New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-05

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angle Of descent fxom tho so,,t .,o.,, - .us
building tn the roof of tho so;d -.rah...s s..ns
about sortv.av. ae.reea De'ns
In less time than we use In the telling OF Il Mr. n
seized the hook. placed II firmly under his arm too
the ak and the crowbar in bis hands for iumninp
| weights, went back in the building as far AZ the
flrs would let him, and then with quick run, made
the mad leap for the roof Of the opposite warehouse
As he sailed through the air. he looked out for things
below; and as soon as he found himself over the roof
OF the warehouse, and descending rapidly he threw
away his axe and crowbar, and quickly grasped the
handle OF bis hook with both hands holding It hor-
zontally across his breast to prevent going through
the roof This precauton, however, was needless +;
Tor as soon as his feet struck the santng saes he
snppeo' foheo on the fooi' ana descrneo Two COM
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ne ahghted sa'eiy On MS tees
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companons ana carried 70 tne nearest rum mill, 10
meoical sfeatment; ons II was 1ouno tnat all the
| oamage ne mad sustained was tne breaking OF MS
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ihE CokoSEa yesterday neio an inquest on the
oouy y, nay Nusea' Oh i',.u wonAn' % years oio'
.1 ea1 =. 1us. W Ao.alee euee'' oe'"een
ofA'. aAN os'' ''i1'S'' u'"..u1 sae'aens
a NoTokioos Thief ana ali.preaKer named Geo.
samuels' allas blro, was arrested last evening BY
heo'. Dryoen ana oncer Daiton. Inc officers had
no specine cnarge OF rascai'ty against him. but took
MIN ln as dangerous ana suspicious character and
Vagrant. de is SAID TO be prince among thieves
ana burglars VINO mas broken jan IN ths CITY and IN
Cnareston ana otner Places and whose recent return
to this city has given quite an impetus to the robbery
business
The BODY of an unknown white man, having on
only shirt, was found floating in the New Basin last
evening. All we could hear of him was that he had
on only shirt and had curly hair. We got this item
from an innocent and breathless looking boy who
was hunting up the Coroner in the expectation Of
receiving dollar or two for his Information. Pool
! boy!
THE WEST WIND the miniature ship which has
been such feature on the lake for some time past
was raff1ed off on Saturday evening, at the United
States Botel Third District The winner was our oil
friend Norbert Trepagnier Clerk of the First Dis
trct Court. As MIR. 7. lives on the other side of th
rver we suppose ne Will now cut tne ferryboats ant
Drag tnat notnng less IMAM snip Will 90 TO carr,
MN 10 and tro on tne MUDDY MissssippL'
A RENcoNTER took place at l o'clock yesterday
at the of Felicity and Liberty Streets between
two Germans named Steppy and Auguste Froelicher
Steppy ended it by drawing big bowe.knife and
giving Froeicher two perpendicular slashes on the
left side of his face, one clipping the corner OF the
eye and the other clipping the burr of the ear; 8
stab through the upper muscle OF the left arm and
slash in the upper part Of the left breast Froeche
lost much blood, and was supposed to be good for
dead man. His wounds were dressed by neghbor
ing physician, and after that he was taken by h'
father to Charity Hospital. There he recovered
strength and iltemper abused his father and every
body else, refused to stay and deliberately walked of
He felt very proud to think he could receive so many
cuts without being Killed. Steppy was arrested a,
his residence, whilst donnng clean clothes for an
. autumnal tour.
WE HAVE AN ADDITION to the catalogue Of oul
New Orleans field games. The continental Wicket
Club is now nucleus, and will rehearse or prac
tce next Wednesday, and organize and elect oficer
that night Wicket is like cricket in some respects
widely different from it in others. We may have
more to say of the Wicket Club when we see then
and their game in the field.
r F,pp started last evening between 4 and {
o,c,ock IN tho nork warebonse of the Messrs Stack
house, on Tchoupitoulas, above Natchez, next doc
to the epginehouse of Mississippi Fire Company No
g. Most of the Mississippi BOYS were absent on thei
excursion to Biloxi but there were enough of then
left to get ont the machine in double Quick time, AM
> ouencb the flames before thew had done apy actua
damage several other companies, being on the spo,
and unmbered in good time. The only damag
\ done Amounted to abou. s25 the fire having bee
set nv an incepdary in the head of cask of hams il
9 the lower story. and doing nothing more than l.
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