New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-22


and the iiremeu knowing nothing Of the matter.
The room wa8 destroyed, the fire burning up u
the roof and d7wh through the floor and ceiling 70
a paror baIow. The pnttins out Of fIe 80
largely under headway, shows how well the neigh
bors worked.
Yesterday afternoon, the Chief Of Police and his
specials arrested Mrs. Sweet slave woman Louisa,
on the charge of having set the fire. The woman
denied the charge at first, bat afterwards made a
frank snd full confession. She told how she stfited
the fire, and why she did it. She showed her body,
covered with marks of the cruelest cAastiscmcnt
by her mistress; said that her baby, sucking,
died several weeks ego, from the iII-treatmcnt Of
her mistress who refused to let her suckIc it, and
starved it otherwise till it died, and made her take
medicine to stop her milk that her mistress was
equally crun to her other slaves, punishing them
teartully without cause, and t0rturng little son
Of one Of the other slave women, by beating him
necessarily and by pinchins and pulling bis ears
till she partially separated one of them from his
head.
The Chief, upon this ordered the arrest of Mrs.
@weet, for crn"lty to her slaves. She was in due
time arrested, and then released on bail.
Mrs. Sweet then had her ncigAbor, Mr. Eugene
Moreau, arrested on the charge Of arson. Mr.
Norcau'5 residence fronts on Claiborne street: his
back yard is separated by high fence from Mrs.
Sweets back yard. Mr.. Sweet charged that
Moreau interfered with her when she was chasts-
ing her slaves and had cut a hole in the fence
with an AK, in order to look through into her yard,
and had told Louisa not to stand it. to burn the
house down, kill the ID h-~h, and so on. Morcau,
who is respectable citizen Of French birth, de-
clared that he was actuatcd only by motives of hu-
manly, for he was continually disturbed by the
screams Of Mrs. Sweets negroes, she Furnishing
them unmcrcIluy at all times, and with the fury
of a demon. As there was nothing to justify the
charge Of arson against Mr.. Moreau, he was re-
leased on bail.
Mrs. Sweet, alias IIinckev, was long known in
th, city as the notorious Fanny Smith. Some ter
or twelve years ago she was mistress of a bank
officer who deiaulted to the extent of 900 anG
fed from the country. After that she went tc
California; made her pile, aSd returned to this
city, having lived pivately and in luxurious style
| ever since Several Years ago, when living in the
Second District, size arrested for cruelty tortur
ing one Of her little slaves, and got off only by
| means Of her money and the ingenuity Of hel
lawyers. She has lattery been living to hersel:
with ilcr negroes, and her present neighbors have
nothing against her except her cruelty TO those
negroes. She asserts that she has a right ts flo;
her negroes when they don't behave, and that tn,
interference of Mr. Moreau was only an excuse O.
| preteXt to get her out OF the ncighborhood.
| The slave woman Louisa ran away from her mis-
| tress several weeks ago, and surrendered hersel
at the police office, complaining of cruel treatmen
and showing the marks thereof. She now owns t
the arson of Thursday night with the air of think
ing it perfectly iustiable.
| Police APPOINTMENTS s-Lieut Edwl Crevon an,
Sergeant Arthur Raymond, of the Second Distric
police, having gone into the military service, Mr.
Charles Ramei has been appointed Lieutenant O
Police, and Corporal A. Macias promoted Sergeant
to fill the vacancies. We know all these officer
WELL and can vouch that those who remain will dt
their duty eaectually and honorably as thei
| predecessors who have gone to the wars.
FIRST DISTRICT CoCRr .Jtdqe CoHe2s-Ar
drew larrnGt0n having pleaded guilty of passin
counterfeit $40 bills the Bank OF New Orlcan;
was yesterday sentenced to three years III til
| penitcntiarY.
The Grand Jury reported true bill for murder
against Thomas Shaw WHO killed }. W. West by
| blow with a hammer: and true bill for murder
| agant Henry l0omis, who shot Michael Felliuge
in the Fourth District.
| Other business unnrorant.
RECORDER ENERsoN's CovE-.-ElIen Reynolds
an incorrigihle young girl, was yesterday sent t,
| the Aouse of Raalrc at the request of her weep
| ing mother. Miguel S,~erIS, arrested for peddlnG
without license, was turned over to the City Treas
nrer. Ii. Burchardt dismissed from the charge
| OF stealing james thristendeus Came-Chlckcn, Ol
| BHCChus street
John Frank, charged with stealing SO worth o
| Congress shoe-rubber from II. G. brehop, at 81
Gravier street, gave bail to appear.
Hugh Smith gave bail to answer to the charg.
| Of having brutHy beaten Eliza Hughes. with in
tent to KILL on PQg dras street. near Bolivar.
The other business was unnteresting.
RECORDER GAsrryEL's CorRr.- David. alias 10
seph Leinher, was yesterday sent before the Eirs
District Court. for beating George Leopold with
loaded cane, with intent to kill, on the 18th 0
| May. He gave bail.
cisco Baptistino with bowie knife, was dismissed
| Francisco having left the city Simon Duran6
charged with assaulting Officer Picard with
Sevillian knife, with intent to kill, also Gis
| missed the case not being made out. g. NrIntyr
and Ed. German were fined 50 for resisting tn
police st the City Park. The slave Preston, O
Crumhorn, for driving his team against lady an
resisting the officer who arrested him, was sent OF
to receive rfteen lashes. The following new case
were fixed for examinations
! Vim. Mohr, charged with attempting to k;
Peter Adam Abriss with razor. on ThursGa
night at the corner of Cont anG Claiborne streets
| Sent to prison in default OF bail.
Angel Garcia Serro, charged with assaultin
Mrs. Catherine Nagle with 4 knife with intent /
kill, in her own yard, at the corner OF St. letc
and Dauphine streets. Sent to prison.
Bernard Frish charged by Lieutenant ColonC
John l.. Miller with hreach of trust, in collec tin
money for German Home Guard company belong
ing TO the Louisiana lcgion--a vague sort {
charge. Sent to prison.
john Denis, f. NJ. c., charged with assault an
hattery on J. E. Faurea slave girl Niobc, at tn
corner Of Bicnyil!e AID burgundy Streets Ba
given.
Joseph Dyer, charged with selling liquor to