New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-18

Prats' employ By false keys, or other means, the
negro had had access, almost at will to the cigar
ware-room, in the second story Of the house on
Commercial Place next to Prats, corner MP
estimating the total robberes of the negro at aout
$4,000 of course had TO conclude that the cigars
were sold TO other parties; so he has ever since
been very naturally on the gst ctge for Tie buyers
Yesterday, q search-warrant sworn ont bv
Prats, special offeers Isard and Farrell searched
the cofee-honse of Bruno de Lucas, at the corner
OF Baroane and Lafayette streets, and found fifteen
empty cigar boxes, which Prats identified as boxes
which had been stolen from him. Lacas was
thereupon arrested, on the charge Of receiving
stolen property. He soiemnly denied knowing
that the cigars were stolen when he bought them
from the white man who offered them He gave
bail to appear for examination before Recorder
Emerson.
CIGAR SHUGGrIsG. W. Customhouse officer Hen
derson, in the early dawn OF Saturday morning.
| intercepted tive smugglers IN the act Of taking
away from the brig sabina (which arrived from
Havana the evening before) large lot or cigars.
say 10000 so, which had not been accounted for
| at the Customhouse. The officer boldly pounced
upon the two men and claimed the cigars but the
| smugglers turned to and thrashed him. and cot
away with all the cigars, except about 5000 which
they left to the officer for his pains. The officer
subsequently named the smugglers as Peter and
Gelpi for whose arrest, as well as that Of Pedro
/ Arginson, captain of the brig, warrants were
| issued by the q. 8. Commissioner
| CoRoNER's ISQUEsTs. The Supposed wife M.sy.
| der.-The Coroner yesterday held an inquest ON
/ the body Of Mrs. Metanie Fitzgerald, whom we
yesterday mentioned as having been found dead At
her residence on Vaudeville street. on Sunday
night, from the supposed effect Of violence at her
husbands hands. No marks Of violence we're
found. The jury rendered verdict III death by
intemperance; and John Fitzgerald, the husband.
was discharged from custody upon the Coronerrs
| order.
Died of His Iajuries.-on the evening Of Sun
day, the 9th inst, Urbn Munich, as charged, vio-
iently beat Francois Telou in his own yard at the
corner Of Love and Pety. Telou, afterward an
pearng before the Recorder stated in his affidavit
that Munich had struck him with some hard object
concealed in his hand. Munich was released on
bail. Yesterday morning Telou died a post-
mortem examination by Dr. Delery, showed death
to have resulted from acute meningitis, caused by
blow on the head. A warrant was issued for
Munch's arrest. The Coroner viii examine tie
witnesses to-day. Telou was native Of France.
6s years of age. and leaves property and family
He was an old soldier under Napoleon the Great,
and was one Of the survivors Of that hero's memo
/ rable and disastrous Russian campaign.
| Astlt8ad.--An inquest was held on the body of
III. Wersekee, native Of Prussia, aged 67 years,
at his residence, No 1l6 Ursuines street. Verdict
asthma.
& THE ARREST OF THE BARBERs.--We yesterday
mentioned the arrest of Dave the barber, and four
other free-colored men and six slaves, in Dawes
~
the charge of being in an unlawful assemblage,
and gambling at the game of faro. All the negroes
arrested are BARRIERS, and all had, at one time or
another, worked for Dave; most Of them being at
present in his employ. We have heard different
stories regarding this arrest, and begin to think
that the officers who made it will find it difficult to
prove either that the BARRIERS were in an unlawful
assemblage, or that they were playing at faro.
The BARRIERS were arragned before Recorder En-
erson yesterday, and all gave the best of bail to-
appear for examination on the 2Ist inst.
LIVELY PIcKPoeKET.-Thomas Hall, George
! johnson and Thomas Bryant, are gay trio or
friends who have been chief pupils in the eyes of
| the police of late. johnson and Bryant were ar
rested at Dan Rce's show on Friday night, for ex
perimenting on the pockets of gentleman in the
crowd, they being detected and caught before
) they consummated their pions intention. Tom
Hail. the third of the trio, was arrested afterward,
for raising row over game of poker, in which he
didn't succeed as well as he fancied his wits enti-
tied him to.
a All three are nice young men, so far as regards
personal appearance and dress; and all three yes
terday proved some degree Of respeetabity, by
furnishing bail to Recorder Emerson, and snuffng
the atmosphere of liberty once more.
noeent trick Of pulling valuable watch and chain
from the fob of Mr.. p Z Freely in the crowd at
Dan Rce's show. Mr.. F. felt his watch slipping up,
jumped around and caught Mr.. Hall with the chain
of his watch in his hand. He raised the alarm, and
officers Conklin and Ross came to the rescue, and
Hall was taken TO the lookup, followed by large
crowd of people. But just in front of the Lookup
Hall made a last effort for liberty. He jerked
loose from the officers, and heeled it for dear lfe
There was an exciting chase by the officers and
the mob, and four or five pstolshots were fred
by whom we did not ascertain, though it is proba-
BILE the officers did most if not all the firing Hall
was not hit in the shooting, but he was run down,
captured and carried back in triumphto the lookup.
FIRE IN "A BAsKEr.--The alarm at 5 o'clock yes
terday morning was occasoned by the discovery
of fire in basket of clothes at the house Of Mr..
ington and Sixth streets. 5sa
, SENTENCE GoMMuTED-John Powell, who was
lately convicted of murder the high seas before
the United States District Court in this city, and
sentenced to death, has had his sentence COMMITTED
by President Buchanan to ten years hard labor in
the Penitentiary. He was taken to Baton Rouge
in low state of health.
BADLY TUMBLERED.--J. D. Raynie was arrested
last night, at the Yeranda Hotel on the charge of
having bloodily wounded Henry Marry, by letting
tumbler fly at his head. Marry, at first supposed
to be dangerously wounded, was taken to Charity
Hospital. His wounds proving to be superficial
only, Ghough very bloody his head was dressed !,
and then he was returned to the lookup and de-
tanned there to make of his appearance against
Raynie today.
FIRsr DISTRICT GouRr-Jttdge Hatat.-wm. w.
Cassidy, indicted for murder, and VIM. Horner in
deted for manslaughter, were arraigned yesterday.
Both pleaded not guilty, and they remanded
to await trial. Other prisoners confined on lesser
charges, al arralgned, and all offered pleas
Of not guilty. The trials of Joseph Bradley and
Jas. Reed, for murder fixed for this day, were com
tinued. Nothing else was done.