New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-18
IT. SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY is, 1860


fled as his. 81 SIS.
The whole business seems to be merely falling
out among thieves. The police, who seem to be
well posted, inform Us that both accuser and ac-
cused are wellknown thieves, Or traders with
snfeses m New York that DUR originally came
from France, which country he left on account Of
some eoanterfeiting operations !; that be had
fancy sort OF wife, who received company proIis-
cuoasy, whilst he went around buying stolen pro-
perty and putting the practical thieves on fresh
for plunder; that last year, for these prac-
tlces. ne vas taken up and spent term at Black
Weis island that whilst in prison, lthe dates In
the affidavit describe the length Of his incarcera-
tom Schmidt joined Mrs. DgiFr lived witt. her and
finally came to this city with her and all her and
iler husbands l property. The woman Il here now,
put DurT prefers prosecuting her paraInous; III
fact, be cannot prosecute his wife.
MRs. Rocks BoDY FoUsD.-Tn Yesterdays Cres-
cent was an advertisement of MI. Bernard Koek,
Of the Fourth District, offering a reward of 500
for information of his wife, who had strayed away
from home n state Of mental alteration, brought
en- Dy sickness. The dead body of the lady we
learn, was found In the woods near Gretna on the
either side Of the river, on Thursday evening" She
had probably died Of debility and exposure. Cor
oner Beach was notified Of the discovery hut did
not hoid an inquest, the death having taken place
in Jefferson parish.
FINED AND Bound 0TER.-Thomas Nightingale
for assaulting and threatening Mrs. Gatharine He
desco, at No. 16l Franklin street, was yesterday
fined Sl9 by Recorder Summers, and put under
peace bonds for six months. Robert Henigham,
charged with keeping clothes entrusted to him to
wash for Boards Infirmary and stealing tile front
door key Of the Infirmary, was put under good be-
haYior bonds for three months
George Hemphill, for shying Jumps Of coal at
Gaspar Mass whilst he was in his skifR on the river
and hitting him on the head with one of the Jumps
thereby creating third lump, was sent down for q
month in default Of paying $I0 fine
Two carts, for not being numbered, and two
wagons, for going at trotting rate with full loads
on, had TO make up purse Of 40 for the city
| treasury. 4
The usual big batch Of drunken tatterdemallions
were asked for s., 81 so each and with the usual
effsct--most going to prison ald Work-house in
default Of paying.
WoRK-HoUsED. - John Schombor, arrested for
stealing coat and pair Of pants from VIM. Schu-
ieHgkamp, on Lafayette Avenue, was yesterday
sent to the Work-house for two months by Re
corder Long
ALLEGED PERJuRY.-Capt. John D Walker, oi
the steamer Catahoula, yesterday had one Michael
Walsh before Recorder Summers on charge oil
perjury. The Captains declaration was, that on
| the 10th inst, IN q suit pending before Justice
Brice, Walsh swore that be {the plaintiff struck
him on the head and wounded him, and that in so
swearing he sWore to what I. was WiIfa false, de-
ceitful and corrupt In default of $1,000 bail to
| appear on the lst Of March, Walsh was sent to
| prison.
HEAVY LARcENY.-John Williams and John Nc
| Donald We're up before Recorder Summers yester-
| day on charge Of having jointly carried away
| from Front street, near Delord, a. light trifie
| belonging to Philip McGuire. Said triae was d
wronghtron pulley y-shaft weighing eight hundred
| pounds, and valued at $25. The accused were
| sent down to be examined on tbs 24th. The shaft
now lies with perfect impuniy on LAFAYETTE street.
\ opposite the Recorders Office. The two Johns,
to carry away such an article, must have been reg
| ular John-hOrses.
4 g. ~
! COMMITTED FOR THIAL.-Recorders Long yester-
| day examined VIM. IA. Brown. alias Alphonse
O'Brien on the charge of passing counterfeit coin
| Christian Harsted grocer at the cornerfof Port
and Levee Streets testified that On the night of the
2sth nlt.. accused bought a drink, gave In payment
haf-dollar, received the change went aw ay, came
back after while, got another drink and offered iii
pay another halfdollar. Witness tlien suspected
the coins to be counterfeit, had accused arrested,
searched him, found two more Of the suspicious
halves on him, and found also on him bag Of
dimes and picayunes, good coin. Mrs. Syple, Of
No. "a Basin street, where accused had roomed,
testified thathe had always paid his rent punctually
and had never offered her bad money. She knew
nothing about the counterfeit coins which were
found in his room. Mr.. Mlllpaugh, Assayer at the
Mint, testified that the coins in Court were bogus
| except one, which he could not swear to without
first testing at the Mint had in his possession no
specimens OF eounteffets as well calculated to de-
ceiye as these The Recorder sent the papers
before the First District Court and remanded the
accused to prison.
Recorder Witt examined John D. Walker, IT. J.
Rnkler and Richard Timer, captain clerk and mate
Of the steamer Catahoula, on the charge OF hnYne
jointly beaten Michael Walsh in a violent manner
and wounded him, on board the boat recently. The
showing was such that Capt. Walker was dis
Charged and the other two sent before tile Firs
District Court. 1T will be seen by another item ii
this department that the Captain has had Walsl
arrested for perjury, in swearing before another
magistrate that he had beaten him.
FtRsT DISTRICT GorRr-JatdJe Hafnt.-The fol
lowing sentences were pronounced yesterday:
j. II. Jones, found guilty of larceny, stealing
ten dollar gold-headed cane from the ST Charlie
Hotel, but recommended to mercy, was SENTENCED
| to three weeks in the Parish Prison.
James Kay, youth indicted for the embezzle
ment Of $500 which had been entrusted him by HI
/ employer, Henry Whitaker, to deposit in bank
/ but whose plea of guilty of larceny was accepted
was sentenced to eight months in the Paris
Prison. There was quite an affecting scene i
/ Court when this lad was being sentenced and take
4 out of Court-his mother, grandmother and othe
relatives being present. weeping bitterly while til
Judge was speaking, and claspng the boy in thei
arms and kissing him as the officers were takiny
/ him to prison
/ Josiah 5. Hunt, found guilty Of stealing abon
| $50 worth OF clothing from room in Col. Dicl
| Murphy's Hotel, but recommended to mercy, wa
sentenced to three months in the Parish Prison.
John Mclaughlin, convicted of stealing pieet
of satnet from Isaac Guggenheiiner's store corner
! of Annunciation and Poeyfarre streets, was sen
fenced to six months at hard labor in the Peniten
tentiary.
John Harmon, found guilty Of breach of trust
| and embezzlement, was sentenced to one year at
| hard labor in the Penitentiary. He appropriated
a horse belonging to james Walters for whom he
| was agent.
/ NAPOLEON AND THE PorE.-All the mighty and
| wonderful machinery of the Boman Catholic Church
| is in operation to drive the Emperor of France
/ from his position, regarding the temporal sover-
eignty Of the Pope. This will avail nothing, how
ever except to show that the priests do not under
stand their epoch, and that the Emperor does u1l-
derstand his. 1t is simply this: The people of
Central Italy shall be recognized as entitled to
govern themselves No foreign power shall inter-
fere to reestablish papal authority over the Ro-
| magma, or restore the Dukes of Tuscany and
Modena and the Duchess of Parma to their
thrones
MYSTERIOUS MrRDER.-0ne night recently
Custom House watehman in New York was found
dead in the street, having apparently been mur-
dered by blows from bludgeon. Al young married
woman, named Sarah McChester has been arrested
on suspicion Of having been concerned in the
affair, a woman having been seen walking with de-
ceased lust previous to the MURDER The general
impression is that she is innocent, and her hus.
bands story corroborates her statement that she
was at home all the evening. A stage driver dis.
eI,i,