New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-24
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE "a, 1859.
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dl1ncult studeS and TO discover that an elegant nd
most tempting collation. had been spread in one of
the upper rooms for the accommodation of the vs-
itors.
We were 10th to leave such temple Of beauty, in
nocence and other sweet ngs to go, as we had to
do, to the Recorders Court and settle down to the
wearisome work of reporting the details OF murder
case What change Of scene it was! In the one
place, bevy Of sweet young girls trial for their
excellence by enient jury of relatives, friends and
admirers. In the other place, a grown.up man on
trial for the awful crime Of murder, amidst crowd
Of faces wearing only frowns Of soemnity and lee
Of morbid anxiety. Variety, the spice of fe,' falls
lavishly upon newspaper reporters sometimes.
The Boys High School, under Mr.. Gordon, is to
be examined to-day at the Fillmore school house.
The ARCADE INcEND1ARY made his twelfth or
fifteenth attempt upon the Arcade, at 7 o'clock
last evening. The fire started in the junk.room of
the hotel-where the empty bottles aud other usee
articles are slowed away. The room fronts on the
passage, back Of the bar.room, and adjoining the
dining room. The fire was put out before it got fairly
afame, by the Mississippi and Perseverance boys,
who did up the job without allowing the alarm to get
to the bells. We never saw anything done more
quickly or quietly.
LIEUT.. DRYDEN and his aid Dalton have made an
| important recovery of stolen jewelry They found
| on Wednesday night in house on Customh ouse
street. quite valuable assortment of jewelry and
which has been identified portion of that which of
MIR. Franks, OF Shreveport, was some time since
robbed. Amongst the articles was large diamond
pin with seven diamonds and six rubes; pair of
earrings with one diamond and four rubies in each ;
gold bracelet; cameo pin, large size, and ear.
rings to match large gold cross and gold cross
blue set and fine chain The same officers not long
since arrested two dangerous and suspicious charac
ters who supposed to have perpetrate the above
robbery.
The CORONER held three inquests yesterday to.
wit
On the body of Margaret Pitter native of France
81 years of age, found dead at the corner of Camp
and St Mary streets. Verdict, disease of the heart
On the body of Denis Driscol native of Ireland,
% years Of age, found dead on Gaiennie street. be-
tween Constance and Magazine. Verdict, apoplexy
On the body of Louisa Hoggerdon, a white child,
l6 months DID, found dead at its parents residence in
the Fourth District. Verdict, teethng.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.-Judge Hunt.- Nothing
reportable was done in this Court yesterday.
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRT.-Recorder Summers
returned to his post yesterday well and looking we'll
Martin Fitzmorris, complained of by his wife Mary
drunken vagabond, doing nothing for the support
of his family, was sent to the Work-house for
month.
Margaret McGinn and Alice Jones, charged with
stealing watch from somebody were held for
hearing on Saturday.
Adam Ruth gave bail to answer to the charge of
having brutaly beaten Elizabety Garrty and kicked
her in the breast, Felicity street, near Laurel.
Mrs. Farrell gave bail to answer to charge of
tresspass in taking forcble possession of Mrs Conner
fords room and furniture, on Constance street, near
ID tl&.Io,
Emily and Elizabeth Eubanks gave bail to come up
aud explain what induced them to cowhde Henry
Johnson, All are free colored.
VIM. Madden and wife, for outlaudish abuse of
Mrs. Pate, and Mrs. Pate, for not being bameless in
the trouble, made members of the Peace Society
Mary Callahan, Mary Mahoney, and Joseph Brame-
shell also added to the Society, at the request of
their respective and respectable neighbors.
The Recorder will give his decision in the election
cases to-day.
RECORDER WILTzs CouRT.-Francos Gignac f. M.
c., was yesterday examined on the charge Of having
shot Edmund Champanel, f. m. c., with intent to
murder. difficulty occurred between them on the
2lst of April last, in the Cafe des Veterans on Char
tres street. Ggnac called Campanel toutre misera.
be- Campanel asked if he meant that for him. He
said yes. Gampane slapped his face, stepped back,
drew knife from his pocket, and whilst trying to
open it, Gignac drew pistol and shot him. An old
grudge existed between the parties. Some time pre-
vously Gignac had called Camranel ooieur las he
himself said to frend) and that he was too much
of potroon to resentt telling this friend also that
he intended to insult Campane wherever he met him.
Ggnac was sent before the First District Court for
shooting with intent to kill. He gave bail.
Nancy Porter, alias Bell, f. W. c., was sent before
the First District Court for assault and battery and
maiming in striking Emeline Gibson,f w. c., in
the head with a stone, pounding her with her
FISTS and biting off piece of her lip, as they wal.
lowed in social rough and tumble at the corner of
Canal and Rampant streets, on the 10Th inst Nancy
gave bail. Both she and Emeline keep fashionable
hotels for innocent strangers; and Nancy, it ap.
peared pitched into Emeline because she had shown
her the discourtesy of leaving her off the nvi.
tation list 10 select fancy soiree at her hotel
Mary Baker and Mrs. Stein were fined $l5 each for
keeping disorderly house on Burgundy street,
Jacob Stolz was put under peace bonds for the
benefit of Jacob Ellie, on Derbigny street.
Tom, slave, was sent to prison on charge of
having cnt Numa Dufour's slave Joseph in the face
with knife, on Monday last.
RECORDER LoNG's CouRT.-The examination of
Hyppolte Percival charged with the murder of AI-
suste Garcia, was resumed before Recorder Long at
noon yesterday.
Pierre Morat sworn for the State: On the 3oth
Of May, witness was employed by Percival, washing
plates in his kitchen Percval keeps an oyster shop
and restaurant. Witness also used to go into the sa
loon as waiter and sometimes to the bar Never
Garcia there. Recollect the day he and Percval
went out to fight noticed Percval when he went.
He took something with him it dirk he put
it on the right side of his body, little behind his
pocket could not identify the dirk. Cannot tell at
WDaC n0ur ferClVal came IL was IN the alter
noon he and another man came in carriage; don't
know who the other man was. Did not see Percival
change the position Of his knife. No one was waiting
for Perciva at his door but few steps off were
some persons whom witness didn't know. One of
them had white handkerchief tied round his hand.
Do not know who that person was. Never knew
Garcia. The who had the handkerchief tied
round his hand stood alone, by himself.
Cross-oxamined Witness was born in the Depart
ment of Garonne, in France is eighteen years of
age has been in the country nineteen months. Went
TO work with Percival in April last does not work
there now cannot remember how long it was after
the fight when he quit working for Percival cannot
tell whetherit was one two three days afterward
Witness stays with Joe, who keeps an oyster
shop and restaurant Dauphine street, between
Toulouse and st. Peter. Witness knew man named
Labatt, but did not know him before the Monday of
the occurrence got acquainted with him at Joes
where witness now stays but don't recoect the day.
Labatt came to ask him bis name, and that was tine
| way witness came to know him. This was after the
Monday OF the fight. There at that time no other
conversation between them Can't say whether he saw
Labatt or twice aerward they drank together.
On the morning of the fight, witness saw little
boy entering PercivAls house he came in witness
was standing at the door oil the kitchen and then
| went into the saloon. As witness entered the
saoon Preisa either in the kitchen OF the room
| adjoining. Wtbess went in to see what the boy
wanted; could not sge Perciya at That moment do