New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-08
NUMBER 2ss.
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came along in the afternoon, and put the town
| into a regular Canadian or GreenIandsh state Of
i fr1gidity. At night the clouds cleared away, and
whilst the cold continued the same, old Madame
Luna disclosed herself at the full, bright as poll
| ished doubloon, sailing along with merry laugh
on her face at the idea Of having had her eclipse
out of terrestrial sight, Monday night, after the
astronomers had positively asserted that it wonld
be visible here as well as at other places. As no
one here saw the eclipse, who knows but what both
the astronomer and the moon were making game
OF us? We would be glad to hear from onr young
friend Taylor, deputy clerk Of the weather, on the
subject.
II SHOCKING ACCIDENT Mr.. J. D. Tharp, nachin-
mist, employed in Maginnis' cotton seed oil mill on
Magazine street, between Lafayette and Girod,
met with shocking accident there on Saturday.
a He got up by one Of the drums or wheels near the
ceiling, to replace the betting, which had slipped
off; attempting this without stopping the engine,
and whilst the wheel was revolving with almost
invisible rapidity. In attempting this, his shirt
sleeve was caught by screw-head on the shaft of
the wheel. His arm was thrown back, and the
betting then caught him. In an instant he was re-
:. volying with the wheel, and went over several
times, passing through space not large enough
for the easy passage Of his body by considerable.
negro boy, seeing this, shouted to the engineer
to stop the engine, and as the engine stopped, Mr.
! Tharp dashed from the wheel to the floor, one
of his arms having been crushed and detached
from his body, between the elbow and shoulder.
, He got up and walked few steps, then FELL in the
greatest agony, and was taken home. The de-
tached arm remained on the shaft where it had
been broken and torn off. The remaining stump
of the arm was so badly crushed, that Doctors
/. l apIM No
and performed that operation. That the man was
not killed outright, is wonder to all and fortune
$ to him. It is believed he will get we'll He is an
estimable, industrious man, and father Of large
/ family.
EDWARD l.. ISRAEL CoaMfTTEp FOR MURDER
Recorder Summers yesterday resumed and con,
E cuded the examination Of Edw. Il. Israel, charged
with shooting and killing George Rose in the bar
. room of the st. Charles Hotel, several weeks ago
!, The absent witness, Genn, the card-writer, moi
r having been found, but one other witness was ex
q amined. The Recorder, not finding any saving
:, feature in any of the testimony which had been
offered committed the accused for trial before the
r First District Court for marder and remanded hin
y to prison.
Df LUCKY BUTcHER.-Jacques Lorette, butcher, oc
cupying stall No. A in st. Marys market, was yes
= against him by Commissary Gaiennie First charge
ID offering tainted meat for sale second charge fail
al ing to scrape and clean his stall, after marke
hours, as required by the ordinances. After exam
- - ination, Lorette was dismissed from both charges.
to HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Mr. Adolahe Narcotic,
resident Of Jefferson City, was waylaid and robbie
4 Sunday night, on Baronne street, near Trito
Walk, or Delord street. Two men who came
NJ behind him, (he not suspectng anything, as a
81 were going the same way) threw a handkerchi
verhis head, struck him with sung shot son
or other heavy weapon, and despite his resistance
he struggles got his pocket-book, containing or
ne M The blow in the head staggered but did not fe
he him. and he got away from the villains by figh
is before they had searched all his pockets
aH ne CHRISTIAN SUFFERERS. Louis Ernest de S
III Romes, who had charged J. F. Dietrich with pas
ed ing counterfeit s. gold piece on him; JOSEF
ne Grosser, who had charged A. 2. Parenty wi
W. picking his pocket of IS francs in French col
u while lie was asleep at No. Ia st. Philip street
OF and Henry Grover, who charged John Collins vii
m mte punching his mug the leyee, all failed to appei
he yesterday before Recorder Witt, to proseeut
In consequence, the three accused were dismisse
al- and went their ways rejoicing.
70 He HAD THE PEWTER, AND Is All RIGnT.-Fel
70 Comerfort was yesterday asked for $40 by R
rt corder Summers for the ebulition of eonnubal 6
Il u stacy which caused him to waop his wife Mar
one of the best of her sex, on Monday night, at Il
Of temple Of their hymeneal joys, on New Lev
nu street. Felix, having the scads, at once honor
"a the demand, and went his way rejoicing.
ANOTHER ONE UP.-Jacob Rinehardt, grocer,
the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Race streets, "
yesterday introduced to Recorder Summers by O
sy Ger John Barron, on the charge of having !" Civ
xo Or sold glass of alcoholic drink or mixture :.
The somebody's slave. The accused gave bail to a
pear on the 18th.
aoI noI BURGLARY.-John Ruff and John Hedman we
ed yesterday before Recorder Summers on char
of having twice broken into the carpenters sh.
to of Louis Bouchon, on Common street, betwe
ns n Robertson and Claiborne; once on the evening
the Sd, and once on the morning Of the 4th; a
'st carrying away saws, chisels, auger-bits and 9th
d- tools, to the value of SIS or SIG. The twain we
ns sent to prison, to be examined on the 14th.
SHAKEN AND THREaTENED.--Wm Nulty vest,
ich day gave bail to appear before Recorder Summt
'"9 on the l4th. The trouble appears to be, that
Sunday morning, at the Jackson Railroad Dep
he gave VIM. Harrington shaking, and threaten
fl to knock him down and to shoot him-giying col
the to the latter threat by drawing revolver and il
will cling it at him.
RENTING TO A SLAvE.-John @ Brian, residing
the corner of Annuneiation and Thalia streets
en- under bond to appear before Recorder SUNNI
but on the l4th. Corporal Dixon has charged him "
III. violation of the ordinances, in renting room t
M slave woman belonging to John R. Shaw.
ere COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Recorder Long s
en-. Bias Sanchez before the First District Court
ins i, cutting with intent to murder. He cut Jos,
arc Rochon, f. m. c., in the arm with razor on
with night Of the lst inst, at their residence on
aea %s,, Lake shore, near Bayou st. John. He was
manded to prison.
The same Recorder sent james Anderson, a
at Baltimore Jim, before the First District Court
First an assault and battery perpetrated upon q
John Mclean on the 18th ult,, in the bar-rooI
loe the United States Hotel He gave bail.
aies Recorder Summers sent Joseph w. Bradley
hand Ann Brown before the same Court the mar
ief- twice stabbing John Mcbride in the back, on
pae 24th ult., in brothel on Penn street, and
Id Of woman as accessory, for deeoying him in, tr
all to rob him of two dimes, and then calling Bra
NJ to her assistance when he refused to relinqnis
title TO the two Dimes In default of $1,000
find $500 bail, respectively, the two accused were
our to prison. James Moran, at first implicated in