New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-09
NUMBER 1853.

s1Hose APPETITE FOE LAuDANux lately broke
ONT In sne keiser family, in the Fourth District
lnefe are Two brothers. the elder married both In
saence, and 30 far a. IL known ss peace With eaeb
other and all the world. 4 few nights eince. III,
younger KeiseT, for some cause unknown. svaInvea
big gulp Of laodanum. The thing was discovered-
and by putting him through the usual approyed
course Of emetics and stomach pumps, his life vaa
saved. Next day he laughed at it, saying II had
given him q better appetite fof life than ever.
Strange to relate, his example was followed night
before last by bis brothers wife, Mrs, Keiser In her
also the suicidal attempt discovered and her
life saved. In this instance laudanum did not prove
itself like the Philadelpha jakeys. 1t wouldn't kill
for Keiser.
RECORDER SUMMBRs' OosRr-Jaues Nj Jam, who
the night Of the 20th ut., vas examined yesterday
the affidavit being made by Sergeant Moore, who
rested him, and Stanton beng at last out Of dagger
and well enough to appear against him.
Stanton testified that on she night in question,
when he was standing few steps fron McGanRs
house on Thasa street, between Magazine and Con-
stance, McGsDa hailed him and wanted to know ii
you American boys carried krives" Witness told
him to 60 away, that be was drunk. upon. which,
without anything else being said or done, be drew .
knife and plunged II into witness left side 0ficting
seveEe 1ie.s Wound aarsaret RILEY and another lady
bowie knife exhabited in Court a. his but declared
that he had nevey drawn it.
Cornelius McMsnn testified thas he was passing
when he saw McGann and Stanton talking with two
dsunk;' saw knife geamngjin Mc8ann's hand
heard him exclaina, I'm drunk, apIi?n with which
be showed the knife into Stanton. Assoon as Stanton
get the knife, he exclaimed, "Oh, Mrs. McGsnn, he
ten followed him. Witness went up 70 the door and
saw Stanton with knife in his hand and his arm
raised, and Mrs MeGann holding hin. by the arm :
did not see him cut at McGann for the latter was mot
in the room at the slime Mrs McGann had him by the
arm. McGann had escaped from the house, and
Stanton was put into his bed. An heur afterward
watchman came in with NcGann, who, being taken
bad cut him. McGann had his hand in.s. handker.
chief, and bis clothes were all bloody All McGann
said on being brought in was I" Is my wife here n
When witness saw Mrs McGann holding Stantons
arm he (witness) was close by the door.
Sergeant Moore testified that be arrested McGann
on Camp street, because, having heard that man
was wounded on Thalia street, McGauns manner
and evasive answers, not to mention the blood on
Calliope street, then at No. 2Os engine house, etc.
about being cut After sending MeGann to the
lookup, witness went to McGann's house, where he
ton and at the house he was told there was no
knife there The bowie knife in Court was this day
handed to witness in the police office, by the clerk,
who said it had been left there in the morning BY
Mrs. McGann. The large whte-handled knife 10
Court was found McGann the night Of his arrest.
Hugh Reynolds testified that on the night of the
occurrence be was at McGann's house. McGann
came in, seeming to be about half drunk his wife
off for what you have done today" McGann made
some remark and went out In little while Stanton
came in. McGann came in after him, and said :" Ny
wife tells me, Billy stanton, you have got knife for
a.
tight, come to me when you are sober" Stanton
then went out with two girls who were in the house.
McGann followed him out, talking, but witness could
hot hear what he said !; heard Stanton say, $50
Stanton say, "Oh he's done it! he's done ut Wit
ness heard something like the click Of knife Nc.
Gam came running in, followed by Stanton, who had
q large knife in his hand, and said to McGann,
Henry Riley ran between them and caught Stanton
by the arm, saying, Oh, don'tm At this time Nc
Gam was running through the house. Stanton said,
It's no use, Mrs. McGann, the harm is DONE" Wit
ness did not see Stanton make pass at McGann
with the knife at any time. IN
Henry Riley testified that he was In the house at
the time and that when the two men came running
in. he did see Stanton strike McGaan with his fist
and cut at him with his knife.
The Recorder sent McGann before the First Dis.
trct Court for stabbng with intent to kill and mur-
der; and in default of $l5OO bail he was remanded
to prison.
Is Css
steamer Planet taken up for being ashore in contra
vention were sent back to the boat to leave the city
and never return.
Francisco Courtade, of Stall No. 81, was put under
peace bonds for three MONTHS for assaulting with
knife and threatening to cut Etienne Pauque, Of
Stall No. a. in ST. Mary's Market. From the charge
of violating the market ordinance in not having his
name over the STALL thereby leading the Commissary
to complain of him Mr.. Ire instead of Mr.. Cour-
tade, Francois was lucky enough to be dismissed.
Joseph Monphrie, for peddng onions near Poy-
dras market was required to pay $5 or else give up
his basket and things.
Schmidt, on Rampant street, and VIM. O'Neal, for
being similarly ungallant toward Ellen Connor, on
Lafayette street, were required to pay $40 each or
60 into retirement.
vagrant of the dangerous and suspicious stripe, was
sent to the Work.house forsix months. great raft
of vagants of the cheap and dirty kind were sent out
for shorter or longer terms.
Fritz Geeterman at the New Marine Hospital, and
James Darmody, charged with pitching into Frank
Victory and attempting to rob him Of bundle Of
clothes, were held over.
RECORDER WILTz's CouRT.-Mrs Marie Bourdett
was yesterday arraigned on a charge of having
given Louise Thomassin most unmerciful COW
hiding, at o'clock yesterday morning, in her own
residence, at the corner Of Orleans and Burgundy
streets It appeared that Mrs. H. not being honored
with the return of her lord to the matrimonial do
micil on Wednesday night had her suspicious, went
| in search of him in the morning, found that he
had lost bis way home and taken refuge in the hos
pitable mansion of Miss Thomassin, got cowhide,
went back invaded the premises, aud feeling sure
she was right, went ahead with her cowhide on the
fair corpus Of the landlady. She gave bail to come
up at the proper time and hear the Recorders opn-
ion on the subject.
Several other cases. Of great interest, were dis.
posed Of, but we have not room this morning for any
thing further.
RECORDER LoNG's COURT. B. Fleitas was yes
terday examined on the charge Of having taken 9
days sport with his gun among the cattle of Eman
ue Perraudat at the intersection of the Pontchar
train Railroad and the GentiIly road (haf way t.
the lake, on the 23d ult., maciously shooting ant
killing six and woundng fifteen or twenty more aui
aterWard threatening to shoot Perraudat as he hat
shot his cattle. Perraudat estimated the damage t
his herd in killed and wounded, at $400. The affa
| was certainly an unusual one This was Perraudat'
| testimony:
II live on the Hopkins Plantation, at the crossing
of the Genty road and the Pontchartrain Railroad
kpMr. Fleitas came to me and said you must CONT
and drive away your cattle that are on my planta
tion.' l went there that day, with two of my EN-
| ployes. l drove out some of them, but could moi
drive them all out. Fleitas then sad will be here
with my gun, and will shoot all the cattle fine
here in the morning I sad don't shoot them, il
you please, but give me time to drive them all out.
told him also that if he was willing to pay for ball
the fence it would keep my cattle from going on bis
plantation He said no it was not his business, for
those who owned cattle could keep them on their
| own property and that as long he found cattle