New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-23
NUMBER 146.
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| SgRENADE.r-We were serenaded last night bv
the band of the Fourth Regiment of the Louisiana
Volunteers, under Prof. Moses. The music was
delicious and worthy of the regiment in every par
| ticular. They Afterwards waited upon Chief of
Police John McClelIand the worthy patron of the
| McClelland Guards, the Captain of which is a.
brother of the leader ,lf the band. We hope that
this band may soon have an opportunity of drum
ing ont of camp any number Of Yankees. They
| have our thanks for their olite attentions.
! Loss OF THE STEAMER R. W. PowELL.-The R.
". Powell, Capt Webbing, (hlentioned in the tele,
| graph struck a snag on Wednesday afternoon last
| about o'clock, in landing lady passenger at
| Ganrier and Angles plantation. The boat no= lies
in about twenty-five feet water broke in two, and
is total loss. One of her hands is missing. Pas
! sengers and crew are all safe. Capt Webbing,
officers crew and passengers, arrived last night On
| the steamer LafoUrohe.
| The RIGHT MEN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.--We were
pleased to learn that our friend, Deputy Coroner
John Baptiste Soraparu, the efficient Deputy Coro
ner of Mr.. Beach, elected few evening;
| since First Lieutenant of the Third Company Of
the Orleans Guards, in place of Mr.. Martel, re
| signed. hr. Soraparu will no doubt, prove as
useful military officer as he has proven in civil
!
| great a number of deaths when he goes to war as
| when he stays at home.
| GEO. GERMAN, and not Geo Peters, is the
name Of the boy reported by US yesterday as
| drowned.
systematic TuJEvING.-Mary Ann McGraw was
yesterday arrested, on a charge made by BIr. B. A.
Dyer, who accuses her with having pilfered
from his premises to large extent. Mary Ann
was servant in the employ OF Mr.. Dyer, and man.
aged to take off his clothing house linen, and other
| articles to an amount almost incredible. She was
| locked up for examination.
RECORDER EMERsoN's CoURr.-Oscar F. Ben
| iamin, Michael Sullivan, James Nagle and Thomas
| Cannon, were held to answer for having enlisted
| il Capt. Wings Company, received outfits and
provisions and then deserted headquarters. These
men also had preferred charge of assault against
Capt Wing, for arrestinG them, but could not sub
ST ntiate it.
James Welsh was sent before the First District
Court, for sssault and battery upon Timothy
Reach. This case is little strange from the fact
that it grew ont of dispute about the custody of
a little girl, a child of Roach's. 1t seems that
Welsh has had the child with him for some time
taking care of it as his own and is much attached
to it, and that Roach, for some private reason
wished TO take her away from him, which so exas
perated Welsh that he knocked him down, ant
otherwise maltreated him. The Recorder delivered
the child up to the father, and held Roach to hai
to appear as aforementioned. D .n.
George Elliott, of No. triangle buildings, WHIT
was arrested for threatening his neighbor, George
Thomas, gave $500 bail to appear and explain
matters. -.
Mrs Victoria Laford had her loving husband
Mathew Laford, up for treating her to goot
thrashing, but her affection overcoming her resent
mert she did not appear against him, and he was
dismissed and went his way rejoicing
Ann Gallagher and her liege lord were held to
bail in $3.50 for assaulting Mrs. Mary Brady.
RECORDER GAsTINELs CoURT.-Ben, a slave o
Mr.. Forstall, was fined $50 and sentenced to re
ceive twenty lashes, for striking J. krismer,
white man, on the 18th inst.
A. Mutze was held to answer in the sum of 500
for striking and beating a slave girl Of Mr.. P
| Letoumeur.
} Mrs. ANGELA Bellanger, for committing breae
t of the peace upon Marie Laporte, was given tn
f choice of paying S. passing fifteen days of re
tirement in the Parish Prison. She chose payin
the fine.
Catherine Huhua and John Springer, who,
I seems, got up public fight at No. l72 Rampal
street. on the 1lth inst, each were made to Civ
$500 bonds to keep the peace for three months
: Thomas Lamarque gave $500 bail to appear an
: answer to the charge of having committed breac
| of the peace upon Philip Lamarque.
RECORDER LOSG'S COURT.--All the business don
in this Courts yesterday the dismissal of th
prosecution against Deschamps for obtaining goot
| under false pretences. The good people of thi
suburb evidently thought that the officers neede
| one day of rest, and gave it to them. The wa
o which has been raging among the women dow
l. there is almost played out, and great was Il
II quiet that even the whisky shops looked deserte
| and forlorn. We must apologize for the Third o
Il this account our readers can rest assured th
such state of things will not last long and that Il
morrow the number of items offered from the
J. will make up for lost time.