New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-02
lHUKsDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 2 1860 NIIaaBEE
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itself up to dry. Yesterday it was as dry and brief
as a new dollar; but Old Boreas had a hang in th
drying, and though Old Sol was out doing his bes
~ outdoors was as cold as blue fngens!' Th
flVer didnt freeze over, as many feared it would
The BALL To-MoRRow NIGHT.-Let none VIII
delight in the pleasures of the dance forget tha
the second of the Young Mems Society Balls come
of tomorrow night at Odd Fellows Hall. Their
WI be very large attendance, including hosts o
the pretty angels Of New Orleans. up town ant
down, and the managers will sustain their reputa
ton IN experimenting things, as usual, "accordint
to Gunter." If you feel like going, make up you
mind now for delays are dangerous" " sometimes
In festive as well as other important matters.
ffREs.-Three fires took place Yesterday morn
ing within the short space Of two hours. The
weather having during the night changed to freez
ing cold, and cutting cold wind blowing from the
north, the iremen had an unpleasant time of it, as
weil as the luekless people who were burnt out
FIRE NO. was at the corner of MeIpomene and
Magnolia streets; several small frame tenements
destroyed.
Fire No. destroyed the two-story frame resi-.
dence Of Mrs. Gray, on Thalia street. near Benton
everything in the house lost, with $500 in cash
and neighboring church much endangered.
FIRE No. 8 started in the bakery of Conrad Frass
on Apollo street, between Fifth and Sixth, Fourth
District The bakery and two-story house, and
several one-story houses in the immediate vicinity
were destroyed.
"A 1re started the evening before, ON the roof Of
MI shorts unfinished house, at the corner of Pry
tanla and Fourth streets supposed to have started
from furnace left by the roofers. No damage
done to speak Of
NE" FIRE ENGINEs.--Two splendid new ma
chlhes, from the same manufactory at Wateryliet,
NeW YORK, were landed yesterday from the ship
Maid OF Orleans. One is for Columbia No s. and
the Other for Orleans No. 81. They will do good
work in good time, and will show off like brides ON
the 4th of March.
SOLD, PRoBABLY.-ln our news columns. yester-
Day, appeared a paragraph, clipped from Cncin-
natl paper, stating that Menters band Of that city
mad been written to, to to this city and play
for Osceola Fire Company u on the 4th of March
parade, and that the band would probably come
AS there is no such company here as the one
named, and as there are plenty of good musicians
here and as New Orleans firemen are not I'M the
hablt 81 sending abroad for their music we suspect
that somebody in Cincinnati has been badly sold.
DEATH OF A STRANGER.-The Coroner,s only in.
guest yesterday was on the body of an unknown
German, about 80 years of age, found dead in his
bed, in house at the corner of Old Levee and
Main streets, where he was in the habit of lodging
nightly Verdict, congestion of the lungs.
UNITED STATES vs. STEAMSHIP PHILADELpHIA-
This case, in the q. s. District Court, was yester
day submitted without argument, and taken under
advisement by Judge McCaeb.
MORE BLOOD AT No. 10 TRIANGLE BUILDINGS
The monotony of No. 10 Triangle Buildings, (loaf-
ing place OF steamboat hands, where knives have
flashed and blood flowed before) was relieved at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, by breeze be-
tween Thomas Dempsey and Patrick harrington.
Dempsey slipped his sheath-knife into Harrington
and walked of, none of the crowd offering TO arrest
him. Harrington was taken to the hospital sup
posed to be dangerously wounded
THE BOYS WILL FooL WITH THE CARS AND LOSE
THEIR LIVES Or LEGs.-A boy ten or twelve years
old had his legs crushed on the Carroton Railroad
on Tuesday evening. Little incidents like this take
place on the railroads almost every week-and in
nine cases cut of ten, through the uncomfortable
foolishness and reekessness of the sufferers.
ANOTHER OSE Up.-George Yates, of the corner
of Graver and St. Marc streets, was yesterday
added to the list of the accused of selling grog to
slaves; his neighbor, Edward Mccormack, being
the informer. Case fixed for the 9th, before Re-
corder Summers.
UNCOMMON GENEROSITY OF A HORSE THIEF. =
Frederick Skiemeer, owner Of a fast and valuable
white bob tail mare, stolen from him in ST. Louis
in September last yesterday found his mare in the
stable of Mr.. Frank Borge, in the Third District.
Mr.. S. showed a letter from horse thief now in
the Missouri pententiary, (where he had been sent
for stealing other horses) informing him that his
horse was in New Orleans, and in present posses
sion of the man who had stable in the Third
District and who did the baggage Wagon busi
ness about the Pontchartrain Railroad depot.
Finding his horse in Borge's stable, Skiemeer
made affidavit of his claim before Recorder Long.
He will get his animal and Borge will have to get
after the parties of whom he bought the animal in
this city.
POCKET PIcKIsG.-A handsome and respectable
looking young woman, who arrived on yesterday
mornings boat from Mobile, was robbed at the
Pontchartrain Railroad Depot, in the rush and con-
fusion of leaving the cars Her portemonnaie.
containing sl25 in gold, was taken from her dress
in loose change she had outside of the portemon
naie, and this city not being her destination, she
was of course thrown into the greatest distress
Being unable to proceed further, her only request
to those whom she Informed of her misfortune was
that they would enable her to return to her friends
in Mobile. This she was enabled to do throupb
the kindness of Mr.. Frank Borge the baggage
wagon man of the Pontchartrain Railroad Depot
One Pierre Bigot was sent after BY Recorder
Long, oil charge of having filched $25 from the
pocket of Baptiste Cleriche, on Elysian Fields
street, near the levee.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.-Antoine Cambre, charged
with shooting and killing George Frey, in the Third
District was yesterday sent before the First Dis.
trct Court by Recorder Long. He was not ex
amned; but, the Grand Jury having previously in
yestigated the and brought in bill of murder
against him, he was committed on that finding.
which as a matter of course, rendered it unneces
sary for the Recorder to have anything further tn
do with him than just to forward the original "a.
pers in the case.
CUTTING WITH A RAZoR.-Blas Sanchez was YES
Ierday arrested, in the Third District on the charge
Of having cut Minouche Laleen with a razor with
intent to kill, at Bayou st. John; cutting him twice
in the arm. In default of $500 bail to come mn
and explain why he carried the razor and why he
used II, SANCHEZ was sent to prison.
COMMITTED FOR TRraL.-Mrs. H. Gontro was yes
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