New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-02
Neb Orleans 9aiIp Crescent.
THURsDAY MORNING- AIrGrsr q 1aGn.
gotal SnteIligente.

EXPLOSION or THE STEAMER LACROSSE - The
steam propeller LaGrosse, owned by the Texas
and New Orleans Railroad Company, burst her
boilers yesterday, at about 10 O'Clock 4. NJ. oppo-
site the Barracks, at this place. The LaCross was
purchased by the Railroad Company last fall for
the purpose of transporting their materials for the
construction Of the Texas and New Orleans Rail-
road, and also of being placed in the line from
Sabine Pass and Berwick's Bay, as soon as the
road was completed from Houston to the Sabine
river. She had been undergoing thorough repairs
OF her boilers for the last ten or eleven days and
was supposed to be in thorough repar in fact,
the machinists had only that morning finished their
laborS After the repairs Of her boilers were pro-
nounced complete, they were tested with pres
sure Of % los. steam, and at the time she blew up
she was carrying about so lbs. BY the statement
Of the second engineer, Geo. Pell, she had at the
time Of the explosion Of her boilers four guages
of water. The list of killed, wounded and saved
as nearly as can at present be ascertained, is as
follows
Kae1 o3 Itf.ieqR .. DAVIS, captain killed ebss vii
as' n ppEss ksa Anqfew @ @koqne arsi engineer ked
klled name unknown cook, killed; John Wetn passenger
ano%n ddR an ks Martin pas
CO.. re % 9gnss sy PS4a ed r. s a. q hSas
'eSond mate n9h1r two Quarter masters names unknown
Low and Jas Hogan, coal passers, unhu; oHaa and
a Tse! se Js an @h d r. Ia RSay 3a : ns
sc9 fireman unhurt Indian Charley, pilot slightly injured
The Lacrosse was but two years old, and was
supposed to be one Of the safest boats on the gulf
Her captain, r. B. DAVIS, was wellknown in these
parts, and stood No l in his profession. No
cause can at present be assigned for this sad dis
asteri but we understand that most rigorous
and thorough investigation will be made by the
owners, and that the blame, if any exists, will be
placed upon the right shoulders. Certainly no at
tempt ought or will be made to screen the careless
or guilty.
F1RE.-The residence of Assistant Alderman
FremauX, at the corner Of Ursunes and Tonti
streets, was destroyed by fire last evening, with
nearly all its contents. How the fire originated
we did not hear. There was no one in the house
at the time but little girl belonging to the family.
The loss is about $1,000.
NICE BUSINESS FOR A CHURCH SESToN.-John
Burrows, sexton of Christ Church, on Canal street.
was yesterday araigned before Recorder Emerson,
on the affidavit of Mr.. Achile Hebert Superin-
tendent Of the City Telegraph, charging him with
willfully and maiiciously disconnecting the tele-
graph apparatus from the bell OF the church. (the
use of which bell had been freely accorded by the
vestrymen Of the church, to be used on all days
except Sundays thereby preventing the noon-day
and nine o'clock calls, and a fire alarm, from be-
ing rung on Monday and Monday night.
Burrows admitted the thing when called upon
by Mr. Hebert utloftiy said that he did it on his
own responsibility; whereupon GMr. 2. very prop
erly proceeded to put that responsibility to legal
test. Yesterday this responsible man stated, in
presence of officers in Recorder Emersons Court,
that he dislodged the telegraph because the city
had squandered so many thousands of dollars upon
it, and that he believed he was entitled as much as
anybody else to salary (Which he modestly fixed
at S25 per month) for his labor in unhitchDg and
htching the apparatus on Sundays.
1T is to be hoped that Burrows will be settled
with in such manner as will cure all coneeited
people Of any desire they may have to medde with
the telegraph We can well understand the mort
ifcation which is felt by the vestrymen of the
church on account Of this insane act of their
sexton.
GALLArIS STREET CLEANED OUT.-About three
dozen of the degraded and bloated females Of
Gallatin street (whsky being the first and they
the second cause of the disorderly character and
bad reputation of that street, were hauled up by
the police on Tuesday night. Yesterday Recorder
Blache sent the whole gang to the Work-house fol-
six months