New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-06
FIRE ALARMS,


FIRE ALARMS.
| The alarm at 6 o'clock last evening was caused
by the burning out of a foul chimney at the corner
| of Common and Baronne streets. The smoke
| caused great alarm, and prodigious but useless
| rush of the firemen.
| Another alarm, at quarter to 7 in the evening,
was caused by the explosion of a camphene lamp
in Sulvan's sailor boarding house, on Leyee street,
| below Marigny, Third District Mr.. Sullivan, drop
| camphene and coal oil!
| ANOTHER POLICEMAN DANGEROUSLY STABBED
| One Daniel Wrghtson arrested at half-pa
| last evening, charged with having dangerously
| stabbed policeman John Harmon, On Front Levee
| street, near Ursulines. Harmon was sent to the
/ hospital We had not time to inquire after further
| particulars.
! THE COURTS
| FIRST DISTRICT CoURT-Jasdqe R5t7at,-E. f. Rea
was arraigned to answer to the charge of larceny
| and pleading not guilty, was renanded to await
| his trial.
In the case of George Samuels, convicted of
burglary, the rule taken for new trial was. after
the hearing Of arguments, dismissed
The D!striet.A Attorney filed the following inform
@ allons jim y Brian, carrying concealed weapons;
| Inomas Wilson. John Mason, Dominique Foster
| Paul Terzades, Louis Gerard, William Brooks and
Bernard Donnelly assault and battery
Michael Ryan, convicted Of stabbing with intent
| ment in the Parish Prison.
Ellen Lantry, found guilty Of assault with intent
| 10 Eil, was sentenced TO one years Imprisonment
| in the Parish Prison. e-Tf
| J: 3. Pengeol having entered the plea of guilty
to the charge of larceny, sentenced to two
| months Imprisonment in the Parish Prison.
John Casey, convicted OF larceny, was sentenced
to SIX months Imprisonment at hard labor in the
State Pententary.
The Grand Jury presented the following true
! bills: John Haeran, mansaughter; Victor Garcia,
| murder.
| RECORDER EMERSoN's Court. - Emily Enbanks
!; W. c' and her daughter Elizabeth, or beating
| mary Culican, white, with pole, and otherwise
abusing her. on the 10th of December last on
Basin street, were yesterday sent before the First
District Court to be tried for assault and battery
| The colored ladies gave bail, such ladies always
seem to nave money, white men and other respon-
| sible things at their backs. Who ever heard of
| free colored lady or ladies' when her or their
ofIence was bailabe ever failing to furnish bail?
David Murphy. late police officer, was also
sent before the First District Court and furnished
bail. AL this gentleman had done was talking to
| and cooking a loaded pistol at the bosom of Mrs.
Mary Anne Smith, at her own clearinghouse, No.
1S4 GraVler street. on the Sd of March,
| Maria Moore, +. W. c., for uterieg threats and
| other bad language to Frances Sanders f. w. c. at
No LOT Liberty street, on the l4th ult was fined
S24 and put under peace bonds for three months.
! Henry Wilder, charged with throwing down
| George Sader, and George Vogesanger and I,ouis
| Hussmann, charged with keeping their coffee
houses open on election day, the 1st inst, were
discharged: The two coffeehouse keepers were
dismissed because the prosecutors did not appear,
| and because, as the Recorder decided thera was
| no law to Justify the arrests.
| The following accused parties were arraigned
and booked for future examination:
| Betsy and Leuda, slaves of P Powers and Lu.
| cretia. slave of I. Hilbert, charged bv Mesers
Newhouse and Holland, and by Captain John
iouennes y with having set fire to Mr. 7; Hibert's
| If T H,;
streets, during the night of the Sd inst. Sent to
| prison, to be examined on the Sth inst.
Jacob Hrsch and F. Harett. charged with llav-
| ing assaulted Joseph koeng and stabbed him with
a cane-sword in the right thigh, with intent to kin
| late on Wednesday night, as Koenig, with his child
Ill his arms and his wife at his side, got out of the
horsecar at the corner of Nayades and Clio streets
| Sent to prison in default of bail.
| a. 7. Ernest, charged with instantly imposing
upon his wife Jane, at their residence corner of
Lafayette and Magnolia streets, by abusing and
maireatns hef, ny beating her, pulling her hair
from her head, straddng upon her body and pinion-
| ins her arms with his knees and otherwise l.using
her." Sent to prison in default of bail
Ann Butcher, charged with horribly abusing
Margaret Piper, and showing her person at her. in
an indecens and contemptuous way, on Dryades
street, on the 25th ultimo. Bail given.
Mrs. Joe Phillips, Mr.. Joe Phillips, and Louis
Ieieler, charged with assailing, assaultng, and
talking dreadful things to Mrs Catherine Fitzgerald
and her husband and child, on Freret street be
tween Melpomene and Terpsichorc, on Wednesday
| evening. Bail given.
! Mrs. Mary Sugin, charged with calling Mrs.
Deans ont of her name and assauting her with
knife on the lst inst. on Religious street. between
| Market and St. James. Bail given.
| NJ. Ganznnberg, charged with pummeling Robert
Cohn Oh Thursday forenoon. at the corner of Ram
| part and Grayier streets. Bail given.
| Frank Speares, charged with several times pok-
ing the face of Joseph Long with stick or club,
on Thursday, at the corner of Fulton and De!ord
! streets. Bai|Egiyen.
Paul Belanfon, f. m. c., charged with vilely in
| sutIng and abusing Mrs. Banghie, a white woman
on Tuesday, on Rampant street, between Girod and
| julia Bail given.
Mrs. Ticrnev, charged with constantly persc.
cutting David Dwyer and wife, at their residence,
No. 25l Magazine street. (next door neighbors) and
yesterday throwing water upon Mrs. Dryer
Locked up in default of bail.
| RECORDER RIAcHE's CoURT.-Jacob Myer and
Jean FGVre were several'y examined upon the
charge of larceny. A fter the hearing of Evidence
both parties were committed for due appearance
before The First District Court.
Joseph WharDing was arragned upnffNe charge
OF receiving stolen property, knowing the same to
be stolen. No evidence being offered TO substan-
tiate the charge, the accused was discharged and
the case dismissed.
Nicholas Coralas was, by jury trial, convicted of
the offence OF selling sprituous liquor to slaves
aud sentenced TO pay fine OF $250-n default OF
payment to six months Imprisonment and to forfeit
his license.
G. NJ. Beck filed an affidavit charging john Ke
Ter with assault and battery. The accused was
committed to await examination.
Charles Miller was charged by the affidavit Of
| Thomas Garrison with assault and battery and
dnly committed for appearance to answer to the
charge.
RECORDER I4oNG's CnUBr.-AmedGe Norel was
| examined upon the charge Of breach Of the peace,
and condemned to give bond in the sum Of 500 10
keep the peace for the term of thirty days. Bond
was given.
After due examination, Wm. Powers, charged
with larceny, was discharged and the case dis
| missed.
Mrs Ellen O'Neal filed an affidavit, charging
| Mrs. Mary Powers with felonotsy stealing from
i her person, whilst she was asleep, $500 in gold
coin.
SNoW AT ST. JOHN, N. B.-The following extract
from letter from St. ,John N. B., dated March "a,
shows that our colonial neighbors have had a
liberal supply Of snow:
Il We have had the most fearful snow storm ever
experienced in this colony since its settlement.
There is now at least seven feet of snow on the
level, and more probably it will average eight.
All communication with the country is cut off.
Five mails from Boston are now due and two or
three days may elapse before We get them. My
letter to Fredericton has not reached there, al
though tho sixth day on the way sThis is a mail
route of eleven hours. IN the streets Of this city
4 the snow is twelve to fifteen feet deep, and photo
gFaphists were occupied yesterday il getting the
extraordinary scenes.