New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-14

TO the loud and louder growing music of the Bell
HURRAH FOE ALGIERs = Organization Of ne
"BeH GIdppers.i--0n Wednesday night the Bell
and Everett men of algiers assembled and organ
lied themselves into club under the name Of the
" Right Bank Bell Clappers." SiXty.si5 men signed
the roll; but for some Odd Fellows proceedings
which took away many men for that night, the
number would have been over a hundred. We
knew we would soon hear good news from good
little old Algiers. The following gentlemen were
elected officers:
Prestdeat- "A. B. seger. T5ce,Presitlest--wm.
Martin. lSecretti'y--A. H. Isaacson. Treasurer
WIN. sarazin. Marshal Chas. E. Morrison.
Committee On Ways and MeGns-Norbert Tre-
pagnier, Hypolite Fortier, L. w. Dodge, Thos.
Rees, Wm. Broadman
The Bell Clappers are to meet every Thursday
evening at = O'CLOCK at the st. Charles ball room
ATTEMPTED DESTRUCTION OF A LIotoR STORE
daring and extraordinary attempt was made last
evening to destroy the liquor store OF Mr.. e. Bes-
sey, IL Poydfas street, between Magazine and
Camp.
The young man who closes the Office, in the
second story, went to q neighboring barber's to
get shaved. When he returned to close up the
oilice he discovered something leaking through
the ceiling from the floor above. Going up stairs
to ascertain the cause, he saw a light: scared, he
ran down, got several persons to accompany him,
and again ascended to the third story.
The leak was found to proceed from @ barrel Of
liquor, the end hoops of which had been knocked
of, SO as to allow the liquor to escape slowly. The
floor was already much flooded. In the midst of
the pool, near the barrel, the hoops, broken in
short pieces and builtin bonfire fashion, supported
q piece Of candle burning, and the flame not more
than an inch from the liquor on the floor. Between
this and the front windows door or board had
been erected, to prevent the light from being
in the street.
The candle vas, Of course, removed, and the
leaking barrel taken care of. Had the discovery
not been made, there would have been, in less than
an hour perhaps, conhagration which would GER
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whole block. 1t was most fortunate discovery.
No idea could be formed who the incendiary was.
ExAMINATIoN or DR.. HALE FOR RApE.-Fve
evening sessions of Recorder Enerson's Court have
been occupied with this case. The arguments of
counsel were concluded last night, and the case
taken under advisement by the Recorder. It has
proved an affair of peculiar and extraordinary
interest. Much of the testimony is necessarily
unfit for publication; but we have synopsis of
the general details which we shall lay before our
readers hereafter, not having the room to-day.
FIRE-At haf-past IL o'clock on Wednesday
night fire broke out in the kitchen of house on
History street, between Goodchildren and plauchG,
belonging to Mr.. Maspereau. 1t was put out
with trifling damage. Cause supposed to be acci-
dental.
A CRAsH.-On Wednesday night, as the tele-
graph began striking the nine o'clock call on the
bells, the bell at the Third District lookup gave
one stroke, and then, crash bang whiz, the appar-
atus went! soaring the officers below nearly out of
their boots.
A link Of the chain between the apparatus and
the bell gave way; the whole of the enormous
weight below was thus thrown on the machinery,
and ran down like lightning in its wooden case
ment; ripping the teeth oil the cogss breaking
wheels and connections, scattering the fragments
like the explosion of bomb.shell; the weight
shivering the easement as it descended, and land
ing on the second floor with shock that burst
down tile boards OF the ceiling beneath.
Until new machinery is supplied, the bell at that
lookup will be rung in the usual manner by hand.
BLooDy AssAuLrs.--John Williams was arrest
ed on New Levee street last evening, the
charge of having cut S. Taylor in the side; the
wound, however, not being dangerous Taylor
declared that the thing was done without the least
proToeation on his part.
A man, whose name was not known, was
stabbed twice in the back and struck in the head
with piece Of iron yesterday afternoon, at the
corner of Bartholomew and st. Thomas streets,
by one Pat Carr, who escaped. The man was
said to be dangerously wounded.
Last night we heard that one man had split
open another head with a sword on Camp street,
between Girod and Julia. We heard no names.
The police were following the matter up.
A WILD Observation-Disclosures Emerson fined Pat
Redding $40 yesterday morning, which was Ger.
tainly not too much, Pat having got drank fought,
disturbed the peace, stabbed Thomas 0Brien,
struck and kicked Officer 1yan in the taee and at
tempted TO cut him.
ADMITTED TO BaIL.-James Britton who was
sent to the Parish Prison for having stabbed his
wife on the 9th inst, was admitted to bail yester-
day by Recorder Emerson, Mrs. Brtton being out
OF danger.
DISMISSAL or !, Brutal. PoL1cEHAs.C Moore,
q sllpernumerary police officer of the First Dis
trict was yesterday dismissed from the service by
Mr. Chief of Police McClelland He arrested Mr..
Bnneum, respectable mechanic, for some small
| breach of the peace; Mr.. Il. not being willing to
| go along Moore put the nippers on his wrists
Mr. B. being somewhat talkative after this, and
| the talk not suiting Moore, though his prisoner
| was perfectly in his power, he battered him
brutally over the head with his club And for all
this he was very properly dismissed from the
| police.
to relate 1t verilies foreibly the wise old saying
| that s'murder will out"
On the 26th of July last the Coroner held an ill-
quest on the skeleton remains of q man found in
| the swamp back of the city, near the jackson
/ RaiIroaa. The skull was found five or six feet of
from the rest of the bones the latter being en-.
cased in decayed clothing. a Mexican hat was
found lying near by' one OF those iow.erowned
| twisted cord around the crown, instead of band
! The Coroner could obtain ne clue to the identity
| Of the body, or TO the cause or manner OF death
| and returned q verdict of q found dead in the
! swamp No one supposed then that the mys
terry Of the skeleton in the swamp would ever be
! solved.
On Wednesday night, officer Labordc, of the
/ Second District, arrested G. Rodriguez, at the
4 corner of Rampant and Toulouse streets, on the
/ charge of MURDER I.aborte is Spanish creole oi
/ ST. Bernard parish and knows nearly all the fish
ermen Of Lake BorgRe; speaks their Language
much better than French Oh English; and by this
was enabled to detect and arrest Rodriguez, after
4 tbc latter had boldly met and faced numerous
other policemen, who he was sure would never
find him out.
/ Rodriguez is o Mexican. and, according to La
borde's statement, the bones found in the swamp
were those of one Rafael, Mexican. Rodriguez
| was so well satisfied that Eaborde was sure G
him as the man who killed Rafael, that he owned
TO his guilt, aud yesterday, in his cell, made ths
confession to officer Bon8sa:
on the night Of the a4th June, he was playing
billiards with Rafael, in coiteehotae ut the cor
ner of Julia and Magazine streets. lie lost fht
game, and, having no money to pay for the game
the barkeeper trusted him. After this, kaiae
asked him to treat. He refused, having no money
and being in debt to the billiard table. Eafae
then began abusing him and called him a. soa OF
b--h After hot words on bOtn sides, they agree
forthwith to go and fight it out in some lionel
spot. Rafael was the larger and more powerful
man of the two.
They went together out Julia street to the Ne1
Basin and thence to the woods on the other side
near the Jackson Railroad. When they reached
convenient spot in the woods, and halted Ratat
a said 's Now do not wish to hurt yen, but sha
i give You four or FIVE good slaps.N With thes
e words he struck Rodriguez with his hist. kaaf
o guez drew a knife, and as Rafael aimed arsetht
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