New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06

q. we Waterman waa baiIins I'll s "a backlog
~ road nave never been engineer ~, az - , -
~ s says zen qn ths road since tes5 n s, p
lie never travelled much. aId INV s axss iSa sgs
NJ osAer depcs; have engineered on i rd ss
four yeafs have only fuH osf Fre rSan h~S.rp
60 and be was drunk; am about The Iaekiest enei
ca ,aas aa- syer been The the accident
z ttc evening when was backing there ,,ers hass
n running along n between The engine MIA H. b,sa
= ei5s we end OF the horse-caF was opposite liz
to YVES pass the cara :, ss-t4 stsz sS'sofs
a. Nm aeorge fgatese1. tie watchnaan snoksn (,
ic by the rst Witness, swornI am ems 1t tl6 watsh
+ men at the depot: am On dnty from p Ii. "a i
e A. ~: wien the car ia question came IN i went
u out to switch the engine froIa ore track t0 tIle
other: stood thee until the engine had pa &c pIr
and cried out all igt AID TIM engine commenced
backing walked back win the engine e attend
20 the other SWITCH and the hoFse eass started n
soon g the engine got clear; fng de
tached some bays were on the ira sk The boy who
vas hurt ran from between the car figfis under
I and was hurt; the boys of whom + spoks came
arouna, apparently 10 get on the Iefthand side 81
The hofse-eaTs: the boy who hurt stumbled ID
agasnst the tender aud fell and the brake carried
hins sloag on the raii fle wheel did not pas over
mn cried out ssop, and the engine stopped IN
stanty almost; the boy who was burt came from
nehisa the rse-cagsS Ihaye been wzschman abous
three z,onths; never have been empiayetI on any
other road the boy, when fhe aecidess occurred.
was about three feet fsom the last hind gar: was
employer il Calcutta Ia railroad depot,
tSQ'fsNes ~ Peters swGr-fI came down "A the car
| ~ question: got ont az the depot and remark
60 tnat f h1rse.ear started very quick asHes they
| reached ths depot. noticed T8at they slapped
asaIn before I set gut Of tIestatfgss- When II the
and heard that he was in tias apotIrseary store t
i went into Mr. Gurtigiss apoasIecary and saw Me
| boy lying down snthe floor. EfoliHG out who Ae
w Mas ana where - lived and link
else q ksd him # Ee wa Tt 7Tgto Srap on tbs
cars. lie said he was hot. He told me positively
re was not trying ts,get on the 1bsee cars that he
sas stahdins with My back 70 the engine and look
| tes at train Of cars IN motion.
shftag' W8e, swora fthe Chief Engineer of the
hs,sa}-i nave neyer Been efnpi0Yea,on any other
IaHfoad- when the engines start 10 60, through
tue aepots, or move In anp positions thew are IN
slraeted to blow twice. Tiiis Is fhs ride Since
ths last occurrence the engineers Hasy Instructions
s T. o,sM every quarter CT q minute when going
fougts Tue depets They DO not blow the whistle
ALTER llsy start, unless scmo one II os the fraek
There il only one watchmaa III tie ieptas. he *
s5raatea g keep the track shear, tend tho switches
aud sWeog the cars. One nrsn can Ia fEasss
varous duties at the same tfEae @
i.oos.t 4Ae hehzle swnrn--s nm the ticket slerk
| at the Ga!rolton depot. TiieTB are rao bsskemen
employed,on the road. Tie .ioket collecssr. act
| as brakemea.
In order to secure more tsefsnsalv the f-.,uest
| was continued 70 this evening ut ) O'Clock
| TRIAL OF fHE NEW MacHIsEs. The tvy now
IRE engines Just received from the same maEafae-
tory in New York. one for Columbia No. 4 NH The
other for Orleans No. a. were tsis by tile resx,ec
tive companies yesterday, at the New Basin The
heavens being iI rain and terra tst,sa all mls and
Stop, the trial was Sublime thing iii one aspect AZ
least just as old Ajax defied the lightning these
new engines, mounted by the cid IRE btboys
dehed Old fnvlns, who had transnlogrified the
upper air into an upper ocean, and vas washing
the earth with separate delHges, one egcry.otber
hour
We did not obtain the precise ffgnfes as to the
distance achieved by the horizontal showers Of the
engines; but we heard that the No. ( machine
achieved one hundred and eighty oass feet. ana
that this somewhat a.took the rae off Of the No.
ii machine.
Whether the difference was owing to superiority
OF interory Of machine or muscle on Tie brakes
was one of the other things we didn't learn: the
great dampness Of eslSy, and streets, and other
outdoor arrangements. preventing US nom being
present at the trial
A DELuGE AND A DEARTH-Ths areat onant;t,
| OF ram Yesterday seemed to keep everything
straight IN most II not all parts Of town. Our rain
defying search Tor items was truflass There was
no blood shed anywhere that we could hear of: no
suicides; no other horrors at the Goroner's office
and, at the police Offices, even drunkards wers
gearcar than usual, from which we concluded that
nasty aud aisagreeahle as they are there. L still
considerable virtue in plentiful visitation Of rain
and mud.
FINAL AeoEiTTAL or Coz. PEuE.--Col w. n.
Peck, recently committed for manslanahter. ftba
killing Of g. n. Harris at the ST. Charles Hotela
was dismissed on Saturday, upon 4 finding If The
Grand Jury.
The SHELL RoAps.-The two contracts for keen
ing these roads in repair for year. were aludi-
Gated on Saturday by the Comptroller.
The contract for the section extending from Ca
nal street to the upper limits Of The city, wia adm
dicated to Henry MoGninn for 1856.
The contract for the section extending from Ca
nal street to the lower limits of the city, was adIu
aicated to j. Cowand for sfl 500.
EXAMINATION OF IsRAEI.-The case of the State
vs.. Edward Israel was called up again on saturday
before Recorder Summers but again continual
on account of the continued absence Of 9senin
the card-writer, an important witness in the case.
REVENGE or A SERVANT GINA gentleman Of
our acquaintance, residing in the Second District.
recently dismissed from his family q white servant
girl who had got to be too much of lady for her
situation. The other day this genteman's grocer
sent him bill for SIS or $40 worth of deieacies
including champagne wine, preserves. and ather
nick-nacks, which he had never ordered and had
never seen or enjoyed. Looking into the matter.
he found that his servant girl. after her Dismissal.
had gone to the grocery and ordered the things on
his account, and had herself carried them away Ia
some undiseoyerable& retreat. As the thing stands.
the loss is the grecers.
SfEeK OF FIRE.--A An alarm of fire on Friday evs
ming in the rear of Mr.. Hastings drug store,
Of Magazine and Felicity Streets caused rumors If
incendiarism, that being nearly the same spot upon
which started the disastrous fires which twice
swept away the Magazine Market and squares az
buildings in that vicinity. Mr.. Hastings however
declares there was no incendarsm about il. thai
it was only lotof shavings left by some workmen.
accidentally set fire to by some boys who we're at
play.
MuTIsY.-Three sailors named Henry Rockford
Edward Harris and VIM. Taplain, were arrested
on board the British ship Home, on Saturday nieht
by the Third District police; Capt. Rose charging
them with having acted manously at sea. They
were locked up to hide their time.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.- Three decentIv dressel
men named John Williams, Thomas Williams, aadi
John Snapper. were arrested in the Second Distrnt
Yesterday on q charge of highway rnhherv II