New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-07
CITY ITEM 8.

CITY 1T EMS. G
THE OTHER sIpE.-We have received q som-
mupicaton respectable source entirely denying
that the little girl Mary Brown met her death through
the agency Of the sick lady Mrs. Sheldon and smputing
though we admire bis COURSE the statement we published
yesterday corrcborated before the Coroner than
whom nobody better qualified to arrive at cts In such
Still, disposed to do the lady all the kind
In power for her situation calls for 81 the sym
pathes that chursh natures afford and tne
letter Of correspondent shall appear Tor whas IL
worth In to.morrow's Crescent.
FIRST DISTRICT ScHooL BOARD. = This body
held its regular monthly meeting last evening" Dr. Bene
dot in the Chair and bare quorum presens. 1ne 3V
Leave H absenca op thirty days was granted Mr.
Savage and Mr. Lusher appointed on the Finance Com
mittee in his place.
institution to have opened the season with thrtwo
scholars and all teachers In attendance and offered
resolution for educating candidates for the High School
In sensrate classes Report and resolution adopted.
The Committee School houses reported the compile
ton and occupation Of the Webster School, and repairs
necessary to the galleries Of the Washington School,
The COMMITTEES School Books reported the supplies Of
new books required and recommended the Wehsterian
tons for procuring the requisite books and for intro
dueipg Websters spelling exclusively presented
The Committee on Finance recommended the payment
Of sundry bills. Adopted
The COMMITTEES on the Lyeeum and Library reported
the Library to be appropriately draped In mourning for
Mr. Peters upon the Of q catalogue and ether in
eonvenences in the Library plans for making the
Library more popular and useful and permitting minors
who do not belong to the schools at So
anDlm and upon the Lyoeum Hail. stating that owing
have opened which permit the water used in cleansing
the hall to stream through into the library beneath and
that the said cracka be cauked with the
bsggipg used on the floor of the hall Also sundry bills
RESOLUTIONS were adopted for carrying out the reccmmen
dations Of the committee.
The reports Of several Visiting Committees, which
tniUed nothing that
public schools In operation read approved
The Superintendent made q general report upon the
opening and progress OF the schools with the changes Of
teachers, etc. Total number Of pupils attending,
1860. The report was adopted
ent were confirmed.
Mr. Lushsr read that portion Of the bylaws which de-
cares that any teachers who shall be absent the open
ing of the school, without good excuse shall consider their
places vacated and called for the Of the abseptees
Mr. Torrey, thereupon read all sorts Of excuses and
plantations from teachers who not at their posts
Monday morning. One lady it shown, who arrived
ON Monday noon In the steamship Cahawba jumped into
cab and drove straight to her school without losing
seconds Of time She Of excused the
cases generally were received.
petition from lady Of Jefferson City to place her
child teacher In the First District ON the
plea that she 1.-THE appcant) 10 old schooteacher,
was, after some little debate, laid on the table.
Applications Of candidates for teacherships were re-
ceived and refereed.
The designations Of Mrs. Leonard, Miss Costello and
Mrs. Pagaud, as teachers, were accepted, ~ Z
Mrs Richardson elected First Assistant Teacher In
the Girls High School, In place Of Mrs Psgand resigned
mI6. hlcnhrdsonB vacancy the Washington School
filed byEMss Austin, and Miss Austin,s vacancy by
Miss Ilsley.
petition of Captain Frost to- send his little crippled
boy to the Washington (Grs School, account Of Its
proximity to bis residence (he boy having earrisd
was rejected but it permitted that he 90 TO the
Pauding School, which nearer than that Of his Dis
trct.
After some business Of Importance the Board adj
journed
The CHILD MURDER ON CANAL STREET - We
were In error In stating yesterday that the Coroner had
not been appfsed Of the death Of the little girl Mary
Brown, from burning by camphene at Captain Browns
residence at the Of Canal and streets
He did 90 to hold AM inquest on Wednesday; but.
owing to the mposblity OF finding the u the old
woman who perpetrated the deed the grief and
confusion prevailing in the honse he deemed it advisable
put it yesterday having physician certi
that the child died Of burns received Ia making
inquiries, mentioned the Coroner to and as
when met funetionary afterwards be made no
mention OF the matter supposed he had been
appred Of It, 1t right enough that the should
keep until inquest is finished, especially ii he
wishes to catch some guilty party who might be thrown
their guard by premature publications but still we
do not think readers will blame for having antic
psted him. by publishing which met half
dozen times during the day.
The Coroner yesterday succeeded in having the girl
Ann Jones Miss sheldon's nurse arrested, and after
rigid inquiry into the matter the following verdict
That ths little girl her death from injuries
ceived by burning which burning the of Miss
sheldon aided and abetted by her nurse Jones' on
the evening of the Sd inst
1t appeared from the testimony that it the girl
poured it on the aoor but whether se did il aeeaen
ally purposely could not be made It was then
that Miss Sheldon iured little Mary into the with
promise Of cake, and, setting fire to the canphene
pushed her headong into it. Ann then picked the child
up dropped her in the entry, and exclaimDg didn't
do it didn't do 1t y rushed from house after
which the little orphan boy George rolled Mary shout the
floor and put cut the fire in the It also appeared
that Miss Sheldon, in her vludictiyeness toward Mrs
Brown, had previously threatened burn the house
down another woman at the time taking part
and making similar threats.i
The girl Ann Jones is In prison. awaiting examination
as accessory to the murder. Miss Sheldon being
more dead than alive from consumption, mbece and
helpless will not be disturbed by human Justice for the
hand Of death upon her she ere long face her
Maker and to Him for the guilt il any there be-
that attaches to the most wretched she perpetra
ted.
The ATTEMPTED RAPE.--Mr. John Fl Ho1-
lander of No. 10 Julia street yesterday the follow
ing affidavit before Recorder Bright, against Friend D.
Holmes whose arrest we mentioned in Yesterdays paper
"From information received, deponent charges one F.
D. Holmes, with whom deponent allowed his daughter
Mary Hollander aged about ten years proceed to
Carroton, Wednesday, September 9th with inducing
his said daughter to accompany him to the lake end
the Jefferson and Pontehartrain Railroad that on ARR
wing there the said Friend D. Holmes took said daughter
of depopents into bahhouse fastened the door Of the
in which he took improper and indecent ber-
ties with her stripped himself ndecentiy her presence
and endeavored to her he having violent
hands on her person and endeavored to induce her to
yield hs wishes and further that in the cars on their
return home again took improper liberties with depo-
pents said daughter Wherefore deponent charges said
Friend Holmes with having committed an assault and
battery his said daughter Mary Hoander with
/ to rape herr etc.
Holmes being arraigned was notified that he would be
examined the 18th and then to the Parish Prison.
He is beard apparently old enough to be the girls
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