New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-14
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eye Of the heavens ne yer Winkcd once; il was as
bright and unAinching as the eye Of damsel
when gazing at the very thing she dotes upon, in
fashionable drygoods store. The absence Of
clouds, in the brisk breeze which prevailed all day,
was universally looked upon as result Of the late
gale.
# MoRTuARY.-The Board of Health report that
there were lt7 interments in the city cemeteries
last week. Of the deaths, were by yellow fever,
by sunstroke, IA by consumption, 10 by dysen-
terry, II by pernicous fever, by suicide, by /
wounds, and by intemperance. About ene-third |
Of the deceased we're children.
THE MURDER SUNDAY SIGHT.-The Coroner. as /
sisted by Dl. Drew, City Physician pro tenn, yes
terday held the post mortem examination of the I
body Of Timothy Lyon, who was stabbed on Sun |
day night by one Pat Scalgal on Richard street, |
between Pacaner and Annunciation streets. Two |
ncised wounds were found, one entering the region
Of the heart between the third and fourth ribs, PEN
etrating and cutting the left venricle of the heart
and the other wound entering at the eleventh NIB,
cutting off the cartilage of the same ranging up
wards and just entering the apex of the heart
causing femorrhage and almost instant death.
The witnesses in this case will be examined this
morning. before the Coroner's jury. The story
goes that the two men had quarrel and went out
to settle it by fist fight when Scalga, taking un-
fair advantage Of Lyon drew knife and stabbed
him.
ANOTHER MERDER.-Coroner Beach also held am
other most mortem examination yesterday-that Of
John King, who died in the Charity Hospital from
a stab wound inflicted by James Reed. The wennd
was in the region of the stomach, to the left oil the
medan line, passing obliqueiy to the right side,
grazing tie stomach, cutting the muscular coat and
passing through the liver, causing internal hemorr-
| hage inflammation and death. The inquest in this
case will be held tomorrow afternoon
| ACCIDENTS. wv Yesterday morning the colored
servant woman in the family of Mr.. J. .. cameron,
residing on vt. Joseph street went 70 market, and
as she lett, she told her daughter, girl about ten
years DID, to kndle the fire in the stove while she
was gone. She mother had been in the habit OF
igniting the fire quickly by pouring camphene, or
some other sort of burning fluid, on the kinding
wood. The child, initiating her mother, Or trying
to do So started the fire, and then began pouring
| the fluid upon it.
The fluid caught, the bottle exploded, her dress
was set on fire. Her screams brought in gentle
man from the next door, who succeeded in putting
out the flames; but yesterday afternoon it was
believed tue girl would die. ..0....a.z.
A free colored man, whose name we did not
learn, had one of his feet crushed last evening, in
attempting to Jump on the Pontehartfain cars, at
Goodchildren street. Amputation will be neces-
sary.
RECORDER ENERsoN's CeURT.-The dock was full
enough yesterday, and Work-house and Prison re,
ceived their customary contributions
John Walsh and Ed Edwards for insulting ladies
on St. Charles street, on Sunday night, hadn't the
dibs to pay therefor, so they went to prison, one
for thirty and the other for ten days. Jas Siddons
charged with striking Francis L. Diamond, hadn
+ SlO and went down for month. John Conrad
t for lambasting Harriet Drew, on Palmyra street
and hitting officer Bulger, who arrested him, was
put to the painful necessity of paying S25, and fur
nishing peace bonds. Rose, slave of Violet, ett
think that such sweet names should come u
trouble y and John, slave of Qnrk, supposed t
=. ba runaways, and charged with renting rooms II
4 violation of the ordinances, were required to MAX
q mp purse Of s25, or take prescription to Df
Hernandez for 10 drachms each OF hickory OIL
,r Frank slave of Negrotto, for insulting a whit
- woman on Penn street, was sent down to Dr.
for 25 drachms. Ann Gorham, for shying tumf
ler at the head of Mary Brown, was required t
pay S. or go down for twenty days. Mary Jan
y Burroughs for drunkenness and disturbance OF tn
peace on Claiborne street, was sent to the WorE
II house for four months. Officer Duncan, VIII
ID arrested her was talked of by some chivalror
es outsiders as having used improper violence
IL bringing Mary Jane to the Lookup but the tfui
us is she fought him like tgress, and he had to u
&C force Being able to walk, she threw herself I
ne the banqnette, compelling Duncan to carry or dri
5s her: and once, when on her feet, she blew
nose in her hand, and then wiped his face with h
es hand Who would be policeman, when such
:" helcat has to be arrested and when over-virtuo
'a snivellers abuse the policeman for not taking SUI
lef devil as if she were lady-a thing morally a
ne physically impossible?
es- Beverly Harris, claiming to be t. m. c., but 81
''u peeted of being runaway slave, was sent
es- prison to prove his freedom. Bill Smith, slave
all Robert Armfeld, was very deservedly sent to j
to receive twenty-five lashes, for violently assau
lie ing and wounding David Wilson, +. m. Co. beti
Ter known as 'Daye,'' the barber, of Magazine sire
a one of the best BARRIERS and most polite and gent
Ag- manly free coored men in New Orleans. The
a torious John Smith required to fork over
or go down for month, for raising disturbar
an on board the ship Indiana, to the great grief q
the misery of Capt. joy. lJoy, by-the-way, was
N. name of the unhappy Philadelphian who commit
ind suicide in the Third District the other day. Nht
,rm in name j
last Gatarina tanned and wrinkied Old girl OF SUI
was Italy, was required to pay SO or go down to
,ad- month, for begging in the streets. Jane o'Bri
yes. an equally lovely specimen of the Celtic race,
professional begging and the slur which t
ut, profession cast upon the Emerald Isle, was inc
at tinently sent to the Work-house for three mon
por- Frederick Wills, charged with assaulting V
al a weapon and threatening NJ. J. G. Quinan
t. bitterness of whose complaints smaeked of
ses, nine) aud Henry Greenwall, charged with abu'
rom and threatening the bitterpil, were dismis
the at request of said pill.
and Richard Dougherty gave bail of $1,000 to ans
to the charge of having stabbed and dangero
ton, wounded James O'Donnell, and also stabbed
Pass wife, on Bolivar street, on the 2Sth July
case was published at the time.l
the John NJ. Ferguson, a police officer, was arrale
,ens, on the very serious charge Of having levied
dis. mail upon f. a. Kinberger, grocer, at the co
OF Constance and Terpsichore streets-obtal
slips from him at one time the sum of $50, and at
be. ther time tile sum Of s., under threats to in
that he (Kinberger) was retailing liquor wit
>ra, license. Kinberger made full affidavit against
- -, rascal, as also did Sergeant Morchead. Th
a1s eused was required to furnish $500 bail tor his