New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-05
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magazine street, WhefS a goodly CroWu Oh MF II. 3
freinds and invited guests had assembled. Here,
after due ceremony, beautiful set of silver, con-
ssting Of saver, pitcher and goblets,. was pre-
sented to Mr.. Rareshide by the company, through
Mr.. N. J. Reigart the Treasurer. The speeehesef
presentation and acknowledgment were alike feel
ing and graceful, and afforded much. qualification
to the assembled company. On the salver is the
following inscription of presentation:
Presented
officers and members 5
Perseverance Bise Company, No. l3,
f. P. Rareshde, Foreman
A. A. Wilkins, President,
MI Refgart, Treasurer.
New Orleans, Nov 20
1860 a,
And on the gobets is inscribed !" L. P. r., Fore
man, P. F. Co., 1907 We hope our friend Ned
may live long to cherish this beautiful and feeling
token of appreciation by his gallant comrades.
THE SEARCH FOR ABoL1TIoNIsTs. heard last
night that the Vigilance Committee were still
steadily pushing their inquiries about citizens sus-
pected of too much ansoundness on the Southern
question, and that they had under surveillance
| quite number of suspected persons.
! SPEeK OF FIRE-A mantelpece in a house at
the corner of Thalia and st. Thomas streets, was
burnt yesterday afternoon, catching accidentally
from the roaring fire which the shivering inmates
had built in the fireplace beneath. No further
damage was done.
FIESD1sH ATTEMPT AT WIFE MuRDER.-A man
| named Dillon made most wicked and cruel at
tempt to murder his wife, lastevening at o'clock,
| at their residence, corner of Cont and Prieur
| streets.
The history Of the affair, as we hear it, is this
When she married Dillon, Mrs. D. was widow
with some property left her by her first husband.
Dillon did nothing, Che was formerly police Off
Ger, and since then an inspector of weights and
measures,) being comfortably and willingly sup
ported by his wife; but he became dscontented,
and undertook to exercise the authority Of a hus-
band so far as to forbid his wifes visits to the
friends of her first husband. These being respect
able people with whom she was friendly, she dis
regarded his orders. Quarrels followed and once
or twice they separated, and were about to sell out
| the furniture, but came together again.
Latterly, Dillon repeated his orders to his wife in
violent language, and threatened to kill her unless
she ceased her visits to those people. few days
ago, one of these scenes ended by his expelline
her from the house and refusing to allow her to re
turn. She went and boarded with lady on Gas
quet street, living in her Mrs DIon's) property
ever, and SO proceeded to sell, privately, among
her friends, her household effects; this property
being hers and not her husbands.
A few days ago, Dillon was called upon for the
! rent of the house which he had taken exclusive
possession of. Not having money to pay the rent
he vacated the house and sent the keys to his wife
and she, on receiving the keys, paid the rent Las
7 evening, in company with her niece young girl
and free eolored woman to whom she had solt
some of the crockery, she went to her house from
which she had been banished. She was in thu
kitchen, seeing to the removal of the articles shs
had sold, when her husband suddenly came in
+ The villain went directly at her and drew self
cooking revolver; she sprang to grasp the pistol
= = he foiled her efforts, and shot her three times
swapping a fourth barrel at her, and, as she wa
. falling beat her brually in the head with the bar
Il rel of his pistol. The neice and the eolore
| woman had meantime rushed into the street an
q alarmed the neighborhood with their screams
murder. The police soon arrived, and the demo
of husband was arrested and locked up.
l. negro boy, who had fed into the front room 70
:, safety stated that when Dillon came in from th
n kitchen, after shooting his wife, he drew vial c
some dark liquid from his pocket, and made
motion as if to swallow the liquid, upon which he
" the black boy, away frightened, not stoppin
vs. to see whether the vial was drained or not.
Poor Mrs. Dillon, dangerously wounded, wa
conveyed to the residence of her friend on Gas
quet street, where DIR. Hunt waited upon her q
the shortest notice. One bullet had split her rigt
u ear carrying away the lobe and the earring an
is grazing her scalp back of the ear another bulle
D. had entered her right wrist and passed upward
a lodging not far from the elbow and the third an
y - worst bullet had entered the upper part Of he
right breast and passed through to the side nea
e the back, and lodged there. This bullet was e2
a tracted by DIR. Hunt the bulletin the arm had ne
: been found when we last heard from the suifere
> >. The blows inflicted on the back of her head wit
the barrel of the pistol, after being three time
shot, render this one of the most painful and n
u voting that we have been called upon to n
'. port for many day. The pistol was found in ii
kitchen by Sergeant Delarue, who arrested Dillol
Last night Mrs. Dillon was believed to be in dal
s. gerons condition. Her escape from instant deaf
.e appears to have been proyidential 06.z.
STOLEN GooDs REcoyERED.-Lieu Jaquess an
4. officers Kingston, Delaney and Cragin last ngl
. arrested two slaves, Charles, of Webster, an
Nathan, of Mrs. Tole, for having in their posse
m sion in house on Baronne street, between Jul
e and St. Joseph, quite a lot Of goods which ha
evidently been stolen by them others. III
articles recovered consisted of lot of fine ne
Q, black cloth coats and pants lot of nice fema
. clothing, lot of carpenters tools, blankets, gr
ceries, two demijoh of liquor, and misceaneol
-, assortment of other articles.
9. CUTTING AFFAIRs.-Dedriek Brnkmeyer, j.
!, =. Bruins and VIM. Rather were yesterday afterno'
arrested at the corner of Julia and Rampant street
ar by officers Myers and Hardin, on the charge
% dangerously stabbing man, name unknown. Su
m to sequently it appeared that the man was n
seriously hurt, and the accused were released
al bail.
Is Is Allen Curry and Ann Miller were last night
i, rested on Dryades street, by Officer Hampton,
er the charge of having beaten and cut. won
1 named Ann Boyle. 1t was the affair of il
- brothel The wounded woman was badly but
nv dangerously hurt.
VI VI FUGITIVE REeLAnIEp.-Our readers may RENE
ed ber the case of Mississippian who was robbed
ng $50 in the St. Louis Cemetery by the Galifor
70; ball game. One of the confidence thieves, W
at had given his name as j. @. Watson to the off
les who arrested him, was afterwards identified a