New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-05-31

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| CLOSING OF THE sroREs. The closing of stafss.
ct O'clock in the evening is becoming rsry eens
/ eFat. Two good things are achieved by ftesthe3
/ proprietofs save gas, and the cEerks have tfe
eaaacs 1o attend drili regularly and perfect them
x cries and cofeehouses are exuected Id aeI,
after 6 o'clock. Last evening, afterG eJoek ~
&c snsFaa af wss re closing tha Camp stree reminded
~ OF some desert shore, along which the print
4 iHg oihees stood guard as lighthouses
j THE WASHINGTON AnTILLRgY -4prigasea T.. II,
is sm = ING 9no Loeb of the Washington Artillery
es ar. ast l evening 6g the Jackson RailFoaa Wsh et
ters ana papers for the battalion LIeuf {yeiper
being detained, will leave on Taosn5
and letters for the command left Al MI, I'M fssysS
street to-day VIII be taken through ehesrfafv mi
without delay. ~ I t 80 ''.s'
-. A DECIDEDLY FREgGH sUrciDE. mar name d
James Anderson, on Wednesday evening 81. MAJ
zine street, between Clio and Erato sset
the side, and died soon after being removed II
Charity Hospital. The Coroner had n5t rsported
i upon the matter when we were at his offfee lsss
evening; but we are informed that the suicide as
| occasioned in this way: Anderson and smother
man had for some time been visiting the same wo-
man. On Wednesday afternoon, the two men
met at the woman's house, and, though very ieai-
Gus OF each other concluded to settle sher claims
TO the woman IN peaceful aud philosophical man
ner. Ihsy agreed T to Ieaye j to The woman to
visit her no more. The woman being called mon
to choose, did SO. Anderson. being the reiaetaaa
one immediately stepped ont into the alley along
TIE KILLING OF Dr. MArHER.--T ft11l8 8r,,rtten4
lars IN this case were ELECTED before Coroner'a
Jury yesterday. The only witness ID tEs alfair
was Mrs. OctaVia al. Withers, the mother oT ahe
murdered man and the wife Of him who Is charged
with the murder. Her testimony was given win
fearful precision and distncsness az manner ani
is in the following words
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diaey Mr. WIthers shot The afaegafed and sana
ahsP aas nd Bel Ii Pas To- siss sa aa M
som mi P sad hiding @ bsiors ss
Gsas,esaniaefI positive ihe Docer once
Il as% ss 6 e @
hank I, ne ne So y OF ING tabe where had ne
called D. Mhs I sss taR G. onse als
Il lis hand Il e I'm shas e &c s a m
Apost- -mortem examination was held, CONDUCTED
by DR.. Berthelot, and the verdict OF the igry Was
that Dr. Mather Z came to his death from two gun
shot wounds in the right side one entering The abb
domen and Wounding the inteatinas. and one en-
Il
j lung, passing through the diaphragm and liver
> causing hemorrhage and death. And from eYi-
dence given before us, we do say that said wounds
were inflicted by leaden balls, fired from a pistol
in the hands of one Abraham s. Withera, on the
2sth day Of May, 1861 about the hour of half past
o'clock f. NJ, in house No. 3GS Dryades street.
We therefore charge the said Abraham s. TFiEiiers
with the crime Of wiIlfnl mGrder.f' sguad BY
Saml Chopin, NJ. D.; Charles f. DAWN, b. sIrs-
land, NJ, Schuppert, NJ. D. p. Armstrong, and n.
| D. Beach, Coroner.
DEsTRucTrFE FIRE. Last night, between II ana
10 O'Clock, fire broke ont in the Of J I
Warner y Co., Nos. 16 and IS gustomhouss street
between Front Levee and New Levee. The build
, ing, a three.story brick of double breadth, was
!, entirely destroyed.
The flames spread to the rear and destroyed the
uDper-storiesa OF buildings to d CORE spending
breadth fronting on Crossman street; including
Lampton's coffee house, the Gsossman strast Ex
. change, and the building occupied by HaIssoli'a
shoe-store and Abelis tin-smithery.s III 8S @
The wine and liquor store Of ] =. ailiet n Co.,
: adjoining, had rather marrow escape from des-
tructlon. The police rolled ont theIiquora whilst
n the hremen operated from the roof of the building
\ i and through holes cut in the wGlls Had lhia ea.
! tablishment caught, the whole block wona have
r. gone as brisk wind was blowing. The cause Of
II II the fire we did not ascertain. THE loss may bs
" put down at about S20, 600. S5s4 NJ
u FIRST DISTRICT CouRr- Judge GoReas.4 Mr. u.
H. Aei was Yesterday appointed ~ feeRd Michael Collins
y John Glon. eharke9 With madss sBa aEay MaAo1e al
fgsd cSnsa ws assa1 @ a end Tsfe
The Grand JHry till ags1s Thomas RyaF
and Thomas Kinney, for the Of james Rorda,
nsan Victor BsFng alled d hst ss WIZ
HGs s hfs @ w II 9sss5s Sf saS E 60 m a 5s
s Elm man % ThS.e 81 ony ms hhGsh ns ns sn d s
Il nwaitse teace W. ts4ass8i e
It this his case Two Witnesses lanes Jones
e@a OSS nce s1sa wsr on on the PE 9 as n na s prison
hereoTs theF ess mS a l ef 1 aet .I i
day OF their oonfae'aeEt and il ordered D Rafkwsl
L PAID per diem and mile a. ID Is nEsisfsr o. he IN
. sins ASSH S ~ at J@Gon and was as Saed r aFs
ssr % E5 T hs Rsis aaSa @ III 'ss.i
y years ago t
= = who, a: his residence street, son III
nis asi IN Tss g 6a oons sfa ' eses ap
son. Pa oF P9ay ssyS for ossR gsopR e, bis BHff @s @ @ @
ih fsS re sa
James N.Plss charged y John Rilsy
Mary m BT9Tn m charged wi wh bas a5a Bridge
aI 2aSs sss fss 8 s'a
Denis Leary ehargsd with abusing and Mary Finney
QSaIaa charged u svns
King, charged win Enoeking dawn and tckipE Jam
sss
i9g him 1 The head with bottle sonth
IN IN street. Jeba = Ba NJ sysn snx CHARGED h ,t.;oo
i,;s @ ssnfss
M RECORDER BLAcHE's CouKT Jose Maria charged
with beating md attempting to stab Diego Rarraz on thi
:, eyee yesterday sent prison default bail
Edwards Rodriguez charged with stealing Of potats
from Louis MonaSterio the Vegetable ske was also ssn
to prison u default of bail The other we're unineFesae
nj RECORDER ADAMS CoURT.-Peter Ne. Spinneli
charged with violently beating and threatening his wifc
u, was locked up to await examination. 15E577s 'Fs
IS George Wegsl examined the chageo selling iqp5
20 | to slaves and dismissed n
fingers of Mrs. Burns, whilst she sirhhay fnoxcn
n ted,' WIS also exam ned aud discharged.
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- OUTRAGE AT HAMPToN.--A gentleman from
e Hampton reached this city Saturday, and reported
a that on Thursday last, while the citizens Of tha
ie place exercising the right of suffrage large
eii force of Lincoln's barbarans entered the tow
v, about noon, and required the commissioners Il
sr close the polls. By this time, about 800 votes ha
ei been recorded, and other Votera were awaiting
their turn. The commissioners retired with til
C. poll-books, but after the Yandals had marche