New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-19

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| liant men who have always heretofore constituted
| Crescent Fire Company No. 3D.
| HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
| The annual examinations Of The Boys and Girls
| High Schools Of the First District commenced yes
yesterday. We were present a short time at each;
| what we saw and heard we will give at another
opportunity. .-O .5...
| The examinations will be continued to-day and
| tomorrow, and concluded on Thursday. At the
Girls School, today, the second course will be ex
anined in algebra, rhetoric, history natural phil
osophy and chemistry, botany, and composition
At the Boys School, to-day, the first course will
be examined in the elements of rhetoric, the sec
/ oud course in Latin, the third course in mental
| philosophy, and the whole school in French ss.
| The COURTS.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.--,J'tdge Hunt. Henry
| Brooks arraigned upon the charge OF larceny,
aud, pleading guilty, was renanded to prison to
await the sentence of the law.
| William Brown, accused Of larceny, was ar
raigued and, pleading guilty, remanded to await
the sentence of the law.
Theodore Lott, charged with larceny, was duly
arraigned, and, pleading not guilty, remanded to
| prison to await his trial.
/ Catherine Kernon, hike Flanagan and fgnaco
Santa Cruz were severally arraigned upon the
charge of larceny and remanded to await their
trial.
Geo. D. Wolff, charged viii. farboring runaway
slave, plead not guilty, and was accordingly re-
nlanded.
/ william Emerson alias Dick Noon, was tried
upon the charge of burglary. The jury returned
a verdict of Eguilty'' and the prisoner was re-
manded to await the sentence of the law.
On motion of the District Attorney, the follow
ing nfornations were filed: John Conners, W. K.
Maxwe, W. B. TruFant, Gabriel Smith, +. Hout
alias Thomas Columbus, Charles Reinlart, Chris
J tian Shair, a. p Lacoste, B. GastInel, r. 0ctare,
, Emily Enbanka Henry Robinson, Ellen Ladbetter,
Frank Emke, Theo. Gillespie, assault and battery.
: John Corners, Ambrose Acker, Tim Harmon, John
Diliahan, carrying concealed weapons. John Dol
> SON. F. Meyer, Henry Lambert, larceny, Mike
+ Reed alias Reedy, and William H. Howard, charged
with burglary, were placed upon their trial. The
jury returned verdict Of " both guilty of lar
ceny." The prisoners were remanded to await
g the sentence Of the law. -~.
Henry Neal charged with invegling slave, was
acquitted by jury trial, the jury not leaving their
seats.
RECORDER EuERsoN's CouRT.-The crowd Of
whisky-killers and gutter-snipes yesterday as
t large as usual on Monday, and the Workhouse and
Parish Prison got great many Of them.
r Pat Kelly, for threatening Martin Hughes with q
: knife on GraVier street, and W. Higgins and q
King, for fighting and cutting up in Q. Lotz's house
T. on Tchoupitoulas street, required to pay SIC
! each, and furnish peace bonds for three months
~ go to prison for month. J. Duffy, for threat
enng the life of P. Mclaughlin, was also required
t, to furnish peace bonds.
IS John Micken, charged with stealing keg of lari
;. from the cargo of the steamer Sunny Side; J
:, 0'Hara charged with abusing and assaulting NJ. J
oi Qunan: Mark Kell charged with beatinga womal
TO with personating au officer, and threatening to al
10 rest james Davern on Poydras street, all had tn
;" good luck to be discharged.
IN Nina Great charged with tampering with G. L
Barker's slaves, was sent to the Work house in de
tanlt of finding q voucher.
The following parties were arraigned and he'll
for future examination:
L. E. MAYER charged by Lieut.. Boylan with bein
a fugitive from justice in Missouri where he stand
y, charged with forgery--the same whose arrest W
= published yesterday. Sent to prison in default
r $4,000 bail, to appear on the l4th proX
b. Pat Kila, charged with driving his cab over
,e woman on Julia street, on Sunday. Sent down i
defanlt of bail.
Robert Cameron and John McCann, arrested a
witnesses in the case of Michael Bien charged wit
e. murder. Sent to prison in default of bail.
A. NJ. Gwartney, Late Captain of the steamer Roe
- buck, charged by Wm. Buchanan, of the firm {
|" Joseph R. Shannon Il Co., with obtaining propert
Is and money under false pretences; obtang froi
the discharging clerk of the boat buchanan the
being the owner thereby freight receipts to tn
amount of about $500. and collecting upon said II
ceipts as much as Sl42 10. Bail given to appear o
- the lst proN.
ar Samuel Schwartz, of No, 500 Tchonpitoula
es street, charged with abusing, and threatenin
AZ Jacob Shafer aud his wife, and assaulting Jaco
with stick of wood, the 18th, at their resdenc
~ No. 484 on the same street.. Bail given;
re Ann SearGhfcd, charged with stealing $50 o,
es of an armQir in the house Of Mrs. Ellen Malone,
~ at the corner of Gravier and Basin streets. Sci
. down.
ot Irs.Seligman charged with assaulting Josephir
x Fouhaber, and throwing bricks into her yard, al
threatening to burn her house-they being ne.
Ia door neighbors on the suspicious part OF Dryad
-, street. Bail given.
1t John Heudrey, Tom Welsh, VIM. Hayes, Dav
~ Hill and James Dempsey, charged by J. G. Wolve
ton with being concerned in robbng him of s.
iz worth of copper. Sentdown.
10 . Mrs Keenan, and J. Keenan,, charged by Mr.
es McGovern with assault and battery, and distur
H. ing the peace of her house on Race street. Bs
n, M Peter Fay, Richard Cooper and John Marti
y" charged with being dangerous and suspicio
ha characters. Sent down. IT,
or RECORDER BLAcHE's CouRr.-We had occasit
vi to allude few days since, to the draining COZ
rk pany, in connection with this court. Yesterday
nd proceedings were SO dry that our previous cor
ny ments bid fair to prove themselves. Not ca
we called, not an affidavit filed of any consequence.
l 5nI RECORDER LoNG's CouRT.-We are gratified
~ the fact that yesterday there was no occasion
81 the holding Of the Recorders Court of the Thi
a District an1 that no af1davs filed, save ty
or three charging certain parties with vagraney.
the RECORDER ADAMS CouRr.-Michael Duffy W
ant yesterday charged by officer Elliot with ASSAULT
Siu and striking him Will knife and threats to C
pa him with the said knife. Bound over to appear.
? Patrick Mcdonald was charged by officer N
ew Guire with resisting md striking him while in t
the discharge OF bis duty on Lie corner OF kousse
an and Philip streets. Rcmauded to prison.
les James Wallace made charge that on last 81
re urday. al the corner of Fourth aud Water stree
cu one Frank Andres grossly insulted and abusedhi
on, He further charged sNid Frank Andres with bel
. 3, in the habit of insulting and abusing him. A WI
Jor. rant was issued against him. ---.
on, Ludwig Lankin and Henry Rossenof, arrest
Dol and charged by officer Shechon and hic'uire W
being drunk, fighting and disturbing the pea
were held for examination
the --~ES~s Naa-----------
led A Sp1nrTUALIsr's SHAN EXPosED.-Mr. s.
ohn prominent banker of St. Johns aBch., somewl
9TH skephcal upon the subject ospirituasm, prevail
ally upon female test medium to give an enterta
ers, nent at his residence, One Of the mracnlor
men performances was to cause the spirits to beat up
old drum suspended from the ceiling, about six f
the from the floor. THE medium sat upon the floor
mel recty under the drum two stout men sitting on
mel dress to prevent her from aseendingn The dru
i'm sticks were laid upon The floor in remote cor
har OF the room, and everything being in readiness
RPS lightswere extingushed, when, sure enough,
ID if lent beating was commenced upon the drum,
test but for the curiosity Of certain designing perso
and the etestt would have heen unanswerable.
Of this period of the proceedings the door was br