New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-15

1
| the house as Emily, but her full name was Mary
Jane Emily Schooler. The Coroner was sent for,
/ but had not held his inquest up to last evening.
The buildings were DID, and not worth more
| than Sl2 ,000 being on leased ground, belonging
to the Poydras Asylum. Mrs. Wilson's effects
| were insured for $500 in the Sun office. The
| basement stores did not suffer great deal. Mr..
| Braun's stock Of clothing he estimated at $4,000
| and the damage by water at 50 per cent; he was
insured for $500 in the Merchants ofice--a small
insurance for such q stock. Mr.. B. had just re-
turned from the country and got to his store just
as the upper stories burst out in volume of fame.
/ We never saw any man shed more tears over any
4 disaster than he did. The shoe store bread depot
| and Oriental coieehouse, were not much damaged.
i The above, however, was not all the damage the
| fire did. The icehouse of Smith Is Co., running
| through from New Leyee to Commerce street,
| next to the burnt row, Tin the rear Of which the
| fire was started) had its roof burnt off and was
| much damaged in the upper story. The roof was
one of the patent kind, composed Of some kind of
pitch, which proved itself anything but defiant of
fire. 1t melted and blaZed ran out at the spout
/ holes in redhot streams, and descended in blazing
sheets Of flames on both New Levee and Com
meree streets. A fire company on Commerce
| street had to quit work and drag their engine
away in consequence of the blazing shower which
attacked them The roofing might have been
patfa copasrr}t it was anything but fre-proof. 4
tho79s t.a Of eon.ars will probably the damage
to tF, the late Mr. TH0s
/ Its the same incendiary started
both fpreans April 'cue could be obtained to that
incendias. Rone steam fire engine Jack Adams
did good setFice at the fire, and remained to wet
it down.
I FouSD DRowSED.-The Coroner yesterday held
an inquest on the body of an unknown white man,
found on the other side of the river opposite La
Croix's plantation. He appeared to be middle
aged, and had on black cashmere vest, cottonade
pants, and white shirt with linen bosom. The
body was much decomposed. Verdict, found
drowned.
II An inquest was held on body found floating in
the river opposite Ursulines street 1t was identi-
fed as that of Vicente Torriano, aged So years,
who was q cook in some boarding house on the
lesee, and who had been missing since Saturday
last. Verdict, found drowned, .-..
THE KILLING OF TIMOTHY LYoNs.--Tllis affair was
investigated yesterday morning by the Coroner
The following testimony was taken:
| Ed,gdiM Manning, sworn--0n Sunday night
! August 18th, about To- o'clock Z. NJ, Mr.. MeGure
and myself were sitting down on the bench in front
streets in company with Timothy Lyons and Patricl
Scahll. Scahll and Mctiure were eating biscuit
Lyons said to them: You must have good ap
petite" Seahll, in answer, said There is some
people around here can eat more Than can
Lyons then got up and said: " You don't mean
that for any in the crowd, do you?" Scah re-
piled, :" If do, what can you make out of it Z!
| Lyons then made q lick at Scahl, who was stand
ing by the awning post; they both commenced
fighting with their fists. Lyons retreating
. Scahl was following him up. did not see an
knife, nor did know either of them had knit
/. until Lyons cried out he was stabbed. Scah thei
, said: g Here is the knife y and saw the knife il
his hand. Scahll then walked off to his boarding
house, which was only few doors off. Lyon
walked some twenty-five yards, sat down on
. bench, and said he was killed, and almost imme
diately fell off the bench, fainting, and died in
70 few minutes afterwards.
r saw no knife in the hands of Lyons he had n
n knife with him. The knife that Scahll had judg
to be small dirk knife.
Patrick Mcclure, was next sworn-The test
. mony of this witness corroborated that of Manning
= with the exception that he did not hear the words
there is the knfe,' said to have been pronounce
!. by Scahll, after Lyons cried out he was stabbed
The witness states that he made an neffectnal al
tempt to separate the two men at the beginning O
n the fight. He saw no knife.
It The jury returned a verdict that death wa
l. caused by wounds inflicted by Patrick Scah an
n therefore charged him with murder.
RECORDER EMERsoN's CouRr.-Louis Huber wa
yesterday put under such bonds as will hereafte
: cause him to let Charles Bley and wife Alone b
y having abused them shamefully at their residence
Il Il No. IS Liberty street. Francis Boad, charged
with hitting Ellen Moore on the lip with ston
and burning her on the cheek with hot fatiron
on Basin street, was lucky enough to be fined onl
u. SO and put under peace bonds. James Grifir
charged with kidnapping the child of Elizahet
!, Creighton and beating the mother, was also luck,
a he having only to furnish peace bonds for 81
w months. Paul Sibe and his wife Maria were lik
IL wise put under good behavior bonds for the peac
" and comfort of their neighbors on Poydras stree
Of Mrs. Flynn, charged with getting drunk, seal
al dazing her husband and smashing their furnitul
H. at their residence on Magazine street. was require
le to find voucher or go to the Work-house fc
re three months.
h. Elizabeth Jones, arrested as q free colorcd W,
man in the State in contravention, proved herse
lie a slave, and went her way rejoicing Samu
er Smith, charged with firing off pistols and threate
a ing the lives of his neighbors on Tchoupitouls
lie street. was also lucky enough to be discharged.
ID John Seeligman, the brute who failed and Stable
g his wife Charlotte with a pitchfork at their res
g. dence on Dryades'street was committed to the Fir
le District Court, and in default of bail remanded
to prison.
81 Inc lolloWlS pdItits were dfIdlSleu anu uuoht
OF for examination hereafter:
re Archibald Maguirc, charged with violation
ne the ordinances, in blocking up the passage way
the levee, at Post No. 81, with square grani
in blocks from ship he was unloading, after beil
st notified by Assistant Wharfnger Greed MOTTO do
on Bail given to appear on the sth prox.
o. John Bennett, charged with assault and bate
IN upon the wife of Mike Smith, Basin street. Ca
at ynd fOl, the 20th inst
ce A. Ellinger, charged with abusing and poking
by pistol at Robert Adams, at the upper corner
in the New Basin. Bail given to appear on the $
he proN. ....z
"a Jack Manning, charged with leveling a revolv
at Pat Murphy and threatening to blow The da
INT lights out of him at the corner of Tchouptoul
ed and Orange streets. Bail given to appear on t
I'd, sth proX.
er. Ann German. charged with assaulting Ma
ire Brown with tumbler; previously let Oft with
to fine, but now rearraigned for examination on
old. 18th inst.
ed, Margaret James, charged by DR.. U. S. Ball "
lpe outrageousy abusing him and his family on Ra
part street, between Erato and Thalia land furth
ing with allowing two dangerous dogs of hers, one