New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-23

city for them, per steamship CahaWba. They are to
receive the machine from the ship lodge II at Perse-
verance No. 13,s house during the day, and in the
evening embark with it for Mobile. The machine is
something quite out Of the usual line, costing, il il
said, no less than $4,000.
An UNKNOWN MAN was found on Saturday on Clai.
borne street. between CaIliope and Clio streets, with
Ais thrott badly cut He WAS removed to The Charity
Hospital but bis wounds weTs 20 dangerous that his
recovery was considered improbable. penknifs
was found lying beside him on Claiborne street, and
with which be had apparently attempted to destroy
nn1seM he bad, 8 short time previously, beer Oh.
served by soms lads sngaged in cutting srss.
LOUIS PsRsz was drowned at JeneTsca City last
week. falling into the river whilst playing with bis
dog. The body was recovered on Friday sDd sub
1ected to inquest By Coroner Young. ver5sst &C
cordingly.
THOMAS DAILY, ship carpenter, was drowned
eight or nine days ago, By falling from the stsgjsx Of
the ship Felicia, at the Fourth District The hsdy
was recovered on Saturday. The Coroner inquesssd
and verdicted accordingiy.
MARY MARTIN was arrested on Franklin street, On
Saturday night, for amaIgamatiou. BY cohabjtatjou
with gentleman Of African descent and complexion
MARGARET MOONEY was arrested On Magazine
street, Saturday night ona charge Of having just
robbed the residence Of Mr. L. Brindley, No. 800
Magazine street, Of money and jewery to the extent
Of FIVE thousand dollars. The robbery WAS pe1pe-
trated whilst the family were absent from home, at
one Of the theaters and Margaret servant IN the
house, was arrested suspicion Of being the robhr
or one Of the robbers. We were informed yesterday
that there was NO evidence Of any weight against her
MAN named Charles White Is reported On ths
Third District police books a. having been drownsd
on Saturday evening a O'clock By falling into the
river at the foot Of Congress street The body WAS
not recovered
GEORGE JOHNSON was arrested On Girod street, BY
officers Hays and Evington. The trouble % CHARGED,
was, that he had been introducing F. Bowen,
stranger, I" to the ropes of Orleans town snticipg
him OF the levee into the house Of one Foley. ana
then and there " shaking him down. Or @beafibg
him out off, what "swag" " lined his pockess-5n
other words, robbing him. George win be mads ae-
quainted with the ropes" in judicial way.
SEVEN SLAVES AND One FREE GRHrLEMAN or
Color were pulled ON Saturday night, BY Ser
geant Moore and his aid, Tom Kearney, (big Tom,)
for desecrating Religious street. They were squat
ting in circle the floor, in shanty which they
had ondy fancied the indeiatigable Sergeant would
never think of penetrating playing picayune chuck
aluck, to the tune of root hog or de- They viii
have to take chance at !" high-die - with the Re-
corder to-day.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr- Judge Hunt. - Judge
Hunt, on Saturday. after due hearing, oveTuled The
exceptions filed in the case Of @. NJ Hall, charged
with counterfeiting, but not yet tried. g89
FOURTH DrsrR1cr CouRr- Judge Psies-The cass
Of Thomas Ridge, cotton picker, vs.. r. B. Sykes,
auctioneer in which the former claimed damages Of
200 from the latter alleged to have been sustained
by him through defendants refusal to accept his bid
at an auction sale, was decided on Saturday. After
! full hearings jury gave verdict for the de-
fendant.
| FIFTH DISTRICT CoURr.-Judge Eggleston. The
case Of the colored girl Alexna Morrison vs.. james
White, of Jefferson City, was decided on Saturday
now about seventeen years Of age, in August, 1857,
ran away from the slave yard Of James White, who
had held her there as slave girl for seven or eight
months previously. She claimed protection from the
people of Carrollton, obtained general sympathy,
and the especial protection Of William Dennison Her
story in effect was that she was born Of free and
white parents, but had been kidnapped from her re-
in Arksnsa in the early part e
defendant paying $3.50 and obtaining bill Of sale
from her alleged master, j. G. Halliburton The case
tried in Carrollton, amidst considerable excite
ment, and the trial was failure. change Of
venue was then had to this Court. The case was
ably argued on Saturday, By Messrs. Phillips and
Roselius for the defendant, an Messrs. Scott and
Claek for the plaintiff. The jury, after short alb
sence returned verdict for the plaintiff, and she was
set at liberty.
SIXTH DISTRICT CouRT-Jsdge Ho,oeH.-A jury in
this Court gave G. Bass verdict OF $1,000 damages
against Gregor Il Wilson, jewellers. His claim was
for $4,000, and instituted for arrest
and Imprisonment, some three years and half ago,
on charge of being accessory after the fact to .
fraud perpetrated upon defendants; (; he having in
his possession certain articles Of ewelry which bad
been obtained from them by the said fraud L. Mad
son Day was counsel for plaintiff Race Foster
| for defendants ~