New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-19

Net Stated ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
Tetal l........................... lbS
OF whom were reported
Males .............. 6Whtes .IL5
Females. .............. 50 Colorsd. -
Sex not stated. Color not stated.......
Under 10 year: q age Co. 10 to Is years. q over H.
Ioi age mot stated, 16.
Intemeu,s in he Tollorins Cemeteries.
Protestant Girod street.. 9lcsthos No l. % Dh....
Cypress Grove No 1..... slcathoie No 2 g" -. "A
Ne 2..... 2slst. Vincent de Paul.. %
Charity Hospital. Zl Lafayette. -
bt Pstrick....,........ Il
Total. 1t9
RAILROAD ACcrDENT.-A slave man, named
Wn. Webb belonging to the widow Of the late Colonel
sr O'Clock BY the Lafayette probably to
preclude the possibility Of his recovery The
coming at the time Of the accident fron Lafayette and
had reached the Of Caisp. Nsyadss strsets
Webb standing the step. between the with
ons hand upon the brake understaad whea he lost
his footing and FELL and his besonng fastened in
he was dragged along partly andsr the sar
beside the Wheel fer distance Of forty fifty feet before
the alarm given and the train stopped His clothes
almost entirely torn on and his body crushed in
terrible He alive at eight O'Clock last night
but 1t was thought could not survive long.
ScANDALoUs AND HoRRIBLE-The body Of Q
white female child, apparently but q few hours born
found By snail boy yesterday floating in the New Canal
at the head Of the Basis wrapped in sort Of
female An inquest was held ever the body and
the following verdict rendered Came to her death
BY drownng caused BY havisg been thrown isto the
canal BY some person or persons 70
oAvs posA snustohso ~ nsf mstuef'
FRE.-A fire broke out yesterday afternoon
in the kitchen Of house ut the Of 81 Philip and
Bourbon streets 1t sxtsgushsd before doing much
damage.
SuIcDAL-A nan whose name is unknown
arrested in the Second District for repeat
apparently insane aid violently resisted the ocss vhs
obliged to fstsn him hasd and foot il srdsr 70
| ysy him to the Hospital
MORE INsANrTY.-Nargaret Quinlan was sent
| - P..or U;,tor h.f,r -
Saturday charged with having months age stsen
from the house Of aabrsl Mckenzie Hsresles street.
the Of $500 in bank notes. The plea Of insanity will
| ss set up in her defence.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRr Judge Larue.-
The following ssntsnces we're passed BY Jsdge LArus en-
Saturday last:
sentenced to the Psnitsnsry at hard labor
fer life the vsrdist Of the jury fsrbddng capital pan
ishnsnt. Appsal.taksn to supreme Cesrt.
Owen March larceny hard labor in the PsnitsAtary
for TIVE ysan
Cbss Cook larceny hard ahsr in the Psaits,sary for
Eliza Lawrence, larceny Parish Prissn for one year
Antonio Dsugc assault with intsnt to murder hard Ia
Patrick Douli. for sssaslt and battery was fined $50
and costs and sent to the Parrish Prison fer tvsntyfsur
hours.
and sent to the Parish Prson fer twenty four hours
Joseph oEsi fer assault fined $40 aad costs aad
sent to the Parish Prison for twenty -four hours.
Dr. Hines fer obtaining money false prstsnsss
one year in the Psnitsntisry at hard labsr.
RECORDER SEUZKHBAU's CoUIT--Third Dis
iet-E14minaon regarding the Death Of Frsneis Dunesn
On Saturday last ssrGsant DatnAs, vatshmaa name
Brewer, asd ore hsgiioss the Turnkey of the Thirt
District lsckup, srrsgssA before Rsssrdsr suss
charged with havisg bssn parties to the death
Ar Francis Duncas. the 9th inss thrsagh neglect
duty md srniaal ssrelsssnes 10 unusual sAd isssr
ssting caused large attendance at the Recorder
Court The Asraey General sosdsctsd the
and Msssrs. Schmidt and Lugsnbuhl appeared fer tn,
defence The lasted until three o'clock, and Va
then continued to to-day but it is probable that ali thu
material facts Of the aair contained in the testimony
| below
the young Francis Duncsn LETT his house Apollo
after breakfast the msrnsg of the sth inst HI
veil usual who's he lsft Witness hin agAil
owisg day lying ssnsssss in the Third District watch
house Knows nothing personally 10 what ssussd hi
Il. 10
Dr. Wsathsrly svsra-whs. called tosss Br.ssis Dun
the 9th Inst, found him ssld ice. and In
torpid condition He YES just breathing sufcisssly
show that he alive He rsaaiaed in that state till
bruises the bsdy except slight the Hi
death ves BY exposure in the sell on the nigh
in which he had been licked up, and bslisvs that
would have died If being wet had been locked up in il
found NO indication of any disease on the body hss
bssn his physician and knew that the deceased had
Crosssxannsd-when called to sss the deceased q
guard ho.ss With 3 blanket .sdsr him Was prsssn
when the Coroners isqusst was held. No post rnorten
S not +
slider that songstop and not spspsxy vas the
death Intsnpsranss would not lsavs such indication
present after death though ntsmpssnss couple
with sod and exposure niSht do The nishs no
suAciently cold 70 occasion death in any psrsos
wet il he we're capable sfmsving and walking. psrso
assp Though sober liable die of ssld tha
awake.
Dsputy Coroner Terrell swsrp-I oHsiatsd in the held
ing Of an Inquest As body Of Francis Dunesa in II
Protestant Csnssry, The body nst taken fron th
:: ths family were opposed to M ssd the physician
stated that there msrks Of violence the body
the process verbal
Dr. Dupss svsrn-I vas called to see Francis Dunca
es the 9th inst, fosnd him cold from head to foo
His pulse was very low, aAd his wandering
His eyes blood shsttss and the pupils sontrssteG
His nose appeared to have been scratched The state
skin indicated previous exposure to intense cole
Cold applications the head Of the patient sssasoss
Neither the matter VENTED By the patient that
tractsd frsn his stomach BY stomach pump showed
Ss.. cold .soush to .sdsnssr h. life Il any person
fRsd in vet clothes in such cell that which had hss
ossupisd BY the deceased. Every pss.ibs effort vi
.ads to rsstsrs Mr. Duncan by tbs physicians who
Crsss1amissd-In my spinio. the s..sitiv.,ss ma,
tested the top Of the hsad was caused BY viosl
sonssstio. Of the brain. sAnnot usasrtahe to y
whether the congestion sosly from
or r.m :1po;sr. suPsr.dasd to 'sns ether prsdsPsI
might possibly have been laboriug asdsr the effects
opium some other narcotic poison. Such poissns
dispose to songestions Of the bran.
DIR. Rhodes, ,sworn-Cerrobsrated the statements ma
BY the other physicians All the phsnomsna Of apprses
ing death sasssd BY exposure to GELD present
body The liquid drawn from the stomach va frss fire.
alsohsl treated the deceased for yellow fsyer u
Q summer. As vas healthy yosng nan.
Cros-sxamnsd-IA treating deceased for yellow fbv
used Quiaise, thssSh bst il ANAL l1astity The =
Of quinins In large desc has . tendency 10 sxdse
brais and Alas to act the systsn. sasn
l. say whether the deceased In the habit
q usag nsrcstics. He wa Of . anyuins tsnpsran0t
not pre1hDsssd v apopsxy. never sav sAy Isrse.
sxelusfvsly Of cold in Louisiana. The ssuss Of dssth
= this ease was apparent that psstmsrtsn sxADA
Q ties was net csnslsrsd Necessary
\ Thomas Hart sworn-I am roundsmAn sf ees d
trst Between IL and IL o'clock The nght OF the
Instant entered the Guard-houss snd foaDd Mr. Fra
10 els Duncan sitting before the FIRE ASKED hin how
there and he said hs there of his ovu
About nftssn minutes after watchmsn Brewer. verbs
= snd supsrs umsrary came in with prisoner Mt d.
~ the time standing up and staggering He v
trying pat his s-st which he had tskss s Brsv
A asksi him what brought him thsrs He replied nobo
brought ms here, osYs here mysslf." BrsvG aid
', lsoksd up you oaght = b." He va than tshna
u Brewer And vsrbsck to the plsss whsrs prisoao
portsd and Ne esltanaA ths SsfgsAnt q ths pest ~