New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-24
WEEKLY REPORT Of the Free Dispensary Of the
New Orleans School Of Medicine, on Common street,
opposite the Charity Hosrital

New Orleans School Of Medicine, On Common street,
opposite the Charity Hospital
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An UNLuoEy SHIP was destroyed By IRE last
night, with about 1000 bales Of cotton. h was the
large decker Helios, Capt. Mason lying at Post
No. 4s, Third District, between Cl6uet and Louisa
streets.
Some weeks ago the Helios clealedfor Liverpool,
with cargo Of over 1900 bales Of cotton. or the
Tortugas she met with disaster AID had to retsrn
to this city in Distress. She discharged her casgo
and went into dock at Agiers, where she WAS thor
oushiy repaired. Her repairs being complete, she
was set aaoat, brought to this side, and commenced
reioading her cargo Of cotton. When the fire broke
oos at a6eat o'clock Inst evening, her bold was we'll
slowed with cotton, with quantity uastowed. on
her lower deck the whole amount being 1000 bales
| OF over.
Reports vary az to how and where the fire stsxted.
One report was that it started in the cotton In the
hold forward another report was that il started ON
the upper deck or in the caboose. At any rate the
fire spread rapidly, and long before the remen could
render any degree Of SERVICE the whole forecastle
and bows were in blaze, with the foremast aud its
yards and rigging. As night set 10, the spectacle
was splendid illumining both sides Of the river for
miles, and drawing many thousands of people, who
gutted the whole breadth OF the levee for several
squares It was the first ship fairly in blaze seen
at this city for many years. and by most of the null
titude was viewed with painful interest, as fair
picture of what ship must look like when on fire
at sea.
The breeze sent the flames over the starboard bow
and over the wharf to which she was moored. As
the lower fastenings Of the rigging gave way the
blazing ropes dangled in the air like fiery serpents !;
whilst the heat was great and the difficulty Of the
remen so great in getting their machines within sue
ton of the river that the little water thrown did NO
good, and the ship was soon pronounced doomed.
After the fire had burnt for nearly two hours, the
foretopmast and top.galant fell, bending over and
coming down between the ship and the wharf, and
sticking there, butt uppermost, in nearly perpen-
dlcnlar position The yards and rigging Of the main
mast caught fire, but they were saved by the remen
who had got their pipes on the after deck
The after hatch had been left open, to enable the
firemen to do what they could. But they found the
cotton to be are in the hold from stem to stern and
the ship and cargo were then given up for gone
The flames and smoke soon commenced gushing up
through the hatch ; the few streams thrown by the
few engines that were able to suck from the river
were no more than dew to the roaring flames be-
meath and at last after the fire had ragged about two
hours and half, the towboat Thomas McDanels
came up fastened to her stern, and towed her over
to the flats, at which place it the intention to
quench the fire by scutling the ship. The ship
Lancaster, lying at the wharf below, had been towed
away in good time by the towboat Mobile. The
wharf at which the Helios lay was burnt through
and considerably damaged. The Helios looked like
mountain OF fire as she was towed off down the
river and as she lit up the sky for long time after.
ward it is fair to presume that between burning and
scutting, the ship and cargo were total loss.
| The Helios was valued at $4,000; the cotton
was worth about $50 00O-making the total loss
$l5O,oOO. We were unable to ascertain what insur.
ance companies were the sufferers, to what extent.
The CORONER yesterday held two inquests One
was upon much decomposed body, or rather skee.
ton, of man found on the lake shore. A strip of
flesh across the hips was all that proclaimed 1t the
body of a white man. The clothing was stylish,
consisting Of linenboso shirt, white Marseilles
vest, Dotted fine cloth coat, black merino pants and
fine cafskin boots. silver watch and silver sus-
pender buckles were on the body, which was sup.
posed to have been long time drowned, and washed
ashore in the late gale. Verdict, found drowned
The other inquest was on the body Of Sylvester, a
slave 35 years old, belonging to Mr. Lane found dead
in his room at the corner of Dryades and Grod
streets, where he had been sick some time. Verdict
consumption.
QUITE Crowd Of welldressed and respectable
looking gentlemen paraded the streets last night
escorted by q flag and several powerful bands O.
music. They were of the new political persuasion who
call themselves the Independent Americans. They
made quite show in their long line of twoby.twos
decently distanced but upon counting, at different
points, their minimum number was found to be two
| hundred and fifty, and their maximum Gncludine
musicians) something over three hundred. They
hurrahed good deal !; but as VIC couldn't hear who
| they were hurrahing for, we presume it must have
been for themselves. All right. Custom-house, Post
office and other Federal Government features, how.
ever, were alarmngly prominent in the procession.
1t was handsome and orderly procession. But it
strikes US that the Custom-house and the Louisiana
Club will have to do better than this il they wish to
scare or scarify New Orleans The Independent pro
cessons. collectively, have an imposing appearance
but then there are people, you know, who ,cM stand
around the corners, to look at the faces and coun
the noses. You must do better, gentlemen!
1 Auh ANDErE ENDENf AMEhlCAN SLUBS OI L0e lou
districts of the city met at their respective headquar
ters last night to nominate candidates for the parish
and city offices, subject to the decision of the peop
at the coming November election. The following
nominations were made:
For Sherif-B. s. Harrison. :1a =@
Coroner.-F. NJ. Crozat.
District Attorney-Chas. d. Dreux.
Clerks of District Courts--Frst Armand Pelle
lerin; Second Alfred Bourge; Third Emile Witt
Fourth, W. G. Aud Fifth, B. W. Hebrard Sixth
H. L. Hunley.
State Assessor for Fourth Diet,'ict.-Peter Kaiser
After the nominations were made and duly ratified
the " Independent Americans " OF the four districts
formed into processions-met at the corner of Ram
part and Canal streets-formed into grand process
sion of about three hundred, musicians included,)
and woke up the principal streets.
RECORDER SUMMERS CoURT.-Lucen Gardere, q
butcher of St. Mary's market, was yesterday ex
, amined before Assistant Recorder Munroe charge
of having offered putrid meat for sale at his stall
The charge was proven, and Lucien fined $25. An
drew Hamon, Of Cypress street, was fined $40 fo
brutal treatment of his wife,
Thomas Cahill, a promising youth, brought up b.
his mother Honora, for repeatedly striking and beai
ing her, was required to furnish good behayio
bond or 90 to the Work-house John Henpessey fo
abusing Mary Ann Whalen. and Mary Balden, 70
abusing Bridget Golding, were also bound over 70
their better behavior as were likewise Charlie
Barnes, for threatening officer McGregor and NJ. ]
Gallagher, for sssaulting Nathan Lockman.
Richard Watson was held for examination on