New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-18

and the other to secure her long Hfe fortune ana
happiness, in defiance Of witches, ghosts. unknown
enemies, and all other adverse fates. The bottle
was little square thing, hermeticay sealed, con-
tanning decoction Of something resembling tar
water, with something like "cuckIe- burry ID IL.
Josy was fixed, she was; but she was still better
axed, when the police caught her and jugged her.
ALLEGED WIRE MUEDgE. Mrs. Bridget Madden.
an irishwoman, IS years Of age, propretrsss of 4
iaborers' boarding house, at the corner Of 1faea
zine and Notre Dame streets, died at c,cIoch
last evening. Half an hour previously. she eayg
birth to stiIl-born twins. She had been terribly
beaten her body being black and blue Her hus-
band, John Madden, "a ssevedore ia the employ az
John 7. Monroe,) called ID a doctor for burial
certificate; the doctor, seeing evidence Of foul
play, told the man to go to the police Office he
went there; was arrested; showed the usual signs
Of guilt, and was locked up. The Coroner VIII
proceed to investigate to-day. It is horrid affair,
from all we have been able TO hear 90 far.
LARcEsHs. Bridget Burke awaits examination
before Recorder Summers on the charge Of having
stolen s75 worth Of female wearing apparel from
Mr- Borrowscale's residence, No. 229 Grayfer
street She is out on BAIL
Eugene, slave of Hite, awaits hearing ON q
charge Of having burglariously entered carpen-
ter's shop on Basin street and carried OH lot Of
the tools.
BULLY FOE Brown "A J. Brown was examined
yesterday before Recorder Benit, on the charge
Of having been pasticeps crinsi,sis with Abrar,
Allen (not arrested) in stealing Juan Flores, watch
de protested his innocence, and was discharged
but as, having been roommate with Allen. he
DID not feel himself honorably discharged, he vent
with Flores and officer to where Allen had fefk
his trunk, and in the trunk they found the stolen
watch. Brown would have done this thing sooner.
but being in prison, couldn't
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Recorder Summers
yesterday sent Michael Eagan before the Criminal
Court, for most brutal and wicked assault and
battery upon Bridget Ryan, on the Both ult., on
Cypress street, near Roman. Bail given.
J. G. Thomas was sent before the same e0urt
for obtaining s25 worth Of clothing from Weber &
Co., of Poydras street, under the false preteuce
that he was engineer on the jackson Railroad
la pretence which he sustained BY giving, for the
goods obtained, an order upon the fictitious Mr..
| Wickliff, paymaster of Jackson R. R.D Sent to
/ prison In default of bah.
/ FIRST DISTRICT COURT. - Judge Hunt. - Fritz
Yost was yesterday tried for murder, as the pre-
vious testimony showed, causing the death Of a
drayman in the Fourth District by striking him on
the head with the butt Of his whip. The testimony
was not strong or clear enough for the jury, and
| Yost was acquitted.
BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERHYs. - Present q
| quorum, and Mr. Monroe in the chair
| The unfinished business of the last meeting was
/ taken up, to-wit: Resolution of Street and Land
/ ing Committee to expend $3.50 in WhiteWashing
the public shade trees; adopted. Resolutions from
/ Board of Aldermen to ditch Broad street; to do
other ditching in that neighborhood; and to place
twelve gas lamps each square of Canal streets
all concurred IN Resolution to raise the grade Of
slaa,Tx r{en Xlsrf. L
i duty OF the Street Commissioner.
| New business being in order, the following meg
sage from the Mayor was read:
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trolling motives n the slseea q Board Of Directors for the
have nohing to say regard 10 The ticket made part IL
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pealing public the approval my With
convictions of the gravity Of the required
acting the best the great body Of
. stockholders and the community At large
Respectfully. GERARD sTITH. Mayor.
After some debate, the message was laid ON the
table subject to call.
The Comptroller reported $3.50 received from
parties in forfeiture of signing contracts.
The Treasureris weekly report, showing q fund
9 on hand of $36, ,s03 46, was read and referred.
] The Board of Aldermen reported concurrence
in sundry resolutions, and asked concurrence in
the following To place water-plug at the corner
of Magazine and st. Mary streets, and to accept
Mr. Gassons securities for his contract to lay brick
0 | sidewalks. Both concurred in.
4 Petitions were referred
: The Finance Committee reported the usual reso-
ton for paying bills and resolution 10 pay $500
( for strip OF ground occupied by the Jackson
n SchooEhouse. Both adopted.
The Street and Landing Committee reported
several resolutions for small street improvements
e which were adopted and advised the rejection oil
o a resolution to place two gas lamps in front of Q
certain church, for the particular of the church
: : which recommendation was obeyed by the
Y Board.
! After some other unimportant business, the
Il Board adjourned.
b BOARD OF 4ALDERMEN.--There was no meeting o
the Board last night, quorum not being present
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