New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-23
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FALsE-The uptown alarm Of fire last night had
no foundation in fact =t'Ea s9Ay
CRICKET MATeH.--The Pelican Cricket Club in-
tends taking the field in match with the Crescent
City Club next Monday. If the weather be fair,
there will be not only fair play, but lively and ex-
citing play. Mr.. G. P. Ring, Chairman of the Com
mittee Of Arrangements Of the Pelican Club, has
our thanks for polite invitation to be present,
and for complimentary badge. 81
AN OLD LADY MIssIsG.-Mrs. Elizabeth Won
Eye, an old lady sixty years Of age, has, since Sat
urday morning last been missing from her resi-
dence, at the corner Of Cont and Marais streets.
The old lady is subject to fits Of mental alteration,
and has several times before strayed away from
home generally taking the direction Of the swamp,
This time when she left home, she had on dark
calico Dress green veil over her head, and bas-
ket on her arm. It is supposed she has wandered
again to the swamp, and it is feared that she may
die in her wild wanderings, if she be not already
dead. Any tdings Of her will be gladly and
thankfully received by her sons, at her residence
as above named.
Child Run OvER.-Tim Norton, dray driver. was
arrested last evening by officer Gaiennie, on Fou-
cher street, on the charge Of having run over and
seriously injured somebody's child. .
SHOCKING WIFE MURDER. A longshoreman
named George Osborne, an Englishman, and
foreman of stevedore's gang, appeared at
the Third District lookup on Monday night
and coolly surrendered himself To the officers,
saying that he had killed his wife. Such was
found to be the fact. Mrs. Julia Osborne was
IN, bar ho5 at fha fa mi u rpai.
dence on Barthelemy street, between Greatmen
and Craps; her body being covered with the
bruises of a terrible beating from head to foot.
or the two children, the youngest, little girl, was
| in the house with her dead mother; the eldest, q
boy, had. fed in fright to a neighbors whilst his
father was beating his mother. 5
Osborne yesterday said that he was not drunk
when he did the deed and being asked why he did
| it, replied, because his wife had not his supper
ready when he came home! He said he beat her
in the back yard, then laid her on the gallery and
| at last finding she was dead, picked her up and
| laid her in bed. He then took a mop and some
water and washed up most of the blood on the
floor, after which he went to the police office and
i gave himself up. Men who were at work on the
levee with him. say that he went home very drunk
on Monday evening, or was very drunk when he
i started for home. #5a 4 5z
Osborne, when sober, it is said, would not harm
/ a fly; but when drunk was generally inclined to
act like fiend But a short time previously he
cruelty beat his wife, and was arrested for it; on
the way, he fought the police, and, being stout
and very muscular man, they subdued him only by
beating him with their clubs. He had to 60 te
Charity Hospital for treatment of his head, ano
Yesterday his head was still bandaged. It is said
n, drin lyipcrn nndi .tarr
pered woman Osborne's present GOODNESS and
unconcern about the murder, and the candor with
which he answers the questions about it, are GER
tainly very singular. Recorder Long yesterday
sent him to prison, on affidavit made by Lieut.
Simon, to await the Coroner's investigation ant
report
DIR. Delery held the post-mortem examination
Yesterday, and found death to have resulted from
the rupture of an artery in the brain, caused b1
one of the blows inflicted had this rupture nc
occurred, death would saon have ensued, anyhow
from conclusion of the BRAIN The Doctor hal
not made out his report in full up to last evening
for there were other wounds to examine. Coronq
, Beach fixed his investigation for tomorrow.
MELANCHOLY SuIoIDE.-Mr. Joseph Taqnino,
Young gentleman well known in this city, lail
particularly well known for several years past "
his connection Us working manager with numerol
balls given at Odd Fellows HalD committed sl
eide night before last, at his residence on Marai
! street, between Bayou Road and Barracks stree1
He died in the greatest agony, having taken dos
of prusse acid. He had for some time bee
gloomy and depressed, owing, as was supposet
to the recent death Of his child, and still more Y
cent death of his wife. The suicide was delibt
rate enough. After taking the deadly drug, i
quietly informed the family Of the fact, and bad
: them goodbye. The deceased was n years {
age, and native of Baton Rouge in this stat'
i The Coroner held an inquest yesterday, and z
!. turned the appropriate verdict.
d DEATH OF JoHN L. CoNRAD.-This young mll
IS who was shot on Sunday night, or at O'Clock 0
% Monday morning, whilst he and party of 9TH
y drunken young men were smashing glasses ~
firing pistols in John Lynn's tent at the Eolksfes
died Of his wounds yesterday, at Charity Hosp1tf
N The post.mortam examination had not been ma
IS up to last evening, and the Coroner had to def
L. his inquest. Before his death, Conrad was ask
n, who shot him. His answer was, that he hal
,e recollection when or where he was shot, Or
ID whom. Officer Stanmeyer, who was watchman
if. the tent at the time. and who was shot at a
v, slightly wounded in the head, was undoubtedly
lie man who shot Conrad and according to all rep
id was justitiahle in so doing. AS no one has lna
81 any charge against him, he has not been arrests
IN Conrad was not a dray driver, as we erroneeni
h. reported yesterday.
pit DEATH OF WH, CoNGpos.-Wm. Congdon, 'taa
ternlasteT. of the steamship Habana, Who as "