New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-21

FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.-J,sGiJe H,snt.-The jaYy
in the case of Jose Serrano, alias Pope Mala8ueo,
tried on Friday for the murder of Pedro QainteTos
Gas we published on Saturday, came in ut night
with verdict of guilty without capital punish
ment."
THE RECORDERS C0uRTs.-Recorder EnlaTaonoR
Saturday examined Dave Wilson and Sam Stephen
son, free eolored men, and seFenor eight others
all BARRIERS, the charge Of having been farnd in
unlawful assemblage, and playing at The bank
ing game of faro, in Dawes shop, on Magazine
street, one pleasant Sunday evening some weeks
ago. The officers who made the arrest DRYDEN,
Dalton, Weaver, and Constable Haughton--founl
the darkeys together in the shop, with sweat
cloth spread, a box filled with cards, and q faro
box, but found no money, checks, or ether neees-
sary appendages to the game OF caro-; aatWith-
standing they pounced in upon them suddenly,
without note Of warning. This being all the
testimony, the counsel for the BARRIERS declined
offering any testimony for the defense, though he
had plenty of it in court and the Recorder atonce
dismissed the case, and Dave and his BARRIERS scat
tered back to Magazine street and resumed the
honing of their razors.
A. W. Foster, f. m. c.. puffy-lipped saddle
colored youth was sent before the First District
Court for tampering with DR.. Mather's slaves, and
for being dangerous and suspicious character.
He is what might be called regular darkey
blade. The testimony showed that among his past
tricks was that of repeatedly allowing himself to-
be sold as a slave, by q confederate in viainy,,
and sloping after each sale; also, the Innocent
exercise of his mental faculties and his fagers
pocket-pickng, watch stealing, and horse steaIsRg.
Owen Boyle was sent before the same Court for
brutally beating Mary Ann Hickey and twice drag
gng her down stairs, at his honse GA St Gharles
street, in which she rented arop1n.
John J. Dunno was sent before the same Court
for stealing sundry articles from Louis soritz, at
the corner of AnnunGiation and Erato streets.
Israel Telfourd was arraigned on two charges:
First, threatening &c blow out tho brains If John
Jure and do him odher bodily injury aud second,
tX officer Carr eharaing him with being d fugitive
length 5tice missile sasprings Miss, where he
the depth of about half its crime Of larceny. In
that its force was considera1Ey't to PRISON f3at-
the vessel. vas locked
The particulars Of the attack upon the nt,sfoIn
the West have been stated in an official nss.
ner by Captain McGowan. A few further details
in regard to the affair possess great deal OF In
terest. The first shot fired passed across the ho
of the vessel and struck the water about u ships
length ahead. The American ensign ut the fore
peak Yves then unfurled and the vessel continued
on amid the fire of the battery but receiving no
answer by signal from Fort Sumter in response 10
vessels coming down the harbor at tile same times
apparently with hostile intention, her head was.
turned for sea once more.
Darng all this time, with the guns of the battery
continually pouring out their deadly missiles, the
most admirable order was preserved on board.
The soldiers were sent below, and no one allowed
to remain on deck except the officers and crew.
The Captain and first officers were at the pilot
house, while the second mate was ready on the
forward deck to get the relieving tackle to work in
the event of any of the balls striking the wheel
and preventing control over the vessels move
ments. That there was good need of this precan-
ton is shown by the close proximity of ball that
the vessel during the first part of the attack struck
short of her, but glancing up from the water,
ricoCheted the vessel, and were plainly visible
| during their flight in this second direction.