New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-09
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 9, 1859.
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HEAT, perspiratloD, prckiy neat, iassituoe, JUL
ness mosquitoes and resleSness were the agreeable
varieties Of yesterday and yesternfsht. 1t was ore
Of the most doggish Of the dog-days.l
ONE OF THE OLDEST Of the citizen1 M New Or |
leans has quietly taken his departure for the un.
known land Jose Joaquin Fernandez, native Of
Cuba, and for eighty years resident OF this city,
oed on Sunday at the ripe old age Of ninety nine
years. Many people believed he was much older
FOR men who now feel themselves old, and look 80,
can remember that Mr.. Fernandez was old wheAthey
were young children. Having been good citizen,
IN all respects, throughout his long life, his funeral
last evening was very large and imposing one his
numerous descendants and their friends and relatives
as wen as his own old friends, making up great
crowd. AS he was soldier in bis prime fought at
the battle Of Chalmette and was q military man for
years afterward-the Orleans Artillery took part in
the funeral, and buried him with military honors.
NUMBER OF IMPORTANT Contracts have been
adiudicated by Mr.. Comptroller Dupleaaa.
On Saturday, the contract for filling the batture,
in front Of the steamboat landing between Canal and
ST. Louis streets, with sand, was adjodicated to
Messrs. Charles A. Eager Co., the wharf essees, At
the rate of 40 cents per cubic foot This is great
and important work. In some places the Cling will
! have to be as much as ten feet deep.
The following other important contracts we're ad.
Indicated yesterday: p5S
Strengthening, raising and grading the levee from
Louisa street to the Barracks, to Patrick Lane, at
$1,000.
Regarding, raising and square block paving Com
mon street, to Nicholson Il Co., at the following
rates: Square block paving, 81 20 per superficial
yard; curbing, a cents per superficial foot cross
ings, 80 cents per superficial foot laying sidewalks
from New Levee to Rampant, 81 LII per running
foot; laying sidewalks from Rampant to Claiborne,
81 per running foot; and iron bridge tops furnished
and laid, $275. .a IN
Smelling northeast (Second District) side of Canal
street. from Claiborne to Metairie Ridge to F. Mar
quez, at % 3s per running foot. aH
Smelling southwest (First DISTRICT side Of Canal
street. from Broad to Metarie Ridge, to h. McGuinn,
at 81 20 per running foot. 4
| Smelling southeast side Of Hagan Avenue, from
Bayou St. John to New Canal to L. Surgi, at 81 65
per running foot. &
THE BOARD OF HEALTH report l3l as the total
number Of interments in the city cemeteries last
week. No yellow fever. c9 &&
Some imported yellow fever, however, is at Quar-
antine. The Board have received d telegraphic
dispatch from the Quarantine station, announcing the
arrival there Of the brig Margaret A. Stevens, from
Havana, with one case Of yellow fever board, and
the report that two men had died thereof during the
voyage.
The vessel being properly quarantiped, the believ-
ers in quarantine have no cause Of apprehension th at
we shall have the imported yellow fever this year.
CHARLES CARRIERE, a lad, was accidentally shot in
the head and badly wounded on Sunday evening, in
the Third District by one of his companions, named
Henry Boulet. Both were in the yard Of Carrere's
residence, Love street, between st. Charles and
Bagatelle; Bouet had the gun and raising it to
fire it at some martens on the wing when it struck
clothes line and discharged, the load Of smalshot
striking Cariere around the right eye, running the
eye and carrying away portion of the skull Surgi
cal aid was at called in and serious as was th,
wound, the boy was yesterday pronounced out 0
danger.
i, Mr.. ARTHUR MAGILL, who was stabbed by MI
VIM. H. G. King on the Sd of July last at the corne
of Perdido and Carondelet Streets died of his woun
q at Charity Hospital yesterday morning. .o.o4
q Deputy Coroner Weysham held an inquest on tn
q body. The postmortem examination, by Dr. Hart
showed death to have resulted from puncture
wound in the spinal column, through the interver
| tebra foramen of the fifth and sixth vertebra, di
. vding two.thirds of the spinal marrow and causing
j. paralysis
But one witness, Mr.. William Brisbin, was exam
ined by the Coroner his testimony being all that wa
requisite 10 form verdict. Mr.. B. stated that he wa
present at a meeting Of the Typographical Union O.
the afternoon of the Sd of July; Messrs. Magill an
King were also present. The meeting was b eld
e the upstairs hall of the Louisiana Hose Company
o the stairs ascending to the hall from the backyar
/, outside the building.
King rose and left the meeting. In moment Me
IF gill rose and went out after him. moment or tw
after that, witness left the roem As he stepped OF
on the PLATFORM at the head of the stairs he hear
loud words and looking over into the yard belo,
,h saw King and Magi in an alteration. King had
v. knife out, and made cut at Magi with it SCENE
" to Craze his body just about the waist and he p'
his hand there after aiming the blow, King retreate
va through the house towards the front Carondel
ne street, and Magill followed him.
Witness ran down stairs as fast as he could, to i
nd terfere. When he reached the bottom the hose ca
riage hid the two from his view; ; he started roul
the carriage and he did SO, saw the two near Il
rt front door, holding to- each other as it appeared
him. and struggling and as they struggled, Xii
an raised his knife and brought it down in Mags bac
ia. Witness ran up and seized King by the arm as
he did this, King was jerking at the knife to get it
of Magls back as soon as witness seized King,
ch let 20 the knife jerked loose from him, and
I'm Witness then pulled the knife from Magill's bat
srs and remained with him to see that he was prope
,es cared for. #~n5 :-..-
BILE The Coroner's jury, upon this, returned verd
at that Mag died from the effects of stab inflicted
King. Deceased was 36 years of age, and matt
us. Of Pittsburg, where he leaves family.
me He was buried last evening, with due honor,
his fellow-members Of the Typographical Union a
to of Mississippi Fire Company No. 2. His body v
~ removed from the hospital to the engine-house
Tchouptoulas street, where an impressive fune
ON service was said by Rev. DR.. Palmer. Both the fl
be men and the printers turned out in respectable nu
bers, and followed the deceased to his last resti
place, the mausoleum Of the Typographical I'm
in Greenwood Cemetery. s.@
A DUEL, with pistols, was fought at the Oaks
nail evening, by two young gentlemen from Carrollt
to What the quarrel originated about did not lea
the At the first fire, one of the gentlemen fell
whilst the other, in his ,ciid delight, to think he
Salt sent bis enemy Jordan suppressng his
tab ing, and walking grimly around the field, an of
IDOL from CarrolIton, who had got wind Of the al
are reached the ground and arrested the VICTOR as
as his seconds and all the parties to the affair.
and reaching Carrollton, the victor found that he
been "slightually" sold. He only had beer
earnest every other man on the ground, inclu