New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-14

sultry day. And, as on the previous day, the
evening brought along fierce gust of wind, sufo-
eating clouds OF dust some little rain, deep sounds
of distant thunder, and sheet lightning Win vol
u1ne and rapidity which closely resembled the
flight Of the Crescent sheets they flash from the
press into gaslight every morning early, IN the
basement story Of the Crescent Office. Though
the winds howled, and the clouds lowered, and
the lightning flashed, and the thunder rolled, and
the rain fell in drops as big as squirts OF tobacco
juice-a conspirilg to get up regular heaven
shake-terra iirma remained frmer still, and there
was nary earthquake Shutters and sheds suffered
some, but that was light matter, considering TIC
lightning which prevailed. II these sort Of storms
have any tendency to abatc the prevailing heat Of
| the weather, few more OF them will be thank
| fully received.
| JEALOUSY BETwEES THE WILD AND THE TAaE
MISUNDERSTANDING the fierce thunderstorm of
| Thursday night, the wild lightning attacked the
tame lightning as embodied IN the city telegraph,
and attempted to ring false alarm OF ire IT.
struck the wire of the signal box at the corner of
| Henderson and Leyec streets, (re district No. p,
| station No. % but overdd ITSELF and came down
| with such vim that the internal economy Of the
box was fairly knocked into lll, without ringing
| anything like fire alarm.
| The copper wire was melted and crisped, with
| but small damage to the gutta percha insulator:
| the little bell inside was wrenched from its peg
/ and dropped with large semi circular nick in its
4 edge and a blister on the other side, burnt away
| like wax by the lightning fire; the wood fasten-
| ings were badly ecorehed; a brass key had q new
| hole where the tinid passed through, circular and
clean as hole iii a flute, and a man who was at
| the time sitting close by, swore that tongue OF
| flame foot long flashed from the keyhoIe of the
| bog. The box, being hors du combat, was taken
| down last evening, and will be repaired and put
! up again in good lime.
StrnaIated by the success of this feat, no doubt,
the wild lightning during the storm OF last night
| attempted something on higher scale. 1t struck
and set fire to the house No. 23S Magazine street,
| owned by Charles Aikens and occupied by A.
| Cook tailor. In moment the alarm was carried
by the tame lightning from Station 2, District A.
4 (Meobanies' engne-house No. 8, on St. Joseph
street1 in half Z moment more the rc bells rang
by hint from the central office; and in moment
A Or SO more, the fFeInen we're out with their ma
chimes in all parts of the city laundering 70 the
center which their gongs and bells Indicated.
4 As they ran the rain still fell and the sheet
i lightning kept the upper deep to decent resem-
1 biance of an inverted and highly polished brass
4 kettle The fire, luckily, was soon quenched by
the firenen in the neighborhood, and the firemen
had the pleasure or the disappointment, Eve hard
" know which, Of leaving without uiilimberlng
their engines.
Onr authority for stating that the FIRE was started
i by lightning is the report OF Sergeant Williams,
4 whom We have long known to be industrious and
energetic, more than the generality OF pgee ON,
GERS, nauirng into the origin OF hres. i he WIG
lightning, we think, was beaten by inc tame iast
A night.s
loSrRAcrs ADJIpIeATED.T The Coniptroiler has
adiRdieated the contract for paving Old laevec
from Canal to BienFilie Streets to q. Canneh, a.
sA 10 per superficial yard of square blocks, 81 II
per superficial foot of new curbstene, 81 per run
. ming foot Of old eurbst0ne, 81 % per superficial
foot of crossing stone, IS per running foot of new
Tagging $2 80 per running foot of old iagging, ant
! $40 per cast iron bridge top.
The contract for paving Customhouse stree
with square blocks from Front Leyee to Claiborne
street. given to Il. Surgi, at "a 40, % cents,
cents, 81 so, SO, 80 cents, 50 30.
The contract for making brick sidewalks on botl
| sides of Bienville street. from johnson to Dorge
1 nois street was awarded to John Coleman & Co.
at g 80 per running foot of sidewalk.
THg ExcrrEMEar AT LAKE BoRGNE.--We lear
e that OH Wednesday night Chinaman left Proctor
vile with skifoad OF provisions tor little piac
called ST. Mario, some eight or ten miles oil, Whef
I the Cinnamon rendezvous; and that next mornin
the skf was found ashore at Proctorville with al
d the provisions on board, and plenteous stains o
| blood AS the Chinaman mad not been heard of a
s last accounts, the inference was that he mad bee
ID waylad and assassinated whilst taking his lonel
wav over the waters. If the conjecture be true
this will make the fourth man killed since the be
ginning of the difficulties.
| We further learn that since the Spanards pre-
pared to give the Cinnamon wholesale fight, tn
| latter about hundred strong, have several time
visited Proctorvile at night, but retired again Il
st. Mario without Offering to attack their enemies
1t seems that both sides now stand OH the defer
siye and that each side is ready for bloody hgh
whenever the other makes the attack.
Joseph Madore, one of the Spapiards engage
q in the first traGedY--the same, 1t Is said, VIII
chased and shot one of the Cinnamon in the wate
and who certainly received q bad cut on one OF hi
arms was arrested yesterday by the special pt
O lc. He was taken before Recorder Emerson, an
y ordered to prison to await reqnlstan from 5
Bernard: but the Sheriff of that parish arriyin
with q requisition, the prisoner was delivered I
gn him. "ra'."-.
CoeoNrR's ISQuEsrs.-There was decrease
the number Of inque>ts yesterday, as will be see
a by the following report:
"a On the body of Eliza Taylor, Irish, aged 30,
" No. So Julia street. Verdict, sunstroke.
On the body Of Honora Perry, Irish, aged y, 9
No. 26O Lafayette street. Verdict, apopleXy:
On the body of John Evans, English, aged 50, o
New Levee street, between First and secont
Verdict apopleXy.
on the body Of John Eauchel, Swiss, aged 80,
i the Hospital. Verdict, apop!exy.
y Oa the body of Therese Boute, {. W. c., native
no Africa aged l19 at No. I'll ST. Peter street. We
- diet, old age. e.==
On tho body of Michael Buniken, Irish, aged 81
ho at Holmes Foundry. Verdict, apopleXy.
nc On the body of Joseph Burgard, French, age
40, at No. 66 St. Louis street. Verdict eonsestio
On the body Of E. Paul, French, aged SO, at N
!. q Customhouse street. Verdict apopleNy.
MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY or A JEwELRy STORE. III
iewelry and hair working establishment OF MIR.
Steubenrauch, No. q Chartres street, is reporte
by Mr. S. to have been robbed on Thursday for
noon of fine iewelry to the value OF nearly sioo
~ The jewels were in tray inside the showcase
the end of the counter next the street, and as Il
case was not broken, and could be opened on
from behind the counter. it is plain that the thi
must have operated from behind the counter. Ho
such a thing as this could be done without dete
tien, when there were four persons in the stor
constitutes the mystery. The assistants in Il
store. it is said. were in rear room at d
time of the robbery, and an ingenious speeul
tlon has been made that the robbery was the wo
IA OF a small boy, set to it by Older villains. NJ
Steubenrauch has given all possible particulars
the Chief of Police, aud the detectives are inyes
eating to the best OF their ability.
HIS BAIL ltEDueED.-Judge Hunt has, after d
advertisement reduced the bail Of the free neg
musician Martin COMMITTED by Recorder Emers
,, for threa tening the mother of the young woman
! -, seduced) from $2009 to $1,000. 1t is not certa
- however, that this reduction will bring him OF
r. for it seems he is not over-anzous TO come out.
tnr RECORDER EAERsoa's CouRr.- Mr.. Alexaude
charged with selling liquor to slave in his g.
Gerry at the corner OF Rampant and Caliope stree
was Yesterday tried before jury of STAKEHOLDER
and acquitted. Several other cases OF the ki
- were continued.
Joseph Madore, arrested by the Chiefs Office
as one of the actors in the late fshermen's trf
edy at Proctorviie. was delivered, upon fe4al
tion du y mudo to the Sheriff Of ST. Bernard p;
- ish Madorc was in the fight with the Chinese a
Es had one OF his arms cut.
The following parties were arraigned and HI
fer future examinations
Thomas Murray and wife Bridget charged "