New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-12-08
NUMBER 2ss.

tribnted another small deuge from Magazine street.
The fire was terrifcaly sudden and fierce; nothing
| but the promptness and daring OF the fremen,
and the quantity ofwater so quickly thrown, saved
| The block from destruction.
| An accident befel brave fireman on this
oc eason. A lot Of fremen were dragging hose
| oy,sT the top Of small office-building in the
| rear of Brennan & Jordan's In the roof was
gas sky-light, which the smoke and darkness kept
almo ST invisible Mr.. x. L. Plattsmeer first assist
| ant fogenan Of Washington Fire Company No.2o,
dragg Tsg the hose Of his company, did not see the
| skylighs he stepped on it. went through and
landed en- the floor beneath fall Of some 16 feet.
| The me behind him stepped halfway over at the
same tine, bnt saved hinselby adouble-clinch on
/ the hose.
| Plattsmsier vas picked Up insensible, and car
ried to thesdrRg store at the corner Of Camp ana
Poydras. Here he laid some time before ply
4 sician arrived. DIR. Nichols, housesurgeon at
| the Charity Hospital, was the first to arrive. He
examined tie prostrate fireman, found no bones
broken, found no ether signs Of serious injury, and
gave it as his opnien that the man was insensble
merely from the shcnk Of his fan, and would be all
right in shor. time
We heard ttat beg had one ef his legs broken
by fall from enc OF The ladders which were erect
near the fire.
The fire was attributed to inceadiarism. Some
months ago, a clerk in MI Bessey's store found a
candle burning low down in pool of spirits, "a
barrel of the latter having been tapped just for
slow leak) and aboard erected TO prevent the
light from being seen in the street. Previously, in
another place, Mr.. Biessey was burnt out. These
circumstances, last night, appeared TO be the basis
| Of the belief Of ncendiarism. No one knew how or
in what part Of the building the fire started.
We have no particulars as to the amount Of loss
Mr. Blessey,s whole building was crowded with
stock from bottom to ton. and we heard that he
vyas irspred for about one half, The amount Of
.,a o,;n, ,,rorartx, xya corts ~,
-; Tho ~ IL. r,rat,ot,, doa. ,,o+ u.
sae saoa 30. ooo
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d reactad M;Inebnrg last evening from Biloxi. Mis-
s;zs;nni Citv etc. and the officers Of the boat
handed over to the police a man well enough look
In, IN all raanaets save that he had not the less
" vistge Of hair on his head though his scalp has
!, sone tar on r. with af few feathers adherng to tht
/ Tar with this singular individual the police re
J ceiyed the following note:
n H4spsBoRo Mss, Dec. !. 1850.
Il Mr.. Mcclelland, Chief Of Police
IL we send you, Per steaIner Ireole, 2 man py u
ha,e u IL S.nt ~ Niss;nni Wa adv;sa to \
Y i y. - &C IN Az ,nan ana IL Va him eaIt to
~ ~ mora snifabe climate. He has been guilty q
n grossly insulting the citizens of this place, an
ID threatening the I'VE iIges OF our eommstee mt
c. ,yara.at ~ tbe Th;r5 Dstrct not fee,;n
q a.1d Mia tbe man 10 nrisoner annie
is A., r,iae &c p.oo ohort n +ba rhief rofarre
at " ~ i, /
b. locked up SO he was locked up at the Second Di
trict guarhouse, and will be examined before I'll
es Mayor to-day and doubtless set at liberty; for IL
nyigilance Committee of Handsboro" did not 81
- fit to sign their names to the note which they
he dressed to our Chief of Police.
The man Lsson, as we learh, mas . long s.ory
,at tell, IN nus deiense anu lus'hca'ion "heth
that story pe uue OF lalse' We shal puoiish IL as
tells u 10 mayor Monroe te-uay.
DRoppED LIKE A HoT PoTATo.-A well-kno'
and respectable produce merchant of this city W
ay. last Monday evening, arrested upon requisiti
in from the Governor of Illinois and the warrant
md the Governor of Louisiana, and taken away IL
ly. same evening" He surrendered SO quietly and 81
rly SO little before leaving that his friends had no i'd
ess he was under arrest After he left in custody
op- the Illinois Deputy Sheriff. the facts became kno
to certain extent, and there was much talk a
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