New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-30
NUMBER 149.
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Ihs WEATHER has changed from the hot and dry
70 =. damp and moderately warm. After the aurora
ooiesa@ of sanosy night, the clouds rose the rain
Ieh tne thundef and lightning played their menies,
the rain Kept on, and did not haul up I'M ahont
yesterday. There was chine in the afternoon and 4,
the evening" sunset for painter that H. : uaint.,
Of the darby, CLOUDY and misanthropic school Al
Simon suggs would say If he still lived, tpeace 10 bis
ashes) the auroy boraz pToverbly had something to
do With It,
TEE BOARD or HsALTa report l30 as the total
number of interments in the city cemeteries last
week. No case of yellow fever figured in the list.
An EXTRAORDINARY PHgsoxENos, OF the celestial
kind presented itself to this city and the surround
ing country on Sunday evening, at about half past
eight o'clock.
The northern part OF the frmoment, from north.
east to northwest, and from the horizon nearly to
the zenith, became overspread with elearred light,
through which the stars twinkled as merRy as from
their accustomed blue. At intervals diverging rays
Of white and yeow-ght stole softly across the red,
and as softly retired The spectacle lasted shout half
an hour, and was witnessed and admired and won
dered at by thousands Of the population
1t had the appearance n all respects, Of an aurora
boreals, the accustomed hsrbinger OF cold weather
80 frequently seen towards winter in the more north
ern latitudes and we are satisfied that it was one
But the sight Of such phenomenon as far south as
New Orleans, and in the scorchng month Of August,
TOO, was something well calculated to shake the
public faith in its identity and to start all possible
suggestions which might connect it with some neigh.
boring terrestrial cause. Such suggestions. however.
were at fault No steamboat burning on the lake, no
blazing praries, no possible terrestrial blsses could
| have produced any such an Opaque, widespread,
claretcolored light with its glowing rays Of white
and yellow. With many it was made matter Of
joke and with the ignorant and superstitious it
ated no little alarm.
As for US, though we were not much frightened,
we felt somewhat like the Tennessee farmer, who
was nearly frightened to death by the great meteorc
shower of twenty.six or twentyseven years ago. He
ran out of his house, the grand celestial display
of fireworks, and fell faintng over fence. Revying
after little, he raised his head and saw neighbor
standing and very cooly surveying the sight, with
his pipe in bis mouth. For Gods sake, John,r he
gasped, "tel me what this is-the world amt com.
ing to an end is it?" John laughed and said, "No.
don't feel as it the world was coming to an end
Then what is this! what does all this mean ~ "Its
phenomenon" responded John, putting away at his
pipe. "Oh! funnomener!" exclaimed the fright
ened man, coming to his breath again.; as long as
the darnd things got name spose its all right ~
with which he went back satisfied to his bed. So
| with US. Knowing the thing to be phenomenon, OF
something with name, we afterward slept as well
as ever.
Seriously, we certain, from our own observation
that the phenomena of Sunday night was an aurora
boreals though the old folks say, forcibIy enough
such thing was never seen in this latitude. Con.
cerning the aurora, there are extant many learned
and plausible theories, which may be correct enough
as far as they CO. but are still deficient in respect
to the precise laws Of its appearances and dis
appearances, and of the atmospherical conditions
which may or may not render it perceptible to th,
verge Of the tropical regions.
A Brown l. Co., ct. als., who are opposed to tn
projected city railroads. have taken an appeal from
Judge Egglestons recent decision against them, t
the Supreme Court The case cannot come befor
the Supreme Judges earlier than November, and th
decision may not come till much later.
A SAD AFFAIR occurred on the Third District ferry
boat on Sunday evening, at seven o'clock. Mis-
starks, a young girl residing in Algiers, fell over
board with her baby brother, boy two years old ii
her arms. Aid was promptly at hand the girl wa
rescued but the baby boy could not be found, an,
was added to the endless list Of human morses swal
lowed up by the mad and muddy Mississippi.
RECORDER SUMMERS COURT" Found drunk,
sitting drunk, "lying drunk" and all the othe
variations of drunk, were the charges against nine
tenths Of the greasy crew who penitently passed ii
review before the Recorder yesterday. Their finance
were looked into and found wanting and Burney an,
his bsck wagon had to trot off the penniless majority
The notable cases were few.
John Brody James Stewart, and Patrick Nolan
the satest Of the salty crowd above alluded to.
sent to the Work-honse for half year each. Brod.
and Nolan were badly dangerous and awfully sus
picious Stewart had been and gone and done nothn
only to mistake Mr.. Condon's coat for his'n.
Daniel Smith, for threatening to make funeral o
Louis Bilsz, and Andrew Duer, for similar promis
to David Spngler, trotted all the way over th
rugged road of justice and introduced into the hal
lowed precincts Of the First District Peace Society,"
Calvin Tate was lucky; being discharged from th
charge OF discharging four pstoorc shots with ir
tent, as charged, to discharge Henry Hillebrand an
family from all their earthly charges and respons
bities.
Frank Truxillo was arraigned on the affidavit
Peter Josstens, Of the New Basin, who charges thi
Truxillo struck him two violent blows in the fat
with his fists, and struck and wounded him on tt
head with the cover Of jar, then dragged him out
the house in which he was and kicked him violent
about the face. The accused gave bail to appear
examination on the LIST of September.
At the evening session of the Court, DR.. job
Foster was arraigned the charge Of having DANCE
ousy wounded DR.. Chopin at Charity Hospital; tt
:. particulars Of which affair gave yesterday Tt
affidavit was made by the Chief Of Police in his c
pacity as an officer, without favor to one party
prejudice to the other. DR.. Foster was remanded
prison, to await the result of DR.. Choppin's wound
We understood that an application would be mad
to-day, in Of the District Courts, for Dr. Foster
release by habeas corpus, on the ground that he ha
U shot DIR. Chopin only in selfdefence.
RECORDER WILTz's CoURT-Eulalie Marie, I. W. c
was arraigned yesterday charge Of having stole
8 q gold watch from Michel Chambery, at No. Is
Royal street. She was locked up to await examin
a tion.
= Hilaire. a slave, was locked up on charge
having stolen pair of pants from A. Barbe's cl0t
ing store, No. 223 Old Levee street.
l. All the white cases were drunken cases, not wor
l. reporting.
4 RECORDER ADAMS CoURT.-Sarah Logan was
yesterday on q charge of having threatened to
fire to the she occupied at the corner of Fult
10 and Philip streets. Though on fire herself wi
whisky at the time, she was locked up to await
It hearing.
RECORDER LONGS CouRr.-Balthazar Johum, t
man charged with rather suspected of laying lc
across the track Of the Pontchartrain Railroad,
arraigned yesterday morning. The regularly e
- ployed lawyer Of the Railroad Company appeare
4 but declined institutng prosecution, on the grou
j. that though the suspicious against Johum might
reasonable enough, there was nothing like testimo
n to convict him. JOhum was accordingly discharge
~ and went back to his wife and his bee-hives
y joicingly.
es B. Alto was dismissed from the charge of lathe
ing his rib Ernestine, at the corner Of Moreau al
Mariony atreets she having forgiven him.