New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-25
g0laI JnteAiaents.

lHE CAROSDELET LIGHT ]SPAETRY.-ln1S HE
company, Capt. DeHart, were out on parade last
evening, and complimented the Crescent with a
serenade and cheers. They have our thanks for
their remembrance of US, and our wishes for their
success and advancement. zee
CHRISTMAS DAY, lssI-A Domestic Tragedy in
Acts.--Aet l-Time, 5 o'clock A. NJ. Place.
room in the Locals house. Local in bed looking
very melancholy. Half dozen empty stockings
hanging from the chimney piece. Enter half dozen
children who rush madly to the stockings and
search them for gifts from Santa Claus, but find
nothing. Exit children chanting general chorus
which sounds much like the wainga of grief
stricken wretches. Enter Mrs. Local with a. look
upon her countenance Indicating desire on her
part to dress somebody's hair. Curtain falls.
Act 2.-Time, P NJ. Place-dining room in
Locals house. An extremely meagre dinner is
aeen upon the table. No small plates on the side
board indicating good things to come, and no smell
| of mince pies pervading the atmosphere. Local
| sitting at the table, looking very sheepish. Mrs
Local sitting opposite looking indignant. Children
allmelancholy and showing an inclination to COM
mence the chorus again. Curtain falls.
Act s.-Time, IL at night. PIace-Local's bed
room He he's just returned from uptown, and
thinking to conciate Mrs. Local, had brought her
hall dozen fried in loaf of bread, which she in
dignantly refused and blows out the light. Trage-
| dy closes as Local sneaks into bed in the dark.
Aud so ends our share of Christmas, 1861.
| ANOTHER CASE OF MISPLACED CoNFIDENcE.-Our
business community was startled yesterday morn
/ ing by a report which was in circulation to the
effect that Harry 7. Hunter, the welLknown con-
4 fdental business man in the house of Coleman &
Wthers, had abseonded to Mexico, leaving bis en-
ployers minus to the tune Of half a hundred thou
sand dollars, more or less. 1t appears that lie
1 drew seventeen hundred dollars of the money Of
the firm from the bank last Saturday, and took
himself off by way of the Opelousas Railroad and
now that they know be is gone, and are aware that
4 he was not as honest as they thought an examina-
ton of his books has been made, which prove that
his operations were enormous. A full estimate has
not yet been made owing to the confusion in which
he left things, and it will take sometime yet to do
! it; but enough has been discovered to convince the
firm that they will be very heavy losers. So goes
the report. If it is true, we deeply sympathise
with Messrs Coleman Withers, and with the IN
4 fortunate wife of the miserable man, who has been
left in her misery by him who should have shielded
and protected her. .s-.-.-s r--,,sz..,.Si
ATTEMPTED suIoIDE.-Yesterday morning, about
9 O'Clock, Mr.. F. Prudhomme, grocer of No. sc
New Levee street, sent up to the First District
police office for officer to arrest clerk of his
, whom he had detected in embezzement. Lieut.
i Boylan sent officer Ward, who went with the mes
9 senger. AS they entered the door of Mr.. Prud
hommes store, the accused, young man namet
! Edgar McLan drew q razor from his pocket ant
d cut his throat, infcting CHASTITY wound. Th
horrifed bystanders Immediately called a carriag
+ and sent him to DR.. stones Hospital, where hi
: wound was dressed. The surgeons find it imposs
= BILE to tell whether the wound will prove fatal o
+ not, but, as none of the large arteries were sey
l. cred, death cannot take place Immediately. W
!, were unable to learn the exact nature Of tn
it offence with which McLain is charged, as MI
Il Prudhomme was much distressed by the unfol
IS tunate turn which affairs took: but have hear
( it intimated that there was defalcation to tn
n amount of several hundred dollars.
# EXCITING CHASE AFTER THIEyEs-Two CAUG HT-
e ONE SHoT.-Yesterday morning, about 2 o'clocl
it the neighborhood of Fulton and St. Joseph stree
e was enlvened by most exciting race betwee
D. three police officers and three rogues. 1t appear
Il that officers Mclaughlin, Anderson and Watson
Of hearing that three notorious rogues named Jmm
" Cruise, John O'Brien and - McElroy, who som
IS time since enlisted in the army, were in town 0
" leave, looking around for something to steal col
e cluded to arrest them to prevent mischief. Th
= thieves objected to this and showed fight, drawn
their pistols and firing at them with evident il
a. tention 20 give work to the Coroner The polio
if in their turn drew and fired, and the thieves raj
rs Cruise was shot in the arm and captured withor
a. difficulty. O'Brien ran as far as the corner
le Calliope street, where he caught and secure
le after desperate resistance. McElroy ESCAPED
to Cruises wound is painful, but not dangerous.
It. and O'Brien are both confined at the First Dstr
Is lookup. ~ngAS&
I'd FIRE ALARM.-The alarm yesterday morning WI
ry caused by smoke heing by parties in Il
I'd Poydras market, which was mistaken for fire.
Is, INQUEST AT ALG1ERs.-Coroner Beach held 6
Te inquest yesterday morning at gAlgiers, upon Il
ne body of male white infant, which was found
e, the river near John Mahoney's boat shop. tt
na post mortem examination showed that the bal
Sc had been drowned and the inference was stro1
that it had been thrown into the river shortly aft
to its birth. Verdict in accordance with the facts
ng RECORDER EMERsoNs CouRr.-Arthur Kidd, a
he cused of grossly insulting Robt Sloan; Ann Gle
io | son, accused of threatening and abusing Ma
~ Welsh; c. B. Sullivan, charged with abusing al
ol' interfering with an officer; and VIM. Teri
In charged with assaulting and beating James &c
M man, were all held in bail to appear for eXamin
ba ton. ., e. ys5 r. -g-E - .
ne j. Gordon, alias Murphy, for drawing reyt
an' YER upon Sam. Barney and threatening to ext
ish inmate him. was fined $40, and given the choj
reo between paying it or going to the Parish Pris
"a for thirty days. He paid up
'eu Mary Kearney, drunken vagrant was sent
liv the Workhouse for ninety days and Harriet Chf
in man. f. W. c.. another hard case, was sent to
IN. same place for thirty days.
$50 | RECORDER GAsTtNEI.s CouRT.--Wm. Congay,
0s assaulting and beating the wife of his bosom,
'et- required to give bond in $500 to behave hinls
of more becoming husband for six months but,
no. William could not get anybody to go on his boz
"a he was sent to the Parish Prison for fifteen days
'no Antoine Velon, for stealing dollars worth
ons rice and dollars worth of -four from Mary Lut
on stall in the French market was fined sl5, VIII
nth he paid up like a man.
M'me Edward Denis Farr, accused of hay
T. walloped Nine Rosa Tessier, gave bail to app
and explain her conduct. '@'"'.
by Mime Louise Tardien and several nymphs of
hes, establishment were sent to the Parish Prison
,ur- await an examination upon the charge Of be
ioN- lewd and abandoned women. g! ys.E ,rTs ~
the Catherine Lebach accused of having grossly
rom suited and abused Miguel Rayelle gave bail in
sses to appear and answer tile consequences.
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hon CUBAN SYMPATHIEs. - A letter from Hava
ives dated NoV. 49, says: 3 * =. -1-
acy, Col Charles G. Helm, although not known h
een except in his private capacity, has been offered
his sundry planters of Cuba, company, fully arm