New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-13
YOUNG MEMS CHKsrtAN AssocIArIoN-Th fol-
lowing is the report of the Relief Committee of the
Young Mems Christian Association for the week end

Number Of case uf yeluw fever discharged cured. 76
Nnmbsr Of Of oh diseases discharged cured =
Des'hs yellow fsyer.,., observation-disclosures. %
Iratts from utarr Il srlses, ..,...........
Cases of destitute suffering relieved II
Casya under treatment l9J
Tohl number Of cases tr -aeI, from August 9th to
October Y, at r M.. ..,.t,.....,. ,l559
FIREs.-There was an alarm of fire on Monday
night, about something burning somewhere in or
around 6retna and another yesterday morning,
about the burning out of a bedroom in house at
the corner Of Customhouse and Marais streets Not
worth talking about, either of them.
Last night, at II o'clock, two buildings on New
Levee street, between Lafayette and Girod, were
gutted by the devouring element. One was a board.
ing house and the other tar and rosn warehouse
We had not time to obtain other particular before
going ia press. The houses burnt ran through to
Fulton street.
PROBABLE WIFE MURDEK-C Coroners hque8t-The
Coroner was yesterday morning called to hold an in
quest upon the body Of Mrs. Alice NJ. Clarke, found
dead in her residence, miserable room in house on
Liberty street between Gravicr and Perddo. Beside
her dead body was that of an untmey infant; and it
was reported among the neighbors that the death
Of both was occasioned by the drunken brutality Of
the husband and father, James Clarke.
The principal witness examined was Madame
Lafont an nccoucheuse and her testimony was that,
at about 4 o'clock in the morning Clarke came to
her house and requested her to come and see his
wife, but without saying what was tie matter with
her. She went, and, on getting to the ROOM found
the woman had been already delivered that the UNI
bilcal cord was cut, and that the child was dead.
She found the deceased sensible, but good deal
prostrated. On asking Clarke for some linen and
other little necessares he cursed her. and again on
her advising him to send for a doctor, he did the
same thing. She had before attended deceased IN
aceoucnemehts, and kne" her husband 70 be IN the
haot OF iIhtreatIng hef'
Other witnesses, heighporS' tesuhed as 10 clarke
haotuai ltfeatmen' OIL MS "lle' one witness sWore
that during clarke absence yesterday morning she
went IN 10 walt upon ms poor "ie, ana thaV as sue
was leaving me hoo5S sue was abused hy ClaFKe'
VINO had just returned ana 'haU lie tFled 10 KNOCK
heF down.
~ 0idlaih hl"ue PoSt "O'tc" examination ol
Vie poueS' puV No n"'hS o' FloIehee were lounu
ou Ien' e'\sePU D'lSe oEe' tut Uoes VI que VI tle
A2tpet ,eet ana solie SlisnI ones Oh nei sn'u lAe
| infant hau eFiuenNy peth ooll deau Deceased hau
neise.' s''Ieu oH Mouu"y, 'u's sut was ou1 seven
iHon''l9 '"Ce|s' ~ "Ial"A gave y t9 ms opluioh
Vua' sue u'eu run premature ar'uI''loH' tooaoiS
causeu ny a'te"''ne"' iloLl "el naSu''l'u' o"ule'
olaLhe "Iu Vue jury ielulbeu FeIuicI 10 Vat eHeGV
Clarke was arrested eafy IN the morning oy oulee
fehueL' ana lol9eu IN tlle ioeh'np' Inc coroner
was preparing ms aliua'l' 'ast evening ana the az
euse" lu9'anu "4l pe "'Lt5pe0 "etoie eHe he'oiaei
Io.uay'
FATAL ACoIDENT.-We heard last night that dur
ing the evening young boy had been run over ant
crushed to pieces by the Carrollton steam train il
the upper part Of the CITY, We obtained no othe
particulars
BURGLARY.-C Curious Case.--The shoe store o
Mr.. Wolff, on Exchange Place, it reported to til,
police yesterday morning, had been broken open dur
ing the night and robbed Of a quantity of shoes
Mr. W. named to the police certain person whom
he suspected, and this person, who, as Is certified Il
us, proved to be wealthy and respectable citizen
was arrested by Lieut. Gastinel and officer l}onosa
and sixteen pairs Of shoes, which Wolff identified a
his were found in his house on Basin street. in thu
First District; together with a quantity Of linens
shirts, socks, clayas, and other articles Of masculine
wear The man arrested sent for friends who vonchet
for his honesty and respectability aud it was eX
palned' taat all inc articles seized were INTENDED
Tor use on MS pantaton ana taat as TO the Shoes n
hau taken one or more pairs Of 'hem at a tme, Wlt
NotlAs knowledge and fnl eonsent-he l"oln
beng on intimate terms with nun, aud indebted L
him to a considerable extent for money loaned. II
stated that only last saturday he loaned Wolff none
to o over tn lake after his wife and this yyo, oC
- o. ~ s,l',
khoWledSea 10 De the Iact' Inc man accused CAV
bail to appear for examination and at the urgent re
quest of his friends who assure us that there is som
, .+ 1,c ~, b,d ,7 +I,o+ will bo .-ra,, ir
i''ss"Ne " n,i '''ll' tia' ' W.. ~ =
haceht on examination, we suppress MS name. 1n
Second District police call ita very mysterious cast
and drop remarks in no wise COMPLIMENTARY to NJ
VAN
LARCENY. - ~1nothef Curious CaSe.-Br, L.
Rossyally, of the Third District was Yesterday a
,estad hu Tiant. DRYDEN of the First district On
.,tI, -, I,3
tha sacond District lncI-,,n and a case of snr,ic
.e
Instruments e"se VI oPtCal Instruments anu oth'
articles appertaiuing to the profession medical wei
found in his house and seized as the articles stoleI
Tho Doctor ,voe released non rivn,r hail fo annao
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tie H'S nau' Me ll'y S'ts' n,Iu 'le "lIi nus Gu
mics oil late and we hold ourselves prepared to hes