New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-28
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the city by the U. S. sloop-of-war Crusader were
responded to by the Mayor on behalf Of the city.
as authorized by the Council, with return salute
OF lhirty-t1ree guns. The thing was done by q
squad OF the Washington Artillery, headed by
sergeant IL. NJ. lsaacson, and was done with the
ustai great rapidity Of that company. The thirty
three guns were fired in four minutes and thirty
SECONDS. After the salute, all hands were invited
on board, and had pleasant high old time :: of
IT, On returning to shore, the artilleryist, fired
thfee guns more, in return for the three guns fired
by the soop the other day, in honor of the three
editors who then visited her.
| FOURTH DISTRICT School BOARD the
monthly meeting Of this Board, on Tuesday even
ing, alrs. Pagaud, for five years teacher in the
foarth District, and for some time conspicuous
ard douby valuable for her services as Principal
OF the Glris High School, sent in her resignation.
| Mrs. Pearson, Second Assistant of the Laurel
School, aso sent in her resignation.
| An election was had to fill the vacancy made by
1 Mrs. Pagaud's resignation. Miss N. A. Burr was
promoted to the place. Miss A. Cornelius was
| elected to succeed Miss Burr: Miss B. Neey to
! succeed Miss Cornelius Miss Southmayd to sue
ceed Miss Neely Mrs. M. f. Pearson to succeed
Miss Southmayd; Miss J. Feinour to succeed Mrs
| Pearson; and Miss Rebecca Neelly to succeed
| Miss Feinour.
| All the above ladies, except Miss Sonthmayd,
are graduates of the public High Schools of this
| city; four from the First and the others from the
| Fourth District
| FIRE.-The alarm at III o'clock last night was
caused by the burning of trfling old shanty away
| out Orleans street, near the Bayou. Some of the
fire companies went out, but were not in time to
| do any good, as the fire died where il started.
| BADLY STABBED. On Wednesday night, after
| the American Clubs had had their procession and
| disbanded, one of the bands Of musicians engaged
went with others, to Gus Richards coffeehouse on
| st. Charles street. This band consisted of three
| white men; little drummer, a big drummer and
q ffer. The fifer, named King. and the big drum
| mer, named Wilson, had a quarrel about some
| private matter, and were about to fight or did
| begin fight. Some time after they were separated
| and whilst still in the cofteehouse it was found
| that King was dangerously stabbed. Who stabbed
him, or why he. was stabbed, we could not ascer-
taic satisfactorily. One man present declared that
| as King stood by the screen, near the front door,
a man walked along leisurely from the back end
| of the room, and made quick movement with his
| right arm, as of giving stab, at the moment lie
| passed King, and walked on and out at the front
| door. Two policemen were present. and numerous
| other people; but none save one saw the stab
inflicted, and he only judged he saw it, by the
movement of the mans arm as he walked by the
other. 1t was not known that King was stabbed
| till several minutes afterward when he announced
| it himself; and then the man who saw the other
man make the quick motion as he went out de-
clared that that was the man who did the stabbing
| King was taken to Charity Hospital, so badly
| wounded that he was not expected to live. Lieut.
Dryden yesterday investigated the matter as far as
| possible, and thinks he has clue to the man who
did the bloody deed. story circulated to the
effect that Wilson did the stabbing this, however
| was Immediately disproven. Though he had quar-
relied with King, he was one of the first to go to
his assistance, and helped to put him into the cab
which took him to Charity Hospital.
DISMISSED. Assistant Recorder Monroe yester-
| day gave his decision in the case of Maxwell and
Others charged with violation of the ordinances,
in using for truck-ways to load ard unload ships
certain planks and timbers belonging to the wharf
lessees. For reasons which lie gave at length, the
Recorder dismissed the case. 1t appeared that the
stevedores had only done what they had been
| dong for many years. and that the ordinances did
not cover or provide for. with any defnitiyeness,
such issues as that raised on the present occasion
The Political SHOOTING AFFAIR-In yester-
days Crescent we stated that the American pro-
cesson on Wednesday night, returning from the
Opposition mass meeting in the Third District, was
fired upon by party of men at the corner of Or
| leans and Royal streets. We did not give particu-
lars, because the hour SO late that we had not
time to investigate, or to judge between the con-
ficting stories of the affair, as they few about
town.
Yesterday we made the investigation of this af-
fair principal business. We went after and list
ened to all the conflicting stories in fact made
oursef travelling jury Of inquest, to discover
who fired the first shot at the corner of ROYAL and
Orleans streets. We discovered, to our perfect
satisfaction, the whole truth of the affair. We
shall tell the whole story from the beginning, in its
| proper sequence.
The story that VIM. j., or Bill Colson, who was
| one Of the men wearing red caps on horseback
led off the shooting, had 10 foundation in fact He
was trotting along near the head of the process
sion, when one young man, in crowd at the
corner of the streets above named, tlourisled his
hat and yelled, Hurra for Ben Iarrisson!'' Col
son, on his horse, happened TO be the nearest
| American; lie at once shouted, " Hurra for Tom
Parker, and damn the man that don't hurra for
him y 81 know you'll shouted the Harrison
man. Colson reined up his horse and answered,
"Ges, and you can know me tomorrow or any
other time; who are you; what's your name?a
The Harrison man did not give his name but again
hurrahed frantcally for Harrison, and addressed
some defiant language to Coson Colson said to
him, YOU'RE drunk, and if you'll take FOOLS adj
| vice, you'll go home" He added that his name
was VIM. J. Golson, and that he could be found at
any time. With that Coson trotted ON to the head
of the procession.
The young HARRISON man was deputy clerk or
something of the kind in the Sixth District Court.
named Butler. He was with lot of his friends,
all /" Independent Americans" and all were more
or less intoxicated They had just left a beer
saloon oyster saloon on Orleans street. opposite
| the Orleans theater, and come to the corner of
| Royal street to look at the American procession.
After Colson left Butler, the latter continued to
! hurrah for Harrison in u defiant manner as the
procession passed. Men in the procession as loudly
hurrahed for Tom Parker; and Butler and his
friends kept up the cry for HARRISON. All this wa:
whilst the First District, first division of the pro
cession, was passing. Buffers foremost compan
ions were Manuel c. Blasco, " Independent
! American candidate for State Assessor of the
Second District, and John p Montamat, formerly
police officer of the Second District, since then