Year: 1859




TIE CORONER yesterday held an inquest on the
body Of Noel villas free colored youth, Is years
Of age found drowned in the river, near Algies. The
deceased had been employed on board the steamboat
vicksburg, at Algiers, and last Sunday, STOPPING
over the guards to wash himself be fell over and was
drowned. The jury Of inquest returned verdict in
accordance with the above facts.
TIE CHANGE OF LARCENY made by Mrs. Amelia |
Taylor against Messrs. L. N. Stacy and VIM. New |
man, In carrying of from her house lady boarders
Trunk, upon which trunk she had boarding house
claim, was looked into by Recorder Summers on |
1uesday. 1t ives found that the charge had been |
made entirely in error, and the accused were honor
ably discharged
SOME HARD PRACTICAL JOKES are played by our
New Orleans boysin "fiytime," when there is little
else TO DO. We call it hard practical joke, for in
stance, when ire-eating gentleman, who can boast
OF his half dozen or dozen meetings the field of
honor with pistol and with sword should at last be
made the victim Of sham duel, in which he alone
should be the earnest and innocent party.
At late hour on Wednesday night, a knot Of |
young men were standing in the moonlight at a |
in the Second District talking Of politics and
all the other different topics which naturally come up





cognac and in no hurry to get home. From politics.
the talk changed to women and one made remark |
about certain female, to which the duelistc gentle
man gave the lie. The other, who was laughing, and
in the best humor said, "You call me liar, shall
have to slap you !" with which be gave him gentle
open.handed tap on one Of bis cheeks The hdy's
man took this as fighting insult hut stated that he
would settle 1t according to the CODE and in no other
wa Uo hall uuod tha MI IN as
time and place, and with any weapon be might
choose The others OF the party tried to make peace
represented that the offending gentleman had only
been joking in what he said about the female and in
giving the slap, and ready to make all honorable
amends. The offended gentleman refused to listen to
anything Of the kind and insisted upon formal satis
faction being rendered in the field.


The mutual friends Of the two went aside and held
long consultation. The verdict was this F" Gentle
men, we find it will have to come to fight. II you
two were strangers we would stop it on our own re-
sponsbility; but you have long been friends, and
as one is determined to have satisfaction out Of the
other, it is none Of affair to interfere between
you. And" continued the speaker. ~ the sooner it
takes place the better; if it's put off, everybody will
hear of and maybe the police will stop it ought
to take place right off, or as soon as we can get the
weapons anu Eet OUT Oh tOWn.'


A general confab resulted in the selection of the
lake shore, near Milneburg, as the place, and the
time as early as the first train of cars would permit.
The difficulty about the weapons was soon fixed the
challenged party had named pistols; the challenger
wanted to name the distance, at five PAGES but his
friends insisted that such proximity was too murder
GUS, in dispute with friend, and insisted upon ten
PAGES. To this the challenger reluctantly consented
The daylight train of took the party down to the
lake, and open space the shore, short distance
from Mneburg, selected the scene Of the pros
pective or possible tragedy. The pistols were pro-
cured from Of the shooting galleries in Milneburg


The challenger, who is really brave and resolute
man, took of his coat at an early stage of the pro-
ceedings, hung it on neghboring fence and walked
up and down. smoking his cigarette as coolly as any
man could have done under the circumstances. Ia
king his roll Of cigarettes from his pocket he handed
them to his second saying, Take care Of them for
me if ball should strike them, the tobacco would
be bad in my body" Afterwards, as the seconds
squated together to load the pistols the hero of the
affair came up and requested to see the loading. He
was accommodated; he saw the bullet put into his
enemys pistol after the POWDER and his own second,
handing him bullet, asked him to put it into his
pistol himself. he did so, and the second rammed
it home.


By mistake, or through their excitement, the
seconds neglected measuring off the ground till the
last. With their pistols, swinging at their sides, they
hooked arms and stepped off ten PAGES. As they were
doing this, two friends of the hero got in front of
him to give him those little bits of advice upon
which his life might depend. He was more confident
OF victory than ever and exclaimed See what big
man he is 4! how can miss him at ten steps 2" The
tossup for position was next had and the principals
looking death and thunder at each other were sta
toned in their places The duly-seected umpire, who
was commissioned to give the word addressed them
Gentlemen he said, we are all friends of both Of
you and have done all in our power to reconcile the
unfortunate difficulty between you; therefore, since
you must fight, are bound to see that you do il
| fairly. shall give the word this way: Fire, one
two three. You are not to raise your pistols before
the word fire, nor fire before the word one nor after
the word three. l shall ask it you are ready, and
when hear you both answer yes, shall give the
word.n


The principals already had their weapons pointed
at the deathlines drawn between them, on tht
ground. The umpire, finding them ready, gave
the word.


"Fire! one |! two!!!"-


Pop! pop! as5


The challenged party dropped his pistol, clappet
both hands to his side, exclaimed Ugh = and fel
headlong to the earth. His second ran to him, Gu
open his shirt, and found terrible quantity Q
blood, which he staunched with bottle of Gouleys
btters, and proceeded to baudage with piece o
linen torn from his shirt-tai, and handkerchie
Meantime, the friends of the VICTOR breathless witt
grief and horror, got around him. You've kille
him! l" said one "poor fellow, he'll never breath
again-and to think, he has always been one o
your friends, tool" What, do you think I'vt
really killed him \" exclaimed the victor, beginning
to look very bad. "Look at him !" was the almos
sobbiHg answer, but it couldn't be helped, and al
you have to do is to travel for the pistol shots wer
loud, and the police will be here in two minutes.
But where shall go?" hurriedy asked the nov
alarmed victor He was told to run and hide himse
in certain yard not far from the pistol gallery.
started and ran like quarter nag turned suddenl
and ran to the fence for his coat and then travele
most beautifully for the indicated hiding place. H
took bee-line so straight, that when he came to
little bayou, over which there was bridge not
dozen yards from his line of flight, he plunge
through the mud and water OF the bayou, nearl
waist deep! He scooted ahead, however, and We
soon hidden in the yard to which he had been d
rected.


In short time the party came along, supportin
the luckless duelist, who it appeared had not bee
killed hut only dangerously wounded His aide VIZ