New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-20
1robIIe Intelllgence.

Mysterious Dedtt.-The body of F. Frank, the
well.known shoemaker on Royal street, was found
this morning at Choctaw Lighthouse Battery.
There were no marks Of violence on his person,
and it supposed that he died in fit Of some
kind. A shoemakers knife and two punches of
rope were found in his pockets, from which it
might be inferred that the unfortunate man had
designs on his life. An inquest was held, and
verdict rendered in accordance with the above
facts Mr. Frank has lately shown evidences of
mental aberration.-r Mobile Evening News.
The Mobile Gasette.--We clip the following am
nouneement from our young contemporary, the
Gazette, of yesterday:
admiral Raphael semmes having purchased
one third interest in the Gazette, bacomes joint
proprietor from to-day. He has also assumed the
duties and responsibilities of editor.
1--WE have, also, the satisfaction of announcing
that the services of Pendleton Colston, Esq,
Judge advocate of the Confederate navy, during
the war, have been secured as assistant editor.
4 The Gazette also announces that g no effort OF
labor or expense will be spared " to make it
first-class newspaper, and that arrangements have
been made for the purchase of press which will
enable it to appear on q larger sheet. The ga
zette now appears with the names OF semmes,
Heirs, Ellison & &C.,. publishers and proprietors;
Raphael Semmes, editor, and Pendieton Colston,
assistant editor.
Admiral Semmes is an author of established
reputation, and has proved that he knows no. how to
handle the pen as well as the sword. We con-
graduate the Gazette on his accession, and feel
well assured that he will meet kindly reception
in his new career, at the hands of the Southern
people and Southern press, everywhere.
Mr.. CoIston was on duty in this city, during the
war, as naval Judge advocate, in which capacity
he exhibited talents that afford favorable augury
of his success in the arduous field of editorial
labor.
Messrs. Heirs, Ellison and Nicholson, co.part-
ners with Admiral Semmes, are young gentlemen
favorably known in Mobile, and who have all
served their country faithfully during the war.
We heartily wish them prosperity and success.
Ibid.
The Tribune wittily takes off the Northern
scribblers in Mobile who are sending on such as
founding fabrieations about the South to the
Down East newspapers:
Old Torpedo, H the trebel" shark, has given
some ground for radical Misrepresentation and I'M
| parchment of our loyalty. 1t is well known
| fact that this shark, carrying a torpedo on his
head, sunk several Yankee vessels when the last
I! attack was made on Mobile; and he would have
been promoted to whale if the war had lasted
a little longer. We have right to show our
gratitude to him privately, but we do think that it
IS carrying the thing little too far when the city
4 authorities deliver up to him every day dozen
niggers and Southern loyalists" and encourage
him to sail about the river with two or three Con
! federate flags flying. Enough horses die daily
about the city to keep Torpedo in good order
without giving him the food he now gets.
Resisting the 0ficers.-Quite scene was en-
acted on Royal street this afternoon, about toul
O'Clock, which came near terminating seriously
IL stS4l4s tldl htTGstcu ouIdlcl
for disorderly conduct. The soldier resisted and
called on his comrades to assist him. They came
up and swore liberty or DEATH The police, Of
course, swore the other way. The soldiers got
reinforcements and the police did likewise. The
long and short of it-as Hood says--was the sol
der got nary liberty, and still lives, in the
cage.-[ Tribune.
/ Cotton for lo5de.--At little conyivial party
that met by accident yesterday evening, and (Which
was composed principally of gentlemen repre-
senting the most prominent houses in Mobile that
deal in the great staple it was proposed that each
cotton man present should make his estimate of
the cotton to be received here during the current
year, from September LIST, 1866, to September LIST,
1867. Every one was required to write his esti-
mate on slip Of paper; the one that proves fur
thest from the true receipt is to give dinner to
the party that was present. The slips Of paper
being gathered up, they were read as follows:
200 bales 100000 $50 900, 273 900, 29T 600 and
100000 The record will be carefully kept at this
office, and we are SO mpartialin the matter that
1--WE hope the 100000 bales man will win.