
ardess of the ship which went to make out that
Tinker had bad cold, and might have died from
that as well as from anything else. The case not
being clear one either way, the Recorder reserved
his decision, and rendered it yesterday. After dne
consultation with the u S. District Attorney he de.
cded to remand the prisoners to prison. to await the
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