New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-21

report oi tne new orleans SCHOOL OF Medicine, on
Common street, opposite the Charity Hospital:
Saturday. April y, Patients treated. B
wednesday, :. i ............. ............. 3
Treated previously. ,gIs lis
Whole number treated. .ao.sio
/ a GENTLEMAN fell down on ST. Charles street
yesterday, by stepping on bit of orange-peeI.
The fall tore his breeehes and he got up tearing
mad, swearing that he would sue the city for
damages, because the sidewalks were not kept
clean.
CALIFORNIA BALL swINDLERs ARREsrED.-Yes.
terday afternoon, in the Washington Hotel garden,
at Mlneburg, two swindlers named VIM. Mason
and John Meyers obtained as from Samuel FAIRIES,
a stranger from Alabama, BY means Of the Cali
fornia ball swindle. They were soon afterward
arrested by officers Lopez and Delat, but not until
after they had offered leg bail and led the officers
on a dreadful chase into the swamp, up to their
knees in mud and water. As the officers came
back with their prisoners, a desperate waiter at
one of the restaurants came running out with
double barrel gun, and it was hard to keep him
from shooting the thieves ON the spot. 1t was
afterward discovered that the gun was neither
capped nor loaded. In Mason's pockets were
found the greenhorns s45 !; in Meyers pockets
were found the little JOKER brass watch, $40
in good money and sl14 in counterfeit bills.
nice couple, truly. They will appear before Re-
corder Long to-day.
BARBARoUs BARBER. Pedro Mafa, barber
whose shop is on St. Louis street, between Royal
and Bourbon, was before Recorder Benit yester-
day, on the charge of having slapped the face of
Daniel Abisdid, knocked him down, and offered
to dispatch him with a razor. The barber gave
bail to appear on the 24th.
TRIALS OF THE CoNTRAvESING LrouoR SELLERS.
J. Nusloch was tried yesterday before Recorder
Summers and jury of three shareholders. Officer
Tom Kearney arrested him on the 24th of January,
ON the charge Of having given or sold drink to
Mr.. D'Apremonts slave Thomas, in his grocery, at
the corner of Constance and Race streets. He
was found guilty, his license forfeited and fined
S25
George Foecher, arrested on the 2sth January,
by officer Frank Anderson, on the charge of sell
ing grog to Mr. Reynolds slave John, in his cab
| aret or grocery, at the corner of Magazine and
Race streets, was tried and acquitted.
| FOUND DROWNED. Coroner last evening
| held an inquest on the body Of an unknown white
man, about 40 years of age, found in the river at
the foot of Cont street. Verdict, found drowned.
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| Thomas Mcdonald were yesterday examined be-
fore Recorder Benit, on the Coroner's affidavit,
/ charging them with the murder of Thomas Nc
| CURE; eastman stabbing him in the neck, on the
morning of the 25th of March, at the foot of Cont
street; Mcdonald being accessory to the murder.
The circumstances as brought out before the Cor
oner, we have published. The accused upon ex
4 animation before the Recorder, were remanded tt
prison, to await trial, charged, before the Firs
District Court.
| The same Recorder sent Andrew Wilson befor,
the First District Court for stealing out Of room
ON the steamer Lewis Whiteman, on Tuesday last
$3.50 in money and gold cross and chain worth %
belonging to Michael Eagan; Wilson being car
penter of the boat, and Eagan the second mate
The cross was found in Wilson'S possession. i
default Of bail, Wilson was sent to prison.
PETTY IrEMs.-- George Cape mot Cape o
Good Hope) was sent to the Work-house for three
months for stealing corn from sacks ON the steam
boat landing.
Isidore Stitch, for assaulting and threatening te
kill Jacob Michael on Canal street, on the I'D ut.
was put under bonds to keep the peace for year
Mary Ann Kearns and Mrs. Riley were required
to nav SO each, or go to the Work-house for tive
months; John Doyle, So, or one month; and Charles
Coltz, $40 and peace bonds, or two months; al
for being engaged in plug.muss on Perdido street
on Thursday night. Mary Ann Kearns paid; tht
others went out.
Henry slave of Mrs. Kirk, was sent to jail on th'
charge of having assaulted P. NJ. spinnell with
cottonhook, on New Levee street.
THE CASE OF PIERRE LoIsELLE.-Oficers Len
fant and Bechet yesterday filed their atfidavits be
fore Recorder Benit charging Pierre Loiselle ALA
Pierrot, with beating Pierre Labatt over the heat
with loaded cane. with intent to murder, on Wed
nesday night at the corner of Toulouse and Bash
streets and the accused was sent to prison Il
await Labatt's recovery.
In our mention yesterday of this arrest, W
stated that Lahatt was witness against Princeval
who is in prison awaiting his trial for murder. Il
stating this we inadvertently got the thing twisted
to the prejudice Of Princeval and we now set
right AS we stated, Princeyal and another ma
named Garcia went down the Bayou st. John roa
, in cab to fight out quarrel. The testimony I
John Motsch before Recorder Long, in June las
and as published by us at the time. showed this
. When they got to the Bayou Bridge, witne'
, asked if they wished to 60 over. They told hi
to drive on, down the road by the Bayou. Whe
they got to the toll gate, princeval paid the to
t Witness drove on till they crossed the Marlgn
. Canal, when Prineeval ordered him 10 stop. Ia
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woods. Witness replied he could not; he coul
!. drive in, but could not turn his cab TO get ou
Princeval got out of the cab, saying, This is {
|, good a place as any," and added, Garcia, "
j, Came here to have fair fist fight; | want th
/ driver to search us both, and we give up our WEI
II Witness searched Princeval around his waist an
9 in his pockets, and found nothing Garcia said b
g would not be searched, and that fair fight was
a monkey fight. Princeval said, !" Do you think
= ), came here with you to go in the woods and hay
a ball put through my headT RI Garcia said, Yo
do what you can and will do what can; tol
Won to bring a cannon with you if you wante
J, one.m Garcia further said, "Pay the driver an
/. let him 70 to town we do not want him here"
! All this time Garcia was sitting in the cal
u Princeval said, "Then you get out of the cab an
IS / will pay the driver when / return to town
Witness got on his seat to start, and Garcia 9
out; he had iron knuckles on one of his hand
. witness identifies the knuekles in Court as the san
|, he had on He had white handkerchief aroul
7 his hand from the time he got into the cab till
got out; witness supposed it was because bis ha
6 was sore; but as he got out OF the cab the har
J. kerchief dropped off his hand, and witness saw
= iron knuckles. After Garcia got out, witnesses
a tenton was diverted q moment by his horse; VIII
% he looked around, he saw Princeyal strike GAR
If in the side with his fist; the two then cienehed
1t they scufled Garca's back was next to Witnes
g witness saw knife in Princevals hand, and Sc
lie him stab Garcia two or three times in the pac
le Princeval then ran away, and Garcia slaggei'
le back, exelaiming, al am killedsh AT lne si sun