New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-19
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The difference Ii this: Old sfcDonogit having
bequeathed the bulk Of his great estate to the two
cities, they became joint partners in it. The VIII
OF the old man being contested by parties not spe5
cally remembered in the will law proceedings and
lawyers became necessary. New Orleans, being
in, upon, and generally around and in the center Of
the great property left at met the outside as
Hailants in legal battle and came of cenqueFor.
As Baltimore had equal interest in the spoils
New Orleans. after winning the victory and herself
paying the whole expense of it. sent polite nete
to Baltimore, informing her Of the triumph, and
leaving it to her sense Of justice and her generosity
10 come up and take an equal part in setting the
expense Of the victory.
Baltimore failed to respond to the polite invita-
ton. Probably thinking that, as none Of te con.
tested property was within her own boundary, and
that ny New Orleans was the big bird whose Wide
spreading wings 0vershadowed not only the earthly
remains Of the late lanented McDonogh, but his
very considerable earthly possessions, She lett il to
the generosity Of the great and niagnanimou5 me-
tropolis of tile Southwest TO settle up the picayune
expenses of the little business and 10 make her an
entirely complimentary Offering Of fnll hall q tie
earthly remains OF said lamented McDonogh.
1t so happening that New Orleans and Baltimore,
knowing each other We'll by reputation, and hay-
ing naturally huge esteem for each other, from
the visits and comfninging of their talented and
handsome children, still never had the pleasure of
a personal introduction, or any other opportunity
of hugging and drinking together, or dispensing
with picayune fofmalitics, it stood this way: A
dying man asked the two, who had never seen
each other, to drink to hs health after his death.
They drank, though invisible to each other; the
screen of distance being between them. New Or
leans, being nearest to the grave of the generous
defunet settled the bill at the bar; and, fearful Of
offending her Maryland partner, whom she had
| never seem proposed on this account to make
Cincinnati treat of it; that each, in other and
palmer terms, shoud pay for her own drink.
Here arose the difficulty. Baltimore. probably
thinking this too picaynlisl a proposal to come
from New Orleans, stood on her dignity, and failed
to respond to second polite intimation that she
hadn't paid her picayune at the bar. New Orleans,
having settled at the bar for both felt herself shah
billy treated, and went 70 law about the picayune
she had paid at the said bar in good feeling, for
her distant and unseen sister, Baltimore The latter
proved how much or how little she cared for eX-
pense, By employing New Orleans lawyer to
defend her from the picaYne charge brought
against her.
In plain language, Christian Roselitls. for Bal
nlore, and Mr.. Livingston, for New Orleans, have
lately brought the matter to law, before Judge
Eggeston, in The Fifth District Court. The matter
being duly tried and argued, the Judge yesterday
decided that Baltimore owed New Orleans $4,000,
one-half of the expense Of $l60,000 incurred by
New Orleans in settling at the bar for the Me
Donegh treat.
Mr.. Roselius in courtesy to his CLIENT will doubt
less invoke the final Judgment of the Supreme
Court. Bat we'll bet that Baltimore will in the
end have to pay for her dfiu to the health Of him
who, dying, remembered i.S5 80 handsomely.
NOVEL EIsET.-Mayor Stith was yesterday visit
ed AZ his 0IiIcc by q crowd OF ABOUT dozen Iiqlas,
| mostly braves, there Icing few squaws, and one
papoose. They were a fine, healthy looking set.
and deeently clad, in their aboriginal way. One
of the men, who acted as Interpreter, though he
| had but feeble smattering Of English, signifed
that they had come from Kansas to New Orleans
just for friendly visit, and purposed staying some
weeks to see the city and take look at white life.
The interpreter said they called upon the Mayor,
because they heard he was father of the city, and
' rich, heap All they wanted was a house, and
| enough TO eat and whisky to drink for month.
| They had with them letter Of Introduction from
| some Indian Agent. recommending them to hospi-
| taty as peaceable and Well-behaved Indians, re.
presenting tribe friendly TO The whites in their
| own country. What tribe they represented, we
did not learn. The Mayor. without discovering the
soft impeachment that he was rich, heap still
| signifed that he was not the person to accomnlo
date them. He referred them to the u. S. @ Nj
| General, and put them in the way of finding thai
| Government official or his representative.
SAD DEATH OF A LOUISIANA PLASTEg.--Mr. W
D. Adams, a planter from Harrisonburg, Cata
houla parish, in this State, arrived i'll this city
| few days since. Night before last he fell from
third story window Of the house in which he was
stopping, at the corner of Customhouse and Basin
streets. and was SO badly injured that he died IL
less than ten minutes afterwards, without having
1 spoken word. He was picked up from the ban
| quette by the policeman of the beat, who was tht
first to discover the accident and who carried hin
| into the house from which he fell. He had beer
disspatng, and it is supposed fell from the window
!
His different bodily injuries serious but dealt
appeared to have resulted directly from conclusion
| of the brain. He was about i5 years of age ant
the father of large family. Coroner Beach ilelt
an Inquest on the body, and returned Il verdict 0
| accidental death.
Too Mrcu CoTroS ABorr.-Henry Michel. As
sstant Wharilnger of the First District. yesterla,
complained to Recorder Summers, that d. Penn
| proprietor Of the Texas Cotton Press, had within
the last week violated the wharf ordinances. b,
la nnXT1u i1TO pIlnn n np ft,t
levee, at Posts "a and 30, thereby obsructing sale
Wharves, and refusing to remove said cotton aftel
being duly notified Mr.. Penn gave bond to appear
in his defense on the 23d inst.
| Deputy Street Commissioner Philip Power, of thu
| Third District, yesterday entered his complain
before Recorder Long, that the Levee Steam Cot
| ton Press Company had violated the street orli
| nances by blocking up with their cotton all tht
streets around the press and yards, to-wit: Leyee
| Casacalyo, Greatmen, Craps, Love and Cottol
Press streets and that said company had failed Il
remove said cotton after receiving due notification
4 An invitation WAS issued to the proper representa-
tive of the company to appear and answer.
EXAMINATION or MRs. PERRY, AS ACCESSORY AT
TER THE FACT TO A MURDER The circumstances o
the recent killing of Auguste Droze by HerInoeene
Perry, as1nade known by the coronial investigation
are still fresh upon the minds Of our readers. |
| will be remembered that the Jury efinqnSst biough
in a verdict OF murder against Perry, and agans
his mother, Mrs. Perry, accessory after tho
fact; also that Perry escaped and that his mnthe
Was arrested Il lew days attofWafd, she having es
capped with her son Immediately after the stabbing
Yesterday, upon tile Geronera charge, Mrs. PERI,
WAS examined before Recorder Witt. Charlie
/ Reese, III whose grocery at the corner of johnson
aud Orleans Streets the stabbng was finished ant
| WHO himself was cut in the arm by Perry: Mrs
| Mathde Druae, widow Of the deceased; and Mrs
| Kosalie Dalcouf, were examined. Their tcStilnon,
was the same rs that given before the Coroner ailt
| upon which the Goronar's jury implicated Mrs
! Perry in their verdict; therefore we need not re
| puhshit.
The Recorder committed Mrs. Perry 10 the Firs
District Court, to be tried rs charged ana re
mhndcd her to prison.
| STABBISG CAsEs.~-John Bennett was Yesterday
| brought up before Recorder Summers by offlcel
| Kennedy. who charged him with being the MAJ
who stabbed John Boyd on the night of the an
inst, at the corner of Lafayette aud New Leyet
| streets. Boyd still being in Charity Hospital
Kennedy was sent to prison to bide his time
francisco Silva was before Recorder Long on The
affidavit of John Silva, charging him with having
| stabbed him on the 10th inst, at Nc. Is Snail
street, where both reside Both are Italians am
| though of the same name are not related The
| stab was mere scratch with a penknifc AM
John, who is entirely well, prosecutes Francisco
| because he refuses 10 remedy the injury with 4
cash application. Francisco gave bail to appeal
and trust to the Recorders decision.
ACCOMMODATED FOR GeoD.-Sevelis moor devils
| including three Williams (sHeeD two Johns
| tdemD one Tom (and Ierry) and one Bob, ives
sr-ee) were yesterday taken up by the Chief O
Police, for calling too frequently for nightly lo5c
| ings at the lookup. Recorder Summers acconmo
tbam them tirtnts fan fi;rt,,