New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-02-14
NUMBER 29s.
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free, correspondence among young fancy-strucl
people Of both sexes, who, fearing to ventilat.
their tender agony in open and sensible STYLE pre-
fer the nonsensicaI and the anonymous, through
pen, ink, paper and post-ofice.
It were idle to dwell upon the infinitude Of fan
cies, sentimental, humorous, lndicrous, personal
and malicious, which nowadays food the I4tF, d
February, under the name OF Valentines. We must
however, be just enough to state our belief, thai
few who live have passed their youthful days, uu
touched by the sentiment which affords pleasure in
the sending Of real Valentine, and delight in the
receipt Of one. So we doubt not that, amidst the
bushels of bogus and trashy missives which will be
on the wing to-day, under the license Of ST. Yalen-
tines, there viii be many true and beautiful Val
entne, sped by burning but doubtful hearts, to
other hearts which win be pleased and mayhap
palpitate with that delight which banishes the an
petite once in WHILE
That the Valentines win be extensively aloat to-
day there IS no doubt. For more than week
past crowds have thronged the bookstores and
other Valentine depots, and we have seen that the
crowds did not all depart without purchasing,
We wish pleasant Valentine to all who expect
and pleasant response, some time or another. to
all who send.
z. s No one need send any Valentine to this
reporter He got one two or three years ago
which satisfied him, and has satisfied him ever
since.
TEE CARoNDELET STREET SHOOTING AFFAIR.-No
clue has yet been obtained to the person, who, as
we yesterday reported shot Mr. Frank yoge OH
Carondelet street on Sunday night. The wounded
man lies critically III at the Charity Hospital, with
the bullet somewhere in his head. 1t is considered
hardly probable that he will recover He was
yesterday conscious enough to converse, but could
give no idea as to who the woudb be assassin might
be. is case which seems to show that assas-
sination was intended. Mr. Vose was shot just as
he passed the glare of the gasghts in the windows
Of Johns Restaurant When found bleeding and
senseless on the banquctte he had all his valnabes
about him, including sum Of money, a watch,
and safekey.
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS LAST NIGHT.-Ac-
cording to programme, duly laid out, the Democ-
racy, genuine, disafected, affected, and otherwise,
met at the headquarters Of the several Represen-
tatiye Districts last night and elected delegates to
attend the State Convention at Baton Rouge,
which Convention is to elect delegates extraordi-
nary to the Democratic Convention which is after
ward to meet at Charleston, to nominate o Demo-
cratic candidate for the next Presidency of the
United States.
Two classes Of candidates were offered at these
city primary meetings last night one class being
Of the Administration, Custoni-Ho or Slidell
stripe; and the other class Of the progressive, Or
Young America. or Stephen A. Douglas stripe.
We SHALL therefore, in list. signify the status
of the delegates elect by the initials s. and D. sig
nifying slidell and Douglas.
FIRST Representative Distict-C. D. Yancey, r.
J. Semmes N. Aspill, all s..
2d.-E P. Rareshide, j.. G. Murphy, Dr.. e. Ames,
all D.
3d.-A. 6. Wilson, J. McClosky, ]. McGanley, r,
Esterbrook-all S.
4th.-John Claiborne, Geo. W. White-both s.
5th.-Emile Lasere, Joseph Genois Bernard
| Avegno-aIl s.
6th.-P. Lanauz, Victor Labatut--both D.
7th.-P. Lacoste, p. A. Desforges S.
sth.-oscar II. Pynot, d.
9th.-DuFernay Farrar, D.
10th.--John Armstrong, Alfred Phillips. j. w.
Nader, James Brewer, T. P. White, ]. r. Coifey-
all D.
Total (Algiers not heard from) II Slidellians
and 13 pouglasites. There may be mistakes in
the above. If So we win correct at the first op.
portunity.
FnE.-The cofse-house and grocery Of j. Fl.
Hardy, one-story concern, at the corner of Girod
and Garondelet Streets was destroyed by fire about
5 o'clock yesterday morning. The house belonged
to NJ. Lartet. Mr.. Hardy was insured for about
$1,000. The origin of the fire was not ascertained.
WOMAN STABBED BY A MAN.--R. J., CUMMINGS
was yesterday before Recorder Wiltz on tile charge
of having stabbed Jane Priscilla Phillips with intent
to murder, on Sunday evening, in house on, Bien-
vile street between Marais and Viere, giving her
a small rip in the left side with pen.knife, The
accused was sent to prison to await examination.
DIED OF HIS INJuRlEs.-We yesterday mentioned
that on Sunday morning German, with q fiddle
under his arm, was run over and badly hurt by q
dray on Tchoupitoulas street, and that the slave
Granville, driver of the dray, was arrested. The
injured man was musician named Ludwig Win
terhalter, who was on his way hons from party
which had lasted till morning. That night he died
at Charity Hospital. legal investigation will
soon show how far the negro dray.driyer was to
blame.
Nor GRANTED.-The prayer of Joseph Galceran
for his liberty by habeas corpus Che being in prison
onthe charge Of fposoning Miss Reilly was argued
yesterday before Judge Duvigneaud. The Judge
dismissed the writ, and Gaceran will have to re-.
main in prison until chemist and Coroner shall
make some report affecting his case.
RAILROAD AccIDENr.- ohm Lawler, a laborer on
the 0pelousas Railroad, had a leg broken on Sun
day, by falling from and being run over by hand
car on the road, fifteen miles from Algiers He
was brought in to Algiers, and over to Charity
Hospital. gBs 5
HIGHWAY RoBBERY George ellington was yes
terday arraigned before Recorder Witt on d
charge of highway robbery. Patrick Garvin swore
that at o'clock on Sunday evening, as he was sit
ting on cotton bale on the levee, opposite Bien-
vile street, three men came up and asked him
what he was doing there; and that, before they
gave him time to answ knocked him off the
bale and down to til 4, held his arms, and
robbed him of one dollar and thirty Ave cents and
a poeket-knife. Glington afterward spotted to ths
police by Garyin as one of the trio, was sent to
prison to await examination.
FIsED.-M. G. Punch, for cannibalsm on Gasaue
street, (deyouring too much of B. and H. W
Pnnch) and getting too noisy, yesterday apollo
gised to Recorder Summers for it, and made
small donation of $40 to the City Treasury.
John Kelley, charged with insulting ladies ami
striking officer Condor on Tehoupitoulas street
got off at the low priceof slo. A great crowd Of
lesser offenders passed in review before the Re
corder some paying small fines and most going OF
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