New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-24
'sDAY MORNING. AUGUST "a, 1859.
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IHE PELICAN CRICKET CLUB intend to display the
skiil tney have attained in the game by grand
"atch OF elevens, which will commence at their
oiiche. ground to morrow afternoon We acknowledge
on invitation to be on hand and see the sport, and
u'u.'hg the compliment into the shape Of general
~ Sat'oh 70 everybody, we announce the wish OF the
oup sua' Inc public at large be on hand likewise.
THE CowHIDrNG AFFAIR Of Sunday morning, on
Dauphine street, between Barracks and Esplanade.
which we reported yesterday, was not correctly or
fully reported BY fault attributable to our not
meeting the right insormants. We omitted the name
OF the young quadroon dandy who was punished be.
canse we knew nothing of him personally knew bis
father, an extensive grocer and property owner in
the Third District, to be well.behaved and respect
able free colored man and feared that the details
Of the might have been exaggerated to u.s. to the
prejudice OF the young man punished.
But yesterday, we got posted to our satisfaction.
We found that this Adolphe Lacroix whom we never
knew by name, was the same elegant daraey dandy
whom we had often noticed for his elegant appear.
ance and dress, and of whose impudence, in ogling
and sometimes following white ladies, we had often
heard well.authenticated ories. We knew him by
sight and BY reputation but never knew his name
and little fancied, in writing our report, which ap
peared yesterday, that he was the very same quad
room whom we had often watched to observe his de-
meanor toward white ladies within sight. As be
was one OF quite an extensive class Of darkeydom
in the lower end of the city who in the habit Of
congregating about certain corners and certain
churches, and about the French Market, on Sundays
in particular, and who have reduced their mpudence
the science OF ostng and staring at white ladies'
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sign his name to the letter he sent the white married
lady, nor did he indicate his residence He stated in
his letter that the old negress his slave who delivered
the letter, would show the lady to the rendezvous
hinted at by him and simply signed the letter with
his first initial, A. The lady did not know the el-
low; never had known him and only found him
out, by pretending to accept the invitation to the
rendezvous, and following the old negro, whilst her
husband and son (the latter youth Of sixteen or
seventeen), duly prepared, followed her.
After Iacrojx had been cowbided in his ozvn rom,
49, 1.s. - . - NO o"A .oo"
'y 'u' 'y' anu atei ne so' lheo the pach yard he
was punished still worse. As be scaled the fence,
flying bottle dslodged him; be retreated under an
elevated cistern from that be uas sto,ad ort ,n;t1
o. .uas nv was s'on.u ., o"' WIN
oi9eAosts' anu ne nllgns nave oeen kliied on the
spot, but for the interference of officer of Recorder
Wiltz's Court who happened to be passing by. We
heard vesterdav that I'acr,ix moo hodIv hnrt ond
as.a.Ss ~ -. "'' '"1'' A1As' "no
couhheo W LIS rooih'
Yesterday, Lacroixs father and uncle so we heard,
made up their minds to prosecute the lady and the
oent,an,an wbo nod on sovora,, nrn;shoa Aao,,ha
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from this tney were ossuaded by others upon rep
resentaton OF possible and probably riotous conse-
auences These possibilities and probabilities thew
afterv.rd fopnd 70 ho ,r;to ro;r 81 dis,;not T. go.
,c.Au w VIC a1'se pa'e 'o III lac''
'hat Tue WINE men, OF poftlon thereo, down town
were seriously meditating the propriety of calling on
Mr.. Adolphe and treating him to ride on a rail. in
i. brsn now sniff NJ for and fos.hor, A,orn,od .,o
u'nn ns" su'. VI 'ai anu ie"snefs. Alarmed 'ne
father OF Adolphe called upon Recorder Long,
expressed his belief that his house and his sons house
would he mobbed at night and asked the nrotect;on
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" VIC po"eo' A"0 i'soo'ueA 'sa"'eu 'ne o'u .'an
that there was no danger OF any riot down there
which the police could not nip in the bud, and be
left.
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lhe iae' VI 'ue vase Is .hs Aoo'phe Lacrol4 mas
been well punished for his lmDQdenCa. and IT,