New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-21
NUMBER 249.
gotal sntelIrqtats.

YESTERDAY was another supremely lovely day. |
The streets more lively with the rush Of
out door life, or the shopping avenues more bril-
liant with the futter Of feminine beauty and
fashion.
A HANDSOME TEsTIMoSIAL.-Lieut. Crevon, the t
efficient and gentlemanly Lieutenant of Police, for T
the Second District, has been compmented hand |
somely and deseryedy by the police officers under |
his charge. The compliment looks very like rich
and tasteful Hach-chain, with pendant ornaments,
as rich and costly es such set of ornaments can
be without being too heavy Or snowy for the wear
of a gentleman. The testimonial was geljudged
and we'll bestowed.
FREE, AND SUPPOSED IScENDrARrsM. about |
o'clock yesterday morning, fire started in Mr.
Whfttaksr's dry goods store, at the west side Of
Nayades street, between Poynnnia and Felicity,
close to the Carrollton Railroad Horse Station.
The telegraph promptly gave the alarm, and the
fremen az promptly responded; bnt the flames
were fierce upon their wooden food and destroyed
not only the dry goods store, but the adjoining
grocery of Mr.. DeGriG and the oyster shop of Mr.
| j. Modica; besides this the Horse Station stable
caught and was nearly destroyed Mr.. P.
Pouliot's drug store was considerably damaged by
the water thrown upon it to save it from the worse
| element
The whole loss may be estimated at about $4,000,
most if not all the sufferers being fully insured
Mr. Whitaker being the greatest Of the sufferers.
The frame houses destroyed were the property Of
| Mr.. NJ. Asphill.
A young man named Turnbull, clerk in Whit
takers store, who roomed over the store, was ar
rested by officer Levy on suspicion of being the
incendiary who started the fire. The information
who occupied part Of the same premises. As she
states, she had for sometime suspected something
wrong in Turnbull. She declares that about ten
minutes before the fire started, she saw Tnrnbull
/ come out at the back door of the store. She had
/ gone down stairs on account Of some noise she
heard, as if window had been slapped open. The
lady, her son and servant had great difficulty in
getting out, the fire spread so rapidly; and those
in Mr.. Griff's house had to come out by the win
dows When Mrs. Parker was running out she
saw Turnbull at the door, and said to him, tTurn
bull, you have completed your job, but she die
not hear what answer he made. She subsequently
had him arrested. It is stated that fireman found
fbe back aoo4z If the store open, he being one o
the frst to got aronnd ie the rear
There vas much excitement * the FIRE in conse
queBce u T1rnball's alleged inesndiagism; 81
much that another clerk 81 whittsker'a, aane
,son. being mistaken, IL tle confusion, for tis
6,,,sr very near being seized Al
lynched.
An HA! Ny 0LD FAIsrAFF o - s,t,,,g
evening, as the darkness began to taielsefi M,
St. Bernard market, in the rear Of the Third NJ
triet, an old white-headed and white bearded man
who had often lotered around that vicinity far
he 10
as to accost lady who came along and to make
some rather over-gallant proposals to her. The
lady was not q bit scared; on the contrary, she
turned to and abused and threatened the ola
Tn saea round terms that tod h man aed and
tbe nresa..-s--oI an officer who came up, hearing
.lre iady's high language, stimulated the old man
so much in his flight that he stumbled and plunged
headforemost into the Claiborne canal, where there
was deep ditch of black mud and foul water. The
officer ran TO the rescue and pulled the old man
out, muddy as an EEL and his amatory flame
entirely extingushed.
Our OF DANGER.-.-LuSe Lyons, the sailor who
was stabbed in the back the other morning, in the
Third District, was yesterday certified to be out of
danger. Arthur Guerin, the man accused of stab
bing him, was thereupon released under bail.
SulCinE-DSEStdni EtpbEtS uidL II
Sicilian, name unknown to him, plunged into the
river at the Second District ferry landing, at
O'Clock yesterday morning, and was seen no more.
Found DRowNED.-The Coroner held an inquest
Yesterday, on the body of an unknown white man,
found in the river atthe Second District ferry land
ing. Verdict found drowned. Description; appa-
renty German, about Il years of age five feet
six inches high, sandy hair, and long sandy beard
clad in black coat white red spotted shirt, white
flannel undershrt, red and black woolen neck-tie,
| cottonade pants, and the feet bare.
THE KILLING OF FRANCOIS TELoU.-The Coroner
has finished his investigation of this case. Only
/ two witnesses were examined.
! Mrs. Theresa GtacR, sworn-On Sunday, the 9th
| of December, between 6 and o'clock in the eve
ming, in a house on Piety street, between Craps
! and Love, heard words passing between Urbif
stairs and call the old man down. She replied, %
have nothing to do with that man, and went into
the back yard. Then Munich called the old man
who was standing at his window at the time. Ht
replied, .'Let me Alone have nothing to do witt
you or your wife, / then told Munich to go tt
his room he went in, but came out few minutes
afterward and began with the old man again hi
called to him to come down stairs, and the OLE
man did then come down, having dagger in hi.
hand. When Munich heard the old coming
down, he took something out Of the safe, canno
say Wha1 anu Sllu 10 tnH Old man, = come, now,
am ready for you - and when the old man opened
the door and came down, he said to Munich
"What do you want with me? ?" Munich said
'Come;s the old man said, "H Here | am" Mnnici
then raised his arm and the old man raised his, bu
he hardly had time to do so, when Munich struct
him on the head and he fell down off the steps
while he was down, Munich picked up something
from the floor and struck him again the head
cannot say what it was he gave the blows with
but after striking the old man, he threw away
something which made a noise as If it were knife
or a hatchet or something similar. The old mar
said, "0h, he has cut me!'' and Munich, ther
showing broomstiek, said, Here is what struck
you WITH
Cross. examined-W Munich called the ole
man, he used towards him the words, "D-d son o
a b-h,n and some other bad words.
John Leehe, sworn-I was standing in the yarG
of the said house, when heard Urbin Munich tel
his wife to call the deceased: his wife replied tina
she had nothing to do with the old man. Muniel
then went into his room, and few minutes after
ward he came back in the yard and called the ole
man a id son of b-h, and used other hart
words; the old man answered him in the sam,
! manner using the same words. Then Mrs. Guel
told Munich to go to his room he went in /; but h,
came back in few minutes and abused the oil,
man the same as he had done before he said Il
him, q Come down, want to fight you, / am read
for you.' The old man answered. +" will COM
down, am not afraid of you.n He did then COM
down, with dagger in his hand. Munich, on hear