New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-23

closely ~ string, and thus compel tbs crowd Oh
the other side 70 keep On waiting. Oh this oeea.
sion two teams met face III face 0n tfle bridge :
each refused 70 back; the crowd b. each Hide
shouted to their man TO go ahead and there they
hadit Aftera long and furious quarrel, THE driver
who found himself backed By the smallest crowd
backed off the bridge There ought II be special
officer stationed at the bridge 10 act as umpire ii
these disagreeabIe meetings.
At that bridge, on Saturday, Mayor ssish WAS
waiting IN his buggy to get across, when drsy-
man drove into him, Or rather into his buggy,
smashing II rather badly and breaking shaft,
thereby spelling bis honors prospect Of trot down
The shells The Mayor started To arrest tbs driver
puf e deserted his dray and offered leg bail. Soy
era persons chased him some distance, but he out
ran them al.
ALI ABOUT A DUDEEN.--T Two hands ON the steam
boat %. II. Fairchid had fight on Saturday about
an old clay pipe not worth picayune. One III
thems John Glenn, Was badly stabbed Id one ii his
arms, and was sent to The Charity Hospi4al. almost
bleeding to death before he got there OfIicer Nal
10y arrested barney Mcclure as Hsc man via usea
The knife but Barney swears BIZ Ii inuosnns, and
tliat tiiss man who aid the cutting Inn away Il
Witness If The sfsay III arrested and Jill probably
xill thfow Light Oh Chi matass II the PROPER lime.
srAsB,se one Andrew Downey wsssaxasted
On Rampant street, FIRST District, by otsess
ming, On Saturday night, charged with haying
dangerously stabbed some unknown man.
VIoLasr ASA uIra. u afnes MsCue ii 10 undergo
examination before Recorder Summers on tho NH.
The charge ii, that Oh the 18th instant he knocked
down Michael McLevy and cut him In the head
and arm with knife with intent To kitl.
John and Catherine Laughrey are to be EXAM
med the same day, On tie charge pf having jointly
beaten Mary Ann Dougherty, and knocked her
down, with threats to Kill.
FISED.-John Silva on Saturday refused to pros
ecnte Francisco Silva before Recorder Long, after
having charged him with stabbing with intent to
kill. This refusal cost John $40.
Recorder Summers fined James Smith $25 for
creating disturbance In the Varieties theater on
Friday night; and fined B. Richardson s20 for car
rying concealed weapons.
BtRGLARY.-A gold watch and 500 ii money
were stolen on Friday night from the residence of
Mr.. Dooley, No. 40 Tchouptonias street Most
Of the money belonged to d poor Old widow woman,
who had left It with Mr.. D. fol safe keeping.
NAUGHTY LENA SAITH. -S She was before BE-
corder Summers OH Saturday, generally charged
by all the police with being one Of the worst NO
men IN town, and specially charged with having
robbed the too-conHding Mr. saekett of Sl7O. iii
default Of bail to appear the sls., Lana went ID
prison.
BRE1cH OF TnUsT. "a. Blan awaits hearing
before Recorder Summers A. Reiehard charges
him with fobhing sl4, proceeds of bills entrusted
to him for collection.
ITs 4 SHAME - Yes, il II, that such documents ~
the subjoined should be flying about, when the
night schools are open and free to all:
NEu ORLEANS II Dece So
Union, war you chali received Recep from Il.
watch found at Mr.. fGircus street, the num-
per q the kecepe Is in my nossestion as y ave
found # on the Levee. by paying the expance for
F. c..
Unionand Love, Rith and side
The PocKET PiEcEs or JoHN JoHNs--A corlical
looking and dirty young man, giving his name as
John Johns, was arrested on Baronne street last
evening for drunkenness. As soon as he got to tile
police Office he entered a complaint against officer
Lynn, who arrested him. He swore, with some
indignation, that he was only sick, and that the
officer took him up for drunk; and declared,
further, that he was gentleman and had home
ing alarming inventory Of effects was brought to
light: Seventy cents III cash piece Of niger
head tobacco: piece of dirty comb; porte
monnaie with no money in It, but a lot Of greasy
shreds Of paper, splinterof wood and other mean
ingless trihes; two old memorandum books;
rusty old single barrel pistol loaded to the mnzzle
bowie knife, with blade ten inches long; d vial
Of medicine for vile disease; one rotten tooth;
nT 10, n. Il
human jaw.bene, white and highly polished, with
three OF the teeth in. Ofal tile miscellaneous and
strange lots Of trash ished out of the pockets OF
drunken prisoners at the lookup we think this lot
found on John Johns takes the lead Johu Johns
must be an individual Of the raw-head and bloody
bones stripe.
FisTIASA.--A little atiair of fists and coffee was
settled on Metairie Ridge yesterday morning.
The combatants were two gentlemen well known
in fstic circles hereabout- Messrs Con. Keeean
and Paddy the Bull-and the question was who had
the best right to stake of 5000, nominal OF other
wise. TWenty-eight imterehanges of the manleys
took place in sixty-one minutes; and the result
showed TINT Paddy tile Bull had proved himself
regular Irish bull by engaging with gentleman
who was his superior in the iistic art. Paddy,s
peppers We're closed, and 1t is said that in his
asst several rounds before giving in his best work
was merely blind man buff, insearch of the buffer
whose eye and knuckles had been better up to
ame than his. 1t is supposed that this defeat Of |
Paddy the Bull will immortalize Con. keegan, as I
le man who butted the bull out of the ring and I
I'll the bridge Of public popularity. We have it I
rom reliable authority, that at the Gaatin street (
md st. Mary's market clubs last night the name Of
Paddy the Bull WAS eSpunred fran The Ifst az IN I