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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

Judge Perkfns, Sneeell.


The following are the eloquent and impressive
remarks of the Hon. John Perkins, of Madison
parish, in the State Convention, on the occasion of
calling up the Ordinance of Secession to put it
upon its passage:
Mr.. President, I believe the hour has arrived
when it becomes my duty, by general consent. to
call from the table the special order of the
day. There are periods, sir, in the history of
States, as of men, when the sense Of great duty
to be discharged invests even the most ordinary
acts with an unusual solemnity. The present
moment | regard as one of these periods in the
history of State, as well as in the experience
| of the members Of this Convention, and it is
| therefore with deep and earnest prayer for wis
dom and courage to guide in our deliberations
that now ask the Convention to take up and pass
| the Ordinance for the Secession of the State of
| Louisiana from the union Of the States known as
| I" The United States Of America" and that We may
| be strictly in order, move that the Ordinance
| be again read, with the resolution recommended
to be passed at the same time.
(aerc the Ordinance and resolution were ready
| Mr.. President, with the hope of inducing har-
mony of action and with the view to elevate, as
far as possible, the subject and the occasion to the
height Of the great interests involved it has been
determined by the advocates of this measure to
forbear all discussion. We give all the time the
| rule adopted will permit to the members of the
minority They can discuss it fully
The form of the Ordinance is the result of the
matured counsel of different minds It's language
is simple; its purpose is clear: and as believe it
to be, the expression of the heart and the tcW OF
the people Of Louisiana, I hold it up before the
members Of this Convention as being itself, read
| in the light of existing events, the best advocate
of its own passage. an desired by the friends OF
the measure to assure those of the Convention who
yet hesitate as to the they shall pursue that
the sincerity Of their patriotisms not questioned
that to a certain extent we can even sympathize in
their embarrassment. Time and events move OF
in spite of the will of man. and many of those who
now most strongly advocate immediate secession
have only reached that conclusion, after having
been forced to modify the convictions and the ex,
pressions of one day, by the rapidly occurring and
| startling events of the next
trust, therefore, Mr.. President as the majority
thus do in advance full justice to the motives of the
minority, that in whatever shall be said here to-
day, that minority will do equal justice to the posi-
tons and opinions of the majority. And especially
do beg that in whatever is said in the heat of dis
cusson, great care be taken that neither history
nor those at distance, cotemporary with us, be
lead to confound slight difference of opinion upor
a mere matter of form, with radical division O.
sentiment the great question now at issue be
| tween the Ncrth and the South
| Sir, have finished.
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Young man named Aldg6 a dry-goods mer
chant and a member of one of the companies Of
the Chasseursa-P Pied, declares that on Friday
night he was stopped and shot at by party of
men at the corner of st. Peter and st. Claude
streets, without cause rprovoeaton. He had just
come out of the armory of his company, at that
corner, (formerly the Globe Ball-room) and was
quietly passing along when he was ordered to halt,
and shot at, but luckily not hit. He ran back into
the armory, notified his comrades of what had hap
pened, and crowd of these comrades going out
with him, were met by the shooting party, who
stood their ground and said they were the citizen
patrol. Mr. Aldig6, as we hear, afterwards hunted
up the captain of that company, said to be Mr..
Robin, druggist, corner of ST. Ann and Villtr6
streets, and complained of the treatment he had
received. Mr.. Robin told him that if he had been
stopped and shot at as he alleged be (9obin)
would hold himself responsible for it. The young
man afterward went to Recorder BlaGhe to COM
plain about it. Whether warrant was issued or
not, we did not hear.
Citizen patrol companies have been and are in
the nightly habit of patrollng their respective
parts of the city; some Of them have done not a
little good service in quelling drunken disturbances
and arresting suspicious characters and vagrants
and they will continue to do well, SO long as they
go this far and no farther. They have no right
however, that we can see. to challenge a respect
able citizen passing quietly along, when they have
gaslght to see who he is or to shoot at him if he
does not stop instantly at the word. Mr.. Aldigt
declares that he was thus treated, and by some oi
the patrol of that part of city. He may, however
be mistaken; and, for the sake of the patrol com
panies, we hope he is.
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SOME EXCUSE FOR HIM.

The drayman, John Ryan, who drove over a
young girl two or three days ago, at the corner OF
Canal and St. Charles street. was yesterday released
on bail by Recorder Emerson, the child being de-
clared out of danger. A gentleman who witnessed
the accident says it was purely an accident; that
Ryan was pulling his mules around to avoid COLI
sion with an omnibus that suddenly came out OF St.
Charles street, and pulled so hard that his lines
broke and he fell off the dray and came near being
killed himself; also that the girl, who is an apple
peddler, was, according to her custom, sitting in a
dangerous place, against which she had previously
been cautioned that is, on the street outer curb
of the gutter, with her back to the street.
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VOLUME XIII.
Nem Orlraus 9aiIg Crrseerj
MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1861.
THE SOUTHERN CONGRESS-.


The Southern Congress will meet in Montgomery,
Alabama to-day Six States will be represented
South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and Louisana-and Texas will unquestion-
ably have delegation there in ten days. ArEan-
sas will be on hand in short ORDER and the time is
very near when every slave State will be properly
represented by delegates, with the exception per-
haps, of Maryland and Delaware. As Delaware has
no direct interest in slavery and as her predilec-
tions tend Northward, nothing is to be expected
from her, nor would she be of any special value to
the great Southern combination now formed, and
in process of formation. AS for Maryland, we can
not resist the conviction that she will, sooner or
later, link her destines with her Southern sisters.
She may be the last to come in, but when she does
come in, she will not be the least The old Mary
land line" will never separate from Virginia and
the South and although she may lag at this mo-
ment we believe, when she takes her stand, that, as
of yore she will be first in the onso and last in re-
treat
The first duty-in fact, the paramount duty of
the Montgomery Congress- will be to form Pro-
yisonal Government with the least possible delay.
The moments in these days of revolution and peril,
are of priceless value, We must have de fdcto
Government of the States which have seeded as
soon as possible. That de fdcto Government we
have good reason to believe, will at once be re-
| ccgnzed by France, England Spain and Russia
| and their recognition of our Governmental exist
ence will he followed by the remainder OF the na-
tions of the earth. This will give our new Govern
ment prestige, power and standing, and will enable
Ms to enter into such treaties and alliances as may
be most beneficial to u.s. to say nothing Of the tre-
mendous engine of destruction against our Northern
enemies it will place in our hands by bestowng
upon US the undsputed right to issue letters OF
marque and reprsal, od LJitlna.
| Therefore, let the new government be put ID
operation as speedily as practicable and let not an
instant of precious time be lost in sending duly &C.
| credited Ambassadors abroad. When the ruthless
Abolitionists of the North learn that the chances
are ten to one that if, in addition to innumerable
other wanton outrages upon us. they add the
| frirhtful crime Of war, there will not be in SIX
months a Northern merchantmen upon any sea un
der the canopy of Heaven, they will be apt tc
come to their senses, and, no matter how dishonest
will be very careful not to provoke contest II
which their ocean supremacy will be lost, and |
successful on land will only lead to the lasting de
struction Of their most vital interests.
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A eAp NOTE AVID A BAD EGG.

Mr.. William of No. 1G5 Julia street, on Satur'
day, had Emile Huillion of No. % Exchange Alley
arraigned before Recorder Bl&che He declared
that on the 23d ult he chnnEed ior Emile Hulon
a note Of the denomination OF $50, purp0friug TO
be of the Merchants Bank which he took as gen
uine, but which he discovered to be counterfeit
That he then entrusted the note TO HQillion, that
he might, in accordance with his representation
return the same where it was paid him, and returr
to complainant the said amount of $40. Bu
the accused has failed to give back either the note
or money, and he, therefore, charges him with EN-
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Hotel Arrivals Yesterday.

ST.. CHARLES HoTEL.-G williamson, H " Allen.
La; J Brown, Texas; A Barbin La; Capt W
Roland; T Sheridan, river; W R Hardy, D j
Wekes. G Marsh; Tobb Texas J P ITALIA
ferro, Va Thos Cock, H Byron, Miss; s Cham
berlan; W Richardson, La; W Z Turner, Ala
R G Lewis, B Stirling, Miss I c Scarborough,
H Short, La; H W White Miss Mrs A NJ Wood,
DC;JR Thorn, Va; G f Latham Ny; M Godham,
city J Osborne, W Tapping, Y; W Smith,
Tenn.
CITY HoTEL.-C Chamberlain, st Louis; J D
Perry, Memphis; VIM Miller, La; f Harrington
Miss; Eppes, Pt Jefferson, La; W McLaugh.
lin, NJ Austin, A s Shotwell, Shotwell, R Shot,
we'll, Askew, Miss; S Ormsby East Feliciana
Mrs s J Talbot, Talbot, Plaquemines; Har'
rngton, ST Lous: E Whitfield, Jno l. Gray, Miss
d Crump, Mobile, j D Griffin Ala Fl Strong, G
E G Mcknight, Mobile; F j Burroughs; Joh1
Thompson, Texas Mrs Murray, L Brown, Miss
W Sibson, U s A; G F Gates, Miss; r V Hol
land, Tenn; G N Fuller, parish of St. Martin; F
Burbank, st Louis.
Sr. LOUIS HoTEL.-T S Savage, Miss; Mrs " T
BARLEY and family; Ferriora aud Danzinzt, Havana
A Westhead. Fl Ashworth, E Pedder, England ,
Fl Wheat, " Duncan, Ky; 4 Ferand, VIM Little
La: 7 S Birdn, Red River; Major VIM Johnson
! Chill; Johu Henry, Peru; 3 Deel, Terrebonne
G R FGgot, parish Orleans.
Sr JAMES uorEr..--T Saint, Ala VIM War
ner, N Y: A Greywant, Baton Rouge; 0
Kecny, N Goodwin Nashville; f B Russell Jane
| Smith, Ark J NJ BiIger, N Y; D G Pooth, J
! Yarbrough, S Patterson, W McMurran, '
Townes Texas; Z G Young, Mo- J L McFadd
City; Ed Eddy, City; T J Standlor. Clark co
| I W Boone, G D Fee; M West, Holmes,
Spivey, Miss.
| 7--z.T&. Ss,r,pas IT EEoJIe FHon1Ts+ A., ~
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04
Diseases Of the TnrOat 0secg Hessags

Dr. c. P CRANES system of treating all diseases Of the
THROAT and LUNGS by inhalation of Electro Chemical and
Medical vapos with Constitutional Remedies
now well known the only reliable and rational process,
NEVER FAILING OF EXPECTING A CURE,
Even in those and desperate cases. which bid defiance
to the ordinary rules of practice.
DR. has also established Permanent Office Institute
for the treatment Of all Chronic Disease by Of
MEDICAL ELECTRICITY AND
ELECTRO-CHEMICAL BATHS.
From three to five applications will
ENTIRELY REMOVE ALL MINERALS
AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
FROM THE SYSTEM
And alleviate all those ruaaes which result from the pres
of
MERCURY, LEAD ANTIM0NY,
RHEUMATIC AFFECTIONS. ETC
Office and Residence late No. 146 No. 1856 ST. JOSEPH
STREET, between Camp and ST. Charles streets.
MIG 2pMoWesat&Wf
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RECORDER BLAoHE's CouRT.--P. Loizelle filed
an affidavit charging George W. Barrow, f. m. c.,
and representing himself as white man. Prayer
is therefore made that said Barrow be arrested and
dealt with according to law.
William Spencer made affidavit that one Henry
Dewitt did on the lst inst, strike deponent with
out cause or provoeaton, the said striking being
Numerically opposed to the preservation of the
peace and dignity of the State. The charge Of
assault and battery is therefore brought, and the
prayer is made that the said Dewitt be arrested and
dealt with according lo the provisions of the law.
RECORDER LoNG's CoURr. Mary O'Rrien fled an
affidavit charging one Mrs. Smith with breach Of
the peace, in grossly insulting and abusing her.
The arrest of the offending party was accordingly
prayed for.
Ellen Sedgwick charged Mrs, Landrigan. by affE
dayit, with abusing and Insulting her in an outra7
geOus manner; therefore the prayer is made that
the aggressing party be arrested, and after dine
proceedings are had, be dealt with according to
law.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04
THE CITIZEN PATROL COMPANIES

THE CITIZEN PAl ROL COHFAF]ES
We have previously published the fact of the or
ganizaton of '' citizen patro,'' or home guard :"
companies in different parts of the city. We have
two more companies Of the kind to report.
THE FOURTH WARD PATROL have perfected their
organization and elected their officers as follows
J. c. Kathman, President; Samuel Hamilton, Vice
President: V. G. DeLisle, Captain; FL. Degro, Jr.,
1st Lieutenant; L. Gastinel I'd Lieutenant j. F.
Haworth, Sd Lieutenant; G. A. Fosdicl, 4th Lieut.
tenant John Ricaghart 1st Sergeant; L. Van Brag,
I'd Sergeant A. Sarreu, Sd Sergeant; H. Bonne-
vale, 4th Sergeant.
THE MELPoAENE PATROL GUARDS, Composed
principally Of the members of Washington Fire
Company No. 20) have just perfected their organ
izaton and elected their officers, as follows: Thos.
Murray, President; D. S. Ball, Treasurer; John 7.
Plattsmier, Captain; D. snider, R. F. Nugent, Rob
ert Brown, ]. R. Richards, Hugh Ftzsimmons, A,
P. Clark, Geo. P Evans, Lieutenants; Il. 0. Hall
Secretary.
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ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAP0N.-John
Donohue, charged with assaultBg and striking Pat
rick Welsh with dangerous weapon was exam
ined before Recorder Adams on Saturday. Welsh
swore, that on the 10th January, while he was
quietly going home, and when opposite to accused's
house. on Felicity Road, the accused walked up to
him and asked him what he was blowing about;'
he told him he was not " blowing Then Dono-
hue struck him in the mouth, and, knocking one of
his teeth out, knocked him down. While down, he
told Donohue that he had struck the wrong man.
Then Donohue said he would murder him. end struck
him again. He held up my hands and struck me
on the knuckles. He was very much swollen for
several days from the effects of the blows Dono-
hue gave him. He was struck with some blunt in
strument. After hearing the above testimony, the
accused was sent before the First District Court.
Bail $500.
| OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PREFENcEs.-H.
| Holland charged with obtaining the sum of $l5
| under false pretences from Abner N. Cooper, was
also examined. Cooper gave the following testi-
mony: "0n the 23d of January, Holland came to
my stable, on New Levee street, between Jackson
and Philip streets, and wanted to make an agree
| ment with me to stable some Of his mules that had
| arrived on the 'tAonzo Child.n he told me that
he had eighteen negroes in Fosters slave depot,
and showed me card with the name Of NJ, NJ.
Goodwin, and told me that, although his name was
not on the card, he the responsible man of the
house. He told me that he wanted to buy some
tubs, but that the man. not knowing him. would
not send them until he was paid and that he (the
accused) did not want to go to his house and come
back, and asked me to lend him SIS. lent the
money to him. Next day I went to Fosters slave
depot and asked Foster if he had the slaves; was
| told that he had not. Called on Mr.. Goodwin and
was told that the accused had no interest in the
house, nor had the accused received any mules by
the boat. Committed for trial to the Criminal
Court.
STEALING A CARPENTERS TooLs.--Joseph Gahan
was examined before Recorder Emerson on q
charge of larceny, to-wit: stealing some earpen-
ter's tools from Robert Kirby, Is Camp street. The
Recorder, in consequence, committed the accused
to the First District Court.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

A DUTCH VIEW OF THE CRISIS.
German named John Weisbufn reached the
city day before yesterday, on a Red river boat,
with two horses, bearing the branded letters on
their hides, q U. 81 He beat around until he
found mayor Monroe and then he explained what
he had done as a true friend Of the South He
told his history.
Born in Deutchand, and educated printer, he
came over the water in search of a fortune. He
located in Illinois, where there are many Dutch,
and worked some time as printer Black Re-
publican newspaper. Having soul beyond that
occupation, he enlisted after while as regular
in the United States army, and in due course Of
time found himself quartered at Fort Ouachita, in
Arkansas. Things were very quiet and dull and
dreary about that famous fort-famous for moth
ing. His chvalric heart was growing torpid from
want of action and adventure. He paraphrased
an old song and sang to himself -
Now isn't pity Auch soldier brave as I,
Should hang silent fort pine away and die g:
And he kept singing this song silently to himself
until he heard the delightful news that the Southern
States in general, and Louisiana in particular, had
seeded and were seeding from the Union, and
taking possession of all the Federal property with
/ in their limits Then he boldly asked leave of ab
sence from the fort for two days: and what be
k asked for he obtained. Soon afterward, feeling
himself in state of secession, he considered HIM
/ self a seeding State, and levied on all Federal
property within his reach. Though stealing was
| not his forte, he considered that stealing horses
from his late fort vas honorable and patriotic, in
| view of Southern secession and the dissolution of
the Union. So he made his leave of absence per-
petual by securing two of Uncle Sans horses,
mounting one, and getting another scallawag of q
deserter to mount the other, and travel for the
South.
The two rascals. arriving at Shreveport, could
have sold the horses and come to New Orleans with
pocket-fulI of rocks;n but Weisburn fancied
that if they came to New Orleans with the horses
their feat of robbery and escape upon and from
Uncle Sam would be recognized high act O.
patriotism, emitting them to reward and compli
ment, If not high honor in the independent STATE
of Louisiana.
Weisburn reached the city with the two horses
his feow.robber having got scared, very sensibly
and sloped from the boat at Baton Rouge. Whel
Weisburn landed here, (as we have said) he huntet
up the Mayor to tell his tale and receive the rewart
of his patriotic services in behalf of the South
1.-THE horses, branded U. S., being held by tn
steamboat captain for bill of s48 travelling ex
penses.] Mayor Monroe, after hearing the story
told Mr. Weisburn that secession and stealing, ant
devotion and desertion, were widely different tina
he would have to lock him up, as man not at al
ft for recognition in the South-in other words, q
deserter lin war times shoD and horse-thief "a
all times in border counties hung) So Mr.. Weis
burn sis in for it'll all on account Of taking to
Dutch view of the crisis, "#= as.n&
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NEW YoRK, Feb. 2.--The Cunard royal mail
steamship Arabia, Capt. Stone, arrived at this
port yesterday, from Liverpool Saturday, the 18th,
and Queenstown Sunday evening, the goth ult.
She brought on board e226,O0o of specie on
freight.
The intelligence by the Arabia is two days later
than that received by the Bohemian at Portland.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL Jan. 2O.-The sales of Cotton yes.
terday, (ssturday) in Liverpool, consisted pi
20, 600 bales, of which 10 600 reported to hnfe
been taken on speculation and for export. The
market generally closed firm at very full prices.
LoNDox, Jan. 2o.-The market for American
securities rules dull, and all qualities have slightly
declined.
Quotations for consols closed at slS@9l3.
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A mutiny of a serious nature occurred on board
the British ship Devonshire, Capt. Calhoun, while
laying at the bar on the seth ult. She was cleared
from this port on the 2lst for Cadiz, by Messrs.
VIM. J. Dewey & Co.. with cargo of $50, ,000sta
The crew mutinied, and both the mates were said
to be dangerously wounded, the Captain also re-
ceivng severe injuries. He came up to the city on
Thursday evening, to procure other officers. He
went down on Friday night to his vessel in COM
pany with his mates, when the ship was to pro.
ceed to sea.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

4. Boehrn vas arraigned before Recorder Emer-
son on Saturday and held to appear for examina.
ton, on the charge Of having obtained from Simon
j. FIotow, in September last, the Photographic
likeness Of his father and mother upon the repre-
sentati0n that he would bring it to his (afiant's)
brother, in the town of Clinton. But he has never
done SO, and Flotow says that the picture, the in
trinsic value Of which he sets down AZ $50 is now
at one SilVerstein's on Poydras street, and prays
the Intervention Of police authority to effect its
restnratiOn.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

A youngster that we wot of, not yet four years
of age, was admonished by his nurse the other
night that it was time to go to bed. The nurse,
however, said, " Come, Louis. it's time for you to
go to rooat." "But, Peggy says the youngster,
" if 60 to roost won't have to lay eggs?' Peggy
had nothing to say, and the infant subsded.
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MELpoMENE PATROL GCARDS.-A notice appear.
ing in another column gives list of the officers
elect of this new association. The organization is
complete. Members, and those disposed to join
will meet at the Hall of Washington Fire Company
No. 2O on Tuesday to-morow) evening, at
O'clock for the transaction of particular business
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AcclpENr To rHg cREoLE.

The steamer Creole, which left on Saturday for
Pascagoula, had an accident happen to her engine
when passing the Rigolets, and could proceed no
further. The passengers returned to the city yes
terday morning on the Mobile boat. The damage
on the Creole is being repaired. and will probably
go on to the Gulf shore towns tomorrow evening,
the mail-boat taking the passengers to where she
lies in the Rigolets. Notice is advertised else
where that no freight can be received by the Pont-
chartrain Railroad to-day for the Mobile mail line.
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BADLY GAINED.

Pete Conway was arrested on Saturday after
noon, at the corner of Fulton and Notre Dame
streets, on the charge of having violently beaten
and bloodied the head of John Doyle with loaded
cane. Conway was released on bail yesterday,
Doyle not being dangerously hurt.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-04

showing him and his rascally young comrades aside
with his arms, Gruber or somebody else ought to
have spread them around with good club. It l5 a
great and growing nuisance, this assamblage and
insulting behavior Of grown rowdias and little rats
around the entrances of respectable balls when
they nccnr