New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-10

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cemeteries last week. accoruinS 10 me b1ard OF
Health, numbered I50
STABBIs6 AFRAiR.-SeveraI young men, out on
an Eighth Of January spree, got TO quarreiing and
fighting at the corner Of Orleans and johnson
Streets The result was that Of them, Augustt
Droze, was stabbed several times in his breast and
side by one Of the others, Hermogene Perry. Ii
endeayoring to prevent tlis, Charles Reese re-
ceiyed two cuts in his arnfs. Perry escaped
Droze's injuries were believed to be dangerous.
Since writing the above, NE hear that Drozc il
dead The Coroner, attended by DR.. Delery, held
the postnortem examination. Five wounds were
found one in the right arm. severing the aesh to
the bone; two flesh wounds in the back part of the
shoulders; one in the left temple, severing an ar
terry; and one IN the left side between the fourth
and fifth ribs, penetrating the heart. The latter
wound was the fatal one. All the wounds appeared
to have been inflicted with small and sharp in
strnment, supposed to have been a cane.sword.
The alleged stabber Ina not been arrested up IL
last evening. The Goronial investigation will take
place to-day.
RoBDERy AND ATTEMPTED MugDga.--Mr. S,ruggs,
an old negro trader, whose place il Oh Pcrdido
street, between Baronne aud Dryades, retired as
usual on Sunday night, in his room up stairs, aud
as usual placed his vauables consisting of slTO0
in cash and gold watch, beneath his pillow. Du-
ring the night lie was aroused by some one III tile
dark, feeling for his property He raised, but as
he did so, a blow from some murderous instrument
felled him back, senseless. When he recovered,
the robbcr, and the money and watch were gone
The robber got III by way Of the yard; and in tile
yard was found a woman's stocking with stone
in it. This was believed 10 be the weapon, or
siung shot, with which the old man was silcnced.
JEWISH WIDOWS, AND 0RpHASs' HoME-At Union
Hail. on the glorious Eighth. was festive ceebra-
ton, which was not by any means one of the least
pleasant or interesting events Of the day. It was,
In truth J one Of the very best.
The day was celebrated not alone as the ami
yersary of the victory of Chalmette, but as the
fourth anniversary of the foundation Of the Home.
AT the arrangements were gotten w with the lib-
erality and taste which il characteristic Of our
Hebrew citizens whenever Gaiety, the child Of
Earth, visits and smiles upon Charity the child Of
Heaven.
The exercises began with prayer BY the Rev.
Mr.. Gntheim. The Rev. Mr.. Jacobs followed. with
the Grafton of the day; an GRAFTON which unclaimed
the attention Of all by its eloquence and its happy
alllsions to the great event which had made the
day famous to the country. Vocal mnsic followed,
and after that all sat down to the collation. which
had been prepared. 1t was sumptnous enough and
in good time shared the inevitable fate of all such
preparations. The two pyramidal trinmphs Of tile
coifeetioner bore the devices, " The Glorious
Eighth and Benevolence.n
The wine and the toast followed and many
good thing was said, which we would like to be
able to report. Whilst Patriotism received all that
was necessary to it on such an occasion in the
way Of eloquent words, Beneyolence received what
Is necessary to it at all times and in all places to-
wit: quantity Of hard dollars. The subscription
made FOR the benefit Of the Home was at once lih-
eral and handsome.
II was late in the day when this pleasant meet.
ing terminated. The Home, We are pleased te
know, continues prosperous in it's path OF useful
ness, as it must ever do in tie hands of such mes
as those who met to celebrate it on the glorious
Eighth.
.sssTHE I" CuRAN RlFLEs. - We were yesterday
smach bothered with questions about the ..CubaH
Rifles of whom yesterdays Crescent made hon
orable mention, in connection with the celebration
Of the Eighth. Some wished TO know if there really
was such company; and others, taking tl d
Of the Crescent at its usual unimpcaehable value,
pany of the State militia, or merely baud of gem
tlemen with fllbustering ideas in reference to
Cuba. We will here state that there Ii no such
company. The Crescent made mistake, and
said "Cuban'' instead of "0rleans Rifies.n Capt.
Jaquess and his gay and gallant little company
have the Crescent's apology for the error. Though
not banded for any Cubanistic purpose, they are
just as ready to go to Cuba as any other place to
which Uncle Samuel might choose to send them
FREAKs or THE FOG. Many people about town,
and especially the firemen, know that there was a
big alarm of fire night before last, about the
"witehing hour The big bell of St. Patricks,
Qnmistakabe belly changed out its sonorous
alarum to the night; and all the other bells, big
bells middle-sized bells, little bells, cracked bells,
and ALL joining in the bell.igerent chorus startled
the town with visions of flaming houses, wet dry
goods, and smashed furniture; even the heavenly
slnmbers Of the erinoline bellies were disturbed,
and many of them, as they sprang en- dishabUe to
window and balcony, rang out with their musical
little eappers, where's the ire2,' In short there
never was a merrier or more starting
.TinnabuIaoiof of the bells.
The bells, bells, bes u
It happened, however, that there was no fire
and this reporter, discovering the fact, took the
trouble to ascertain the cause of the alarm. The
night was magnificent, with its clear, balmy atmos.
plere, and the bright full moon at the zenith Pass
ing down through the Second District and when
near ST. Louis street, we found conglomeration
of healthy gentlemen in boots and red shirts, with
their masheens y standing idle around Some
had run down town, some had run up town; and
there they Stood their cooked attending to the
discofdant bells, and their Wde-awake eyes eagerly
scanning the sky. We heard something OF their
debate, on this momentous question: .Is that
smoke, or If net, what is t.s' We took look up.
ward, and saw whitish, Opaque stream of some-
thing. narrow but distinct, floating perceptibly
fromriyerward to swampward 1t was so distinct
and moved in such current across the clear blue
of the sky that we calculated smoke 2 and start.
ed for the levee. Many Of the fremen started ii
the direction. Arrived at the leyee we found
quite q crowd there about the foot of st. Louis
street. All had gone there under the same delu
sion aNd all had come to the conclusion that there
was liz fire. The thing was understood Alriers
invisible; the river had hidden itself in heavy
mantle of fog, and strong current at ain had car
ried with it enough oS the yapor to offer, in the
bright moonlight, q very good semblaace to smoke
A similar delusion distracted some Of tile fremer
up town. The alarm spread, terrific enough, thai
the grand old building from whose tower the clie
alarm proceeded, was itself on fire. The tireme,
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