The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-17
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NOW, Major" said moustachod member q,
me fancy, ofhciating behind gaming table at IN
msairie, and addressing q respectable looking
ssos,lv gentleman 10 homespun. Now. Major
neref your chance to come in; only one dollar i,
costs you" Pray don't give yourself the slight
est uneasiness on my account my friend ~ re.
pneo the major very coolly. as he walled of
tbsrmomp reMpersture' Yesterday, as shown by the
sno Cnartres streets, was as follows: At A. NJ.
| NJ. 20. - - y r
In the case Of the woman Fry about whom so
many sensational paragraphs have been written.
| mr. Laster yesterday completed his analysis OF
| tne stomach, and both he and Dr. Barnes who
made the post obit examination, have come to the
SSnolus'1n 'nat tne unfortunate woman died Of
olssases brought on by vicious life. The tests
oI mr.. Laster were made In search OF arsenic. an
i umoma and copper, but nothing of these were
louDd n the stomach or intestines. Her liver was
ssma ssu'y oisordered and the spleen very much in.
Judge Leaumont, before whom the writs of
neueas corpus were brought, to release the
Ssi'' sa9es IN ,ne "orkhouse, will not render his
pglety manifest in this that challenges the respect
OF men, who are constrained by a sense of poti.
cal DUTY to vote against Judge beaumont
me sherln Yesterday commissioned about one
hunored and nfty deputies TO preserve peace and
ofoer at the polls Small as the pay is for the
| applicants. gus Vi
| men eiu1ens nave called our attention to q
| communication 10 the German Gazette in regard
| 10 Democratic meeting held in CarroIlton on
monday evening last. This Communication which
Is attributed to Mr.. Nathan Schwab. the radical
yxanu'uale Ior sheIlH OF Jefferson parish, states
bs, conservative bystanders made offensive re-
marks IN regard TO the German people, Germans
and other citizens who were present at the meet
ing, authorize us to say that the Communication
o. Mr; ochwaD totally misrepresents what cc-
Cured aud that but one spirit animated the assem-
Dieee-a spirit of harmony and OF mutual respect
between all white men, Of whatever nationality.
WDetber born east or west of the Atlantic Ocean
a man named Thomas, and his sOn-in-law. But |
tslf, were arrested lin MsDonozhvle. Yesterday |
on suspicion of having set fire to the house Of |
ME d. walsh, situated on Tchoupitoulas street
near Josephine, which was partially burned. on /
= ;hussosy nlent. The prisoners had been employed |
IN painting the house. What the motive was for
tne alleged arson, we have not heard.
MuRDERoUs ASSAULT ON JUDGE A. N. Oaprx
AS Judge Abner N. Ogden, one of our most yene-
rated cltizens, who filed position on the bench
on ,he supreme Court of the State, at time
wien .nst court was composed of pure men and
respected jurlsts, was going from the Carrollton |
cars 10 his residence in Greenville, on wednesday,
n'ght, between nine and ten O'clock he was mur.
wait. '-e '
As the affair is related by Judge Ogden him
SELL VINO. yesterday morning, was sufficiently
conscious to tell what occurred the following are
TOE facts: The judge, as already stated, had left
.no Odi, ouu was Wltnln about a square of his
home, when he was imperiously halted bv soma
one, VINO. IN language not becoming TO repeat
accused him Of den0uncing carpet bargers.n
Inc Judge, who has studiousiy abstainsd from all
interference IN politics for many years stood and |
confronted the person who addressed him. who
proved TO be large, athletic negro. The negro |
az once assailed him. Armed with club his first |
nlow was at the head Of the aged gentleman. apd
the oioW ieied him. Blow after blow was aimed |
al him, and his arm and hand raised 70 shieId
himself are bruised and cut from the elbow down.
Inc most serious wound is that on the head
a,esIerosy morning it was confidently hoped by
.ne physicians attending the judge, that be would
recover, but, in the course Of the afternoon seri-
ous symptoms set In and bis condition was con- |
sidered critical. =
negro who was seen leaving the peirhbor.
hood of the spot where the dastardly outrage was
committed, has been arrested suspicion that he
was the party who attempted what was doubtless !
intended TO be q murder. ,
AS The negro made a reference to Garnet. .
bsRgers," and Judge Ogden bas confined himseIf ,
70 the practice OF his profession without minglinr
himself IN politics in any manner whatsoev YER il
Is supposed that be was mistaken for gentle !
man who, more youthful than he s has uot hes | !
fated to express his opinions in regard to the !
class OF people who are melting negro brutality I
Tor their pecuniary benefit. h
PERJURY IN REGrsrRATIoN-Before Unted
States Commissioner Warren, at No. 70 Custom. !
2 1euse street, Yesterday. appeared Mr.. Il. D.
ihompson, registrar of the third ward in this | '
,iy, desiring to make an expose of the extensive
rauos perpeuated or attempted in the recent | q
eglsration The case in point was one of hundred
imiiar TO i: and was prosecuted more for exam q
'le inan from desire to insure severe punish. | .
nent TO the unfortunate dupes of Others. Mr. Z
thompson testified that one of the accused. Ed d
Vard DiRgs, mulatto boy, evidently not over the :,
ge OF eighteen at most had applied for registra
Ion with an affidavit to the effect that he was u
wenty- one years Of age. His youthful appear. e
nee giving rise 70 doubt as TO the veraeifv Of u
rs statement, Oiggs was asked if he would bring p
rooI OF u, whereupon he turned to the other ~
ccused, Ben. McBright, who corroborated the =
pphcants statement. The two were thereupon u
rrested oy Mr.. Thompson, and, after having n'
cen taken to headquarters in order to afford the 70
intaiy oIciais an opportunity of seeing how the W
hng Is zone, were confined in the police station ~
no an sindsylt was made out against them Re- | &C
order Neville, when the accused ware brought
efore him, sent them before U. s. Commissioner
a'ren. ca
both the accused were present vesterdav .,
iggs the one whose age is in dispute is a timid. !,
ute intelligent looking boy, while McBright who "
over thirty years Of age, has a cOunfelanee | eti
alcauve OF considerable shrewdness. Diggs's nj
'ther and mother were in attendance as wit. |
esses, both swearing positively that the boy was
orn March 10th, lS47. II was a singular circum. |
ance that while remembering thus minuteIv the |
luvi'y OF this particular child, they were totally %
lable TO give the dates of birth of their five | 10
her children. When questioned on this point | on
e mother answered that she remembered the | 20
y from the fact of her young master having M sn
ZEN born In April Of the same year ui
''And how old Is your young master! ~ asked WI
e commissioner. al
" oh, he's twenty-one long agol y was the ,;n tel
swer. NC
: Is he older or younger than your boy Edward Cd 90
'Oh. sar, he's heap older.v un
i Which ia the most twenty or twantv.ona,u po
= Twenty -one."
And, nov, which is the most, nineteen or ~
enty-onei" Be
= Nineteen, sir.'- OF
How many children have you had older than ire
$ boy,n deI
Two, sir.r boz
And when were they born?" Gei
The Oldest was born January Is, 1857 pos
Why, that is only fourteen months before mo
ward was born. Did you have three children SOL
year and two monthspr hot
Well, sir one was seven months, chldu KiI
was evident. the commissioner went on 10 saw NO
'lng hear these questions and answers that mel
rds had been put into the mouths Of these peo not
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