New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-19
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| crowned with any success worth rncntfonfnc. and
we were forced to give up in despair. fur reaa-
ers will therefore have TO attrate the s,jmnesa ~
| the local column this morning 10 tbe Al tbat
We're was nothing to report not that tie reporter
/ was renisg or dull.
| DESTRUCTIVE FfRE-- Saturday n1orDtnr, ii abou1
| halfpast O'Clock, fgs broke out n 4 xn,afa
irams house on Circus street. near Julia, occupied
BY shoemaker. i spread rapidly, destroying
live other buildings that street, and anosher IN
the rear fronting on Dryades street, BetweeEGirod
and Jniia The buildings destroyed on Circus
street. all one story houses or ytores were owned
Two ~ h1F. John zohn, three By MFR. Lartfle, and
the corner oufiding On Julia strest By Mr. Baytei
| Of opelousas parish They were occupied respeet-
rely by the shoemaker above mentioned. who's u.
name we eouid not learn an oyster shop; fancy,
dry goods store, kept By Mr. Harris; theshoe store
! Of Mr. Peters; T. Kasson's dry goeas establish.
fnent and adjoining ice hsuse; John Zslnrs cloth
ing store; and J. LanghofHs grocery. TIE build
ing a. the corner Of JnIia stree. was oeeuuied az
hardware store by Mr.. !. - Baquie
me building on Dryadss street, tvo- story
frame nouse, was Owned By Hr. Ryan, grocer. The
oss on me building swe believe, entirely covered
| ~ insurance; not SC, however, with the sseck Of
t.fe dfaeTeat establishments mentioned. Mi. Ear
~ nag asout 500 iEsurance'oR 1920 worth Of
stock; MF. Kasaon wAs not Insured. but Is.vsnc-
saved the greater portion Of his goods, be estrate
his loss at about 5000. Mr.sZohH Was not fuIsy H.
aured. Mr.. Baquie had . stock Of goo ana ,T.w
insured for $4,000. The loss ON buildings ana
stocks will, therefore, be about $1,000 Of which
about $4,000 is covered by Insurance. Tssere
are strong suspicious Of facend;arsm being the
4 cause efthis fire.
| kwf.r,
tereen Thirty apsd Forty Ieases 3.yned.-A fro
broke ont last aight, about quarter to O'Clock.
in building behind the Presbyterian Church op
Fulton street; near Josephine, and up to the hour
OF our going to press was stl bErHi1g, having de-
| stroyed the two blocks of buildings bounded by
Josephine, 81. Mary, Rousseau and Eaiton streets.
From the appearance of things at the scene Of tie
disaster, there was hope Of the fanaes being got
under at an early hour the buildings are mostly
| OF wood, and water was very scarce. The Iate-
ness Of the hour pFscludes our gising particulars.
4 FINE on SHfP.B0ARD.--As the fire in the Fourtis
District ragged last night another IRE started orx
board the ship John Wood, lying near tie foot
of Felicity street: 4: ship freightsd with cotton
What the beginning and ending Of the damage was
| we did not learn.
BURNING OF THE BARK EvADSE = The bark
| Evadne, of Thonasson, Maine, loaded with lime
caught fire on Saturday afternoon, while living at
the wharf this side Of the river. Al soon as the
fire was discovered, she was towed across the
river, where she burned to the waterss edge. Her
cargo consisted Of about three thousand barrels
| of lime. We have not been able to learn whether
there was any insurance.
FIRE on BOARD TEzE SNIP WILD CAF-On Satur-
day afternoon Immediately after the ship Wild Cat
had taken tow to proceed on an outward voyage.
| it was discovered that she was ON are. She was
Immediately towed across stream, anchored near
the Algiers shore, and every effort made by her
officers to subdne the flames, which by this time.
began to make their appearance through the
| seams of her deck. After some very, hard work
| they were so far successful as to enable them to
haul her to the shore, where the firemen wha had
assembled, and who in few moments pumped
water enough into her to extingush every appear
ance Of fire.
HOMICIDE morning man named
James Kennedy was shat and killed by VIM. Cas-
sidy, at the of johnson and Gasquet Streets
The particulars of the affair, as near as we could
learn them, are follows: Cassidy, who lives In
the neighborhood was about to go into. the eoifee
house on the corner above mentioned, to, take q
| drink, when he was roughly aecosted by Kennedy,
who was accompanied by several friends. quar-
ellsuBu, WHICH IEhL anu laS5fuV
was badly beaten. He ihenwent home and arm
ing himself with pistol again returned and met
Kennedy, who, as soon as he saw him, advanced
upon him with drawn knife, at the same time
threatening to kill him. Cassidy dew his pistol
and fred, the ball entering Kennedy's breast near
the heart, and he fell and expired almost imme-
dately. Cassidy was Immediately arrested and
conveyed to the First District Lookup. In the
afternoon the Coroner held an inquest on the body
and rendered verdict in accordance with the
above facts.
sTABBING AFFAIR. bF o,Brien, keeper Of
coHee-house at the corner of st. Joseph and New
Levee streets, was arrested yesterday evening,
charged with stabbing and dangerously wounding
man named John Comedy. 0'Briens wife was
also taken into custody under the charge Of being
an accessory of her husband. Comedy ID very
badly wounded, the knife having penetrated the
liver He was taken to the Charity Hospital.
SHOCKING Aco1DENT.-The we'll known scientific
machinist and engineer, Mr., William Cline, met
, with most unfortunate and painful accident at
the plantation of DR.. Merritt, on the coast, about
twelve miles below the city, on Saturday morning
last. While attending to some machinery, Mr..
Cline had his right hand caught and torn of, and
, his arm so shockingy mutated that immediate
/ amputation necessary.
$ ASSAULT WITH SLuNG-S SHOT, - Jacob Faster
on Saturday made affidavit before Recorder Adams,
, of the Fourth District, against one Tobias Hide,
: who he alleges assaulted and strnck him in. the
face with slung-shot, at the corner Of Chippewa
and Third streets. the night Of the 12thsinst.
Hide was arrested and held in default Of bail, to-
appear on the 22d inst, when the case will be
looked into.
I DAN RIcE.-This famous jester and his renowned
troupe are expected here about the 10th lrox. as
. we learn from the gentlemanly aeaaa. courier,
Mr. Jones, who is now in our city. Dam will hold
forth at the Academy of Music.
LuNAoy CuRED.-Phalen, the Schaghaicoke wife
t butcher, underwent a remarkable speedy cure of
insanity on his arrival at the Clinton Prison. He
4 was put to the shower.bath, and was there only
!, two minutes when he exclaimed, For Gods sake.
let mo pn and has not heen tpnuhlea with lunaev