New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-17
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER IT, 1860.


on the latter. They found on the floor some Of the
putty which had fallen IN removing the pane Of
glass in the workshop this putty was not hard,
but could easily be moulded in the fingers. Mrs.
Turner, however, stated that the pane Of glass
taken out had been SET in the door in the early pars
Of the summer.
The officers we're fnTYisitive about this, because,
they stae nearly all she houses or private resid
ences robbed caring ne past year, have been
robbed soon after being repaired painted, fitted
with gas fixtures. g5sss ETC.; their inference
being that among the painters and glaciers
\ especially, there are some persons who either per-
petrate the robberies inform others who do.
Four residences lately robbed had all previously
been repainted inside, by painters in the employ
OF one certain boss painter in this city.
1 Mrs. Turner had no one to suspect save three
richly dressed ladies', strangers to her, who visited
her store the evening before, at hour much later
than is usual for shopping, and looked over her
stock of laces and departed without buying any
thing. 1t struck her as singular, fer The hour was
late, and it is not usual FOR ladies to inspect fine
laees by gas-light. The police of coarse, have no
i clue to the three unknown ladies.
Among the laces taken away by the robbers was
a lace over-dress worth 5000, which Mrs. Turner
had made for one of her customers.
WHERE DOES Mrs. CEsAIRE LIyE?-A nice.look-
ing and intelligent girl about ten years cid, giving
her name as Marie Lane, reached the city last
evening by the Opelousas cars, but could not find
the residence of Mrs. Cesaire, with whom she said
she lived Kind strangers showed her the way to
the City Telegraph office, and gentleman took
her home to his family, to remain there until Mrs.
Cesare other friends of the girl shall call at the
Telegraph office to inquire after her-the gentle
mans address being at said office.
FIRE:-On Saturday morning between halfpast
8 and O'Clock. fire was discovered in the second
story of the building No. % Natchez Alley, oscu-
pied on the ground floor by the grocery store of P.
A. Pons, and the upper part by the Pathfinder
printing office.
The fire, which is supposed to be the work of an
ncendiary, had burned its way through the ceiling
before it was discovered. The printing office was
partly destroyed; the stock of Mr.. Pons was
slightly damaged.
On Saturday evening there were two alarms of
fire, caused by chimneys burning out, one on Spain
street and the other on Robin street.
INquEsTs.-The Coroner yesterday held three
inquests beside the one above mentioned, as fol-
lows: On the body of George II. Griffin, an
English sailor, 45 years of age, at Newmans
boarding house, on Front Levee street; verdict,
apoplexy. On the body Of Mary Mallory, an in
FAINT six weeks old, at its parents residence, corner
Of BienYille and Front Levee streets verdict,
i'leai4o 4onia. On the body of James Lindsey, a boy
sA ysars old, on Clara street, between Graver and
mon; verdict, consumption.
h sHooTfNG. Henry Wilder was arrested on st.
Joseph street on Saturday night, On the charge Of
having shot at James Bulger. Wild Wilder,
II SHOOTING AFFA1R.-A difficulty occurred on Fri
u day evening at the corner of Terpsicbore and
TehoGpitoulas streets, between John Sullivan and
Charles Gyles, which resulted in the latter being
shot and dangerously wounded by the former. The
wounded man was sent to the Charity Hospital
and Sullivan was arrested.
POCKET -PIckISG.-One a. Smith was arrested on
Perdido street Saturday night, charged with
picking the pocket of woman. The conscience.
less varlet.
INcENpIAR1sM.-Leut. Mazerat last night re-
ported at the Third District Police.olfce (and the
telegraph reported it at the City Hal) that new
house belonging to Mr.. Norcross, on St. Ferdinand
street. between Greatmen and Casacalvo, was fired
at 8 o'clock. The fire the work of an in.
cendiary, being started underneath the rear part
of the house; but it was luckily discovered in
time and was put out before any serious damage
was done.
A BARRIER SHOP CLEANED Orr.-Dave, the bar.
ber, whose shop is next the st. James Hotel, on
Magazine street, and four other free coored men
and five slaves, were last evening arrested in the
barber shop, on the charge Of being in an unlawful
assemblage, and gambling at the unlawful banking
game known as G Pharaoh.n A faro-box, stuffed
with cards, and tin box filled with other decks OIL
| the pictures, were found and captured likewise
/, The arrest was made by the Mayors special off
GERS, Dryden and Dalton, assisted by Officer
J Weaver ard Constable Houghton Most of the
negroes arrested, or part of them, were said to
be Dawes journeymen BARRIERS They will all be
| arlaigned before Recorder Emerson to-day.
| SUPPOSED MuRpER.-At o'clock last night q
woman named Melane Fitzgerald was found dead
in her home, on Vaudeville street, between Craps
and Greatmen. AS there were marks of violence
about her neck, her husband was arrested on sus
f picon of having murdered her. We received this
item through the city telegraph.
FIsrIANA,-We heard there was q third-rate
prize fight back of the city yesterday morning
We did not take the trouble to hunt up the par.
ticulars.
ATTEMPTED RoBBERY.--The residence of Mr.. T.
Suret, on Rampant street, between Bienyille and
Cont (Which was lately entered and robbed Of Q
lot of silyerwarel, was again entered on Saturday
night but this time the villains left without making
a raise, being scared away by the servants. They
got in and got out at the rear.
THE RECORDERS GouRTs,-Recorder Emerson on
Saturday held for examination two fellows, named
Thomas Bryant and George johnson, on charge oil
having picked a mans pocket at the Academy of
Music on Friday night Thos. McGrath was dis
missed from the charge of picking George Win,
STEMS pocket on st. Charles street Patrick Pagan
had his wife sent to the Asylum for insanity. John
Sullivan was sent to prison the charge of hav-
ing shot and dangerously wounded Charles Gyles
on Friday evening, at the corner Of Tchoupitoulas
and Terpstehore streets. Frank Murphy, at first
accused by Gyles, was discharged
Recorder Blache sent Manuel Joseph, f. m. c.. to
prison. on the charge of having stolen $50 worth OF
tools fromF. Seguin eoopeIing shop. Jno Sullivan
was dismissed from the charge of stealing an apron
from II. Parriau1 butcher in the beef market,
and the butcher fined s. for failing to appear.
Pat Mitchell was sent to prison, on the charge OF
having stolen ten pounds OF meat from Mr.. Dan
basis stall in the beef market. Augustus King,
found concealed on board the steamer Enpire Par
ish was sent to prison. Charley Sackett (the thief
lately liberated on bail in the First Distret) was
arrested by Sergeant Decoux as a dangerous and
suspicious character, and sent to prison TO await
examination.
, Recorder Adams acting in the Third District, had
nothing important before him. In the Fourth Dis
triet, he sent to prison slave named William, be-