New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-17
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YESTERDAY was destitute of sunshine, but over
flowing with rain and mud, with general spread Of
nastiness over all outdoors.
THE BALL OF THE Sons OF LOUISIANA, it will be
borne in mind, comes off at Odd Fellows Hall on
Saturday night and it will be the last ball of the
series. For the information of those who have not
yet procured their tickets will state that they are
to be had of the Board OF Managers, who will be at
the ballroom Office on the evening and night Of the
ball. aud that tickets will also be left for disposal at
the Offices Of the st. Charles, st. Louis and City
Hotels.
HENRY ALLEN, mate Of the steamer D. R. Carroll,
is well and going about and expects to resume his
berth the boat the next time she leaves this port
Allen is the who had his carotid artery cut and
who was saved from death by DR.. Bertheot opening
his neck and lgaturng the artery below the wound.
A narrower escape from death than this is seldom
heard of.
WIN. KELLY died at the Charity Hospital on Tues.
day night. He was the workman who was wounded
by the accident in the New Custom House on Tues
day, at the same time that the other workman, New.
ton, was killed outright; the particulars of which
accident we detailed yesterday.
HENRY MALLAM, a clerk in the employ Of ]. NJ.
Gould & Co., wholesale boot and shoe Dealers on
Magazine street, disappeared mysteriously on satur
day afternoon, and has not been heard of since On
Monday, and rot before, it was discovered that he
had taken with him the proceeds Of check for
$4,000, with which, and $500 more in cash, be had
been entrusted by his employers to deposit in the
Louisiana State Bank. He is an Englishmau, Of
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confidence and respect Of all, and leaves deserving
family plunged in the deepest distress by his CON
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| THE RESIDENCE of Mr.. Wells, on Annunciation
street. broken into at about three o'clock Tues.
| day morning, and robbed of a mahogany desk,
pistol, and other vauables Mrs. Wells woke up in
time to see the robber leave the room and decamp.
THE CONFIDENCE GAME has lately been under.
taken by man giving his name as Archibald Pat
ton. Pretending to be captain of the bark Sea
Breeze (now in dock the river) he ordered and
had set aside $4,000 worth OF stores at Messrs
Crowell l. Hallett's, Nos. l6 and II Front Levee
street borrowed money from them F.; and slept one
night in room over their store, which they keep at
the service of shipcaptains. In the same room slept
genuine captain named Crosby. In the morning
Capt Patton was gone, and so was Capt Crosby's
gold watch and chain. The police were then com.
municated with. Officers Boullosa and Ross came IN
with him Tuesday at the of Barracks and Gal
latin street. just he making arrangements with
a shipping master to take trip abroad as mate.
Capt. Crosby's watch was on him, but the chain was
gone. The officers afterward found the chain, at
place where Patton had traded it off for cheaper
chain and some money to boot. Capt. Crosby at
once made affidavit against his pretended fellow.
captain, for stealing his watch Patton is in safe
custoday.
CHARLES BUTCHER was stabbed in the Third Dis.
trct on Monday evening. Two men named ]. B.
Johnston and James King were arrested on the
charge of doing the job Butcher, who was taken to
Charity Hospital, exculpates King Butcher was
until lately dog-peddler, in the employ of Harvey
A. Harding, of the Third District. He said he
slapped man for pulling his beard and for the slap
the man stabbed him. His wound is in the left side
of the abdomen, and is not considered dangerous.
AN ECCENTRIC OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY was perpe-
trated on Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Feytel, jeweer of
Royal street near the Postoffice, went to dinner,
leaving the store usual in charge of the youth in
his employ. Three young men entered, and one of
them pointing to certain diamond ring in the glass
jewecase on the counter, asked to examine it. The
boy declined saying he was not authorized to take
anything out Of the case. One of the party then
proceeded to take the ring out and he did So the
others seized the boy took him to the back end of
the store, gagged him by tying handkerchefaroun
his mouth, tied his hands, and then all cleared out.
When Mr. Feyte returned from dinner, he found the
hoy in the store helpless, still gagged and tied and
frightened nearly to DEATH He said the three men
spoken French The ecenric part of the affair was
that the trio took away only the diamond ring which
was valued at $50.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT.-Judse Hunt.-Nothing
worth reporting was done in this court yesterday.
FIFTH DISTRICT CouRr.-Judge Eggleston-A
OF some interest, defining the difference between
silent partnerships in commercial firms, and agents
or clerks who are compensated by share of the
general profits has been decided in this Court; the
case Of William R. Hallett VS.. James Desban.
In November last, Hallett brought suit against
Desban for the Of 81 945, with five per cent in.
erest for certain periods for this that in 1858, he
loaned to ]. B. Steel bookseller and stationer, to
enable him to continue his business, the sum Of
$4,000, for which he accepted notes. which were not
paid, but renewed from time to time up to January
1858 that the money loaned entered on the
books and duly appropriated to the business of Steel
and that in July last he discovered that at the time
he made the loan to Steel Desban, then acting as his
book keeper and clerk, was not saaried employee,
but dormant partner for the reason that his com.
pensatiOn consisted of portion say one-fourth of
the net profits Of the business, and that he was a
dormant partner during the whole Of the time
through which the notes for the payment of the
loan ran. Wherefore he brought suit against Desban
as silent or dormant partner in the business of j.
B. Steel.
The case was conducted for the petitioner by
Messrs. T. ]. & A. G. Semmes. Messrs. Whitaker l.
Fellowes were counsel for defendant. The case was
closely and ably contested by counsel, each side
quoting much law.
Judge Eggleston in lengthy opinion, in which
he brought to bear the ablest authorities and the
tablished precedeuts Of all countries, decided that
no act of partnership existing between him and
! Steel He never represented himself as partner