New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-03
FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3, 1860.
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course, their dinner will be furnished by Gus Rich
| ards, their foreman, who keeps house over there
We are much indebted for the polite invitation we
have received to be one of the company Oh that
occasion.
FATAL AccrpEST.=-A dray driver whose name
| We did not learn, was killed last evening on Com
mon street, by falling from his seat, and one Of
the wheels passing his breast--the dray being
loaded with -four The body was left at the First
District Lock-Cp. The deceased was a tall and
rather handsome young man, apparently an Irish
man
PoeKEr-KSIFE AND Ax.-C. Whitman was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon, at the corner of New Or
leans and IRENE streets, on the charge of having
| cut \. Booking four five times with pocket
knife, and wounded him dangerously. They had a
quarrel about some old matter, as we learn, when
Booking seized Whitman by the throat, and the
latter cut him with his pocket.knife, which he had
out at the time, cutting tobacco.
/ II. E. Heitman wasarrested yesterday afternoon,
at Hldebrandts house near tile corner of Gallatin
| and Hospital streets, on the charge of having as
saulted David Kenney with an ak, with intent to
| kill.
Heitman's story is, that he was previously as
saulted and struck over the eye without cause by
| kenney, who was stranger to him all covered
with blood, he hunted up an officer and requested
| kenneys arrest The officer declined, telling him
| to go and make affidavit before the Recorder in
| the morning, Smarting with the outrage and his
wound, he returned to Hildebrandtts, where Ken
ney came at him again. This time he defended
| himself; he seized an axe, and being very stout
and active man, got Kenney down and had him at
his mercy, holding the axe over him, when the
same officer who had refused to arrest Keaney
now appeared and arrested him. The officers
name is Harms or Carnes.
| COMMITTED FOR MCRDER.-Joe Bradley was yes
terday examined before Recorder Adams, on the
| charge of having killed Wm. Nolan on the night of
the 23d ult, at the corner Of Washington avenue
ana the Levee. The testimony was such that he
was femanded to prison, to await his trial before
the First District Court for murder.
FEARFUL PIECE OF FooLlsuSEss. Yesterday
afternoon some twenty-five or thirty Irish labor
ers, employed by Mr.. Murray, contractor in dig
ging canal or basin in the swamp, some distance
above the Jackson Railroad depot, were sitting
down in cluster, smoking their after dinner pipes
The conversation turned upon keg of powder, or
keg nearly filled with powder, which had lately
been damped by the rain. As they talked about
it, young man, who is stepson of the contractor,
remarked that the powder was too wet to burn,
and by way of Illustration applied light to the
| powder.
1t exploded with fearful effect, scorching nearly
every man in the party and badly woundng some
eight or ten. The crazy young fellow who tried
the experiment was terribly burnt; John Ken
nedy, James Harrington and VIM. Buckley were
taken to Charity Hospital fearfully disfgured, and
Buckley not expected to live. Others, who were
badly burnt were taken to their homes. To try
powder, believed to be wet with fire, in a crowd,
was certainly an unprecedented piece of foolish
/ ness.
CLAM TO BE FREE.-An old negro woman named
Celeste, with her daughter Mathde, and two child
rem of the latter yesterday surrendered themselves
to Officer o'Callaghan, in the Second District, and
claimed protection, on the allegation that they
were of right free, but had reason to believe that
| they were about to be transferred to broker and
put into traders yard for sale as slaves. The
/ old woman produced copy of her dead masters
will, dated in 1s47 providing that after eight years
service they should be free; showing that they
have been in unlawful bondage for five years-that
is, if the will be Authentic and legal. The is
somewat complicated, and, if it comes to law, will
| be a fat job for some of our lawyers.
/ COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.--Rodophe Bachemin was
/ yesterday examined before Recorder Blache, on
the charge of obtaining money under false pre-
tences! Francis Gale, residing at the corner of
Carondelet Walk and Tonti street, charged that on
| the 10th ult., Bachemin came to him, and, repre-
senting that he was in the employ of the Attorney
General stated that for $40 he could effect the dis
charge Of his adopted son, Auguste Princemaille,
in prison on the charge of shooting with intent to
amount named was paid to him. The testimony
sustained the accusation; it being shown that the
accused said lie had been in the Attorney Generals
employ three years, and that the $40 was needed
merely to pay the costs of court. Upon this show
ing, Bachemin was committed for trial in the First
District Court; and in default of $500 bail, he was
sent to prison..
| Is IT THIEVES Den OR Nopa-Mark Kelly and
A. G. Carroll were yesterday before Recorder
| Emerson, charged by officer Dalton with being dan
! gerous and suspicious characters. They brought
up their landlord, the keeper of the Rainbow cof-
feehouse, corner of Levee and Motre Dame streets,
who testified that they were quiet, honest men, who
paid their board regularly, and never associated
/ with thieves. Dalton on the other hand, brought
up testimony to show that the Rainbow House is
| the greatest resort for thieves in New Orleans.
| The Recorder decided to senl.the accused to the
/ Work house, unless they shou6 produce vouchers
somewhat more unimpeachable than their land
/ lord.
LEAVES THE Cry FOR THE GITYs GooD.-Thos.
| Parle had parley with Recorder Emerson yester-
day, it being intimated that he was too dangerous
and suspcioas to run at large He was dismissed
upon his, solemn promise to leave the city within
twenty-foup hours.
sLAsHER AND GRAsHER.-This famous farce was
1 splendidly performed the other evening at the
corner of Magazine and Lulia streets, according to
the oath of Damian Wires, whose house was the
theater Of the OCCASION James Kelly, acting
both characters with the greatest eclat, smashing
glasses tearing doors of their hinges and knock
ing down all humans 5Eho came Within reach. Be
corder Emerson will decide upon the merits of the
performance on the 28th inst.
OBTAINING A DINNER UNDER FALSE PRETENGEs.-
This charge has keen brought bg James Benton
of the hotel at the lake-end of tae Jefferson Rail
road, against Da7id Kenney and Hamiltoa Rowan
and two others whose names aae not given. PlaG
tiff swears that en- the 27th ula the ac FUSED had
dinner at his apfel amounting to S27, and that on
of the unknown parties being represented as Cant