New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-07-02

ts earliest heaoquarters The following report is for
the week ending last evening at o'clock:
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| WEEKLY REPORT Of the Free Dspensary of the
New Orleans School Of Medicine, situated on Com
mon street, opposite the Charity Hospital:
Patients treated Saturday June e25tb............. 80
" " Wednessday, Saass " aah sslh = 5,
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The ANNUAL EXHIBITION Of the Third District
Schools took place yesterday. 1t was largely at
tended and brilliant affair." The particulars of it we
shall reserve for our Monday edition.
LAFAYETTE SQUARE teemed with life, beauty, in.
nocence and gayety last evening Uncle Dan Busby,
the adopted grandfather Of all the children treated
them to handorgan concert beneath the shade of
the sycamores; and right pleasant was it to see the
dancing and general happiness of the little ones
MURDER was perpetrated on Thursday night, at
about o'clock, on Hospital street, between Royal
and Bourbon. An old German, reported by the DO.
lice to be named Michael Swiss and by the Coroner
to be E. Seixth, and keeper of cheap secondhand
variety shop, was found lying in his back room,
moaning, and bis head bleeding profusely. A char.
coal dealer next door first discovered the fact being
| attracted by the old mans means. He was not in.
sensible but appeared as he had been drinking and
refused to answer any questions The police were
soon on hand, but could form no conjecture as to
who had done the deed. 1t was known that during
the day the old man had been up to the City Trea-
Office to pay his license and this led to an in.
ference that some villain, knowing him to have
money, had followed him home and knocked him in
the head to rob him. At later hour one of the DO
lice found tweutydoIlar gold-piece lying in th Q
old mans blood on the floor, and this seemed to in
dcate that the outrage had been committed for pur
poses OF robbery though no other evidence of rob-
berry was discovered. Lieut. Gastinel had the old
man sent to Charity Hospital, where, yesterday, he
died. The Coroner set about holding his inquest,
but had to defer it to await the result of police inve
legations. The post-mortem examination, however,
was made; and showed death to have resulted from
violent fracture Of the skull, inflicted with some
heavy blunt instrument Lieut.. Gastinel thinks a
hammer must have been used, not only from tn e
appearance of the wound, but from freshly.mad e
mark of a hammer found on the door of the room in
which the murder was committed, as if made by
misdirected blow at the victim. The Circumstance
drew great crowd around the old mans place, and
aroused considerable excitement. The police are
THOMAS McGINNIss, little boy about six years old,
was playing in a lot up town yesterday with some
other boys, when, pushing open a large gate the
hinge broke and the gate fell upon him and broke
one of his legs The little sufferer was taken to
Charity hospital.
YOUNG JULY is hot little bantling seems to hav
inherited its heat from the lately defunct June. Yes.
terday was an awfully hot day, tempered at times,
however, by clouds, refreshing breezes, and cats
paw or two of water.drops, not amounting to rain.
| 1NoUEsTs-Fatai FaH.-The Coroner held an in.
quest, yesterday, on the body of George Hennen,
found dead in house Elysian Fields street, nea
| Victory street. Verdict: " Accidentally killed bv
falling while drunk, from the second story of the
house." Deceased was about 4G years of age and
native of Germany.
Death from Lntemperance.-An inquest was held
| yesterday on the body of Catherine Sibrey found
dead in house Julia street. near Derbigny street.
Verdict: Z" Died ofdebty caused by intemperance.'
She was about As years DID, and native of Germany
| LAD about IA years of age, son of Mrs. Lanois
residing on Nayades street, between Euterpe and
Polymnia, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon,
| by the explosion of some chemicals which he was
mixing for dentist. His face badly burnt, and
one of his eyes SO seriously injured as to endanger
its sight Blinded and smarting with the pain, he
rushed through window, and in so doing, further
| injured himself.
| MARY BENNETT was taken from Girod street to
Charity Hospital, yesterday, by Lieut.. Dryden. One
of her ribs was broken what broke it, was not re.
ported
| FRANCISCO EscARAGUA, a Spaniard, was ARE sted
| yesterday morning, on a charge of having outraged
tba pnSh Ma
years of age the night BEFORE at the drugstore of
Mr.. Espinola on Chartres street, where they both
staid. The girls story was that she was sleeping in
room, with two other girls, when Escarag ua stole
to her in the dark seized her by the throat threat.
ened to kill her if she ade noise and effected his
| helish purpose without waking the other girls.
Escaragua admitted the thing to Sergeant Arroyo,
but pleaded his belief that the girl was one of that
class who could not be actually outraged The girl,
who is fair looking and intelligent made her affidavit
before Recorder Witt yesterday and Escaragua was
cent to prison.
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRr.-Luke Feeney was
yesterday sent before the First District Court for
violent assault and battery upon Bridget Prise. Bail
$500.
Fred Steiner for beating his better part, Adeline
and Philip Malone, for beating his better part, Ann
were respectively fined $40 and put under peace
bonds.
Catherine Farrell Conroy, being out of her right
mind, was sent to the Insane Asylum.
Margaret McGinn and Alice Jones were held for
hearing on the 7th, on charge of having pawned to
Mortz Stiewel for 81 10, a silver watch which they
falsely represented was theirs the watch afterward
being restored to its rightful owner.
SDsthene, slave of Bouligny, was held for hearing
on the 7th; charged with stealing silver watch out
of the room of Alexander Boyden, at the corner of
Chartres and Barracks streets.
George Manning and Thomas Eagan, charged with
assault and battery upon James Cook, with threats to
kill John Duncan, charged by Nicholas Martin with
larceny; and Catherine Devne, charged with beating
Mrs. ORellys daughter Eliza. were also held for fu-
ture examination.
RECORDER WILTz's CouRr-Iina alias Mag Shep.
herd, OF Burgundy street, near Customhouse street.
was fined SIS for beating the little daughter of a
Mrs. Budd alias Lott, of the same neighborhood.
Jimaimy Hardy, +. W. Co. was held for hearing on
the Sth inst, on charge of grossly abusing and in
sulting Eliza Crane and family, of Cont street.
A charge of assault and battery, made by Mary
Dorsey against Mary Kgan, was dismissed.
RECORDER LoNG's CoURr.-Thomas G. Cox, taken
mp on the railroad, with bad language in his mouth
and brass knucke in his pocket, yesterday had to
disgorge.
Mrs. Daing, of Enghien street, complained of by
her husband as being continually drunk was sent to
the Work House for three months.
Jean Cassan aud Paul Louis gave bail to answer to
the charge of having walloped August Ohse, and
August Ohse was held on charge of having abused
Louis and called him niger.
DEATH IN THE PRAIRIES In the proper place our