New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-08-26
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 26, 1861.

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situated near the corner sof Magazine and Girod
streets, was gutted and seriously damaged by
water and ecorched with the heat. About 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, a pile of oakum which
mad been scorched over in the morning, burst
out in blaze, and again st. Patrick's was in
danger, as it was piled Immediately behind the
church, but the fremen soon were on hand and
conquered it.
. WON THE PGIZE.-Mss Llambais, who held the
ticket No. 2G, won the splendid trunk which was
put up at the fair lately held by the ladies of the
Third District. The trunk was made by Mr.. John
Cope, No. 22 Baronne street. and presented by him
to the fair.
SAD ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning, between IL
and II O'Clock, Mr.. Benjamin NJ. Clarkson, a young
gentleman well known in the city, was acciden-
tally drowned in the lake at the terminus of the
Jefferson railroad. Mr. Clarkson, who had been
out on the Lake fishing all the morning, was await
ing the arrival of the IL o'clock train to come to
town; and, to while away the time, jumped into a
plroque at the wreck of the steamer Virginia, with
the intention of going out to the bath house and
back. The party of friends who were with him
saw him approach the bath house. but their atten-
ton was called to something else and they thought
no more about him until his heightened absence
began to excite their surprise. They called, but
obtained no answer. and were about going cut to
the bath house to make inquiries when fisher
man came in from there with a dog which Mr..
Clarkson had with him in the piroque, and re-
ported that he had found the dog swimming about
the lake almost exhausted, and had seen a piroque
floating bottom up. This at once excited the
greatest ALARM and the whole party went out to the
bath house. They found the piroque as described.
1t was the one which Mr.. Clarkson was in, and
they also found his hat. No further room was left
for doubt as to the fate of the unfortunate man.
Yet it was most singular that good boatman and
swimmer as he was known to be, should be thus
lost so neara place Of safety, when the lake was as
smooth as glass. He has been known to 90 out on
the lake in piroque in rough weather, and was
very expert in the management of that kind of
craft. BY what unaccountabe accident he lost
his life is mystery. His body has not yet been
recovered, but it most likely will be to-day, as his
friends intend going out and institutng a careful
search Mr.. Clarkson was about 81 years of age,
and we believe that his parents reside in the city.
OPENING OF THE FIRST DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The Superintendent of the First District Public
Schools announces that the schools will be opened
next Monday, the I'd prox. Teachers who are pre-
pared to resume duty are requested to register
their names in the Lyceum Library Notice is also
given by the Superintendent that the State Normal
School will be opened on the I'd prox. Applicants
for admission can apply at the school-houses.
A FEMALE TIGREsS.-An Irish woman named
Ellen Vigil was arrested yesterday morning drunk
on Charities street, and locked up in the Second
District police station. After being in the cell for
some time, it was discovered that she had knife
and was about to do herself some damage with it,
She was at once brought down, and officer Mar
cote proceeded to search her after having taken
away her knife. She objected to this, and began
stating her objections with arguments la Heenan.
Being a large and powerfully built woman she
soon got the upper hand of officer Narcotic, bit his
hand badly, and literally tore the clothes off his
back. He called for help, and the virago was
overpowered and secured from further violence.
This is one of the Ulgas which should be kept-in
the Work house.
LAMPS OUT.-Corporal Kennedy, of the First
District night police, reported yesterday morning
that he found the gas unit at g O'Clock on Satur-
day night, in twenty-nine lamps. Corporal Cotton
also reported that all the lamps on both North and
South Poydras streets were out OF quarter before
II O'Clock, and that there was no light at II O'Clock
Oh LlDeFly sITeet, lTOW TerQlQO 10 Julla streets,
nor on Lafayette street beyond Franklin This
shows most outrageous carelessness somewhere
RECORDER EMERsoN's CoURT.--William Murray
was held to answer for .assauting Captain W. A.
Moore, at the Southern Cotton Press.
Dan Wilson, who beat and kicked Robert Wal
lace, gave bail to appear and stand examination.
The usual number of gutter snipes and fighting
women were disposed of by the Recorder on Sat.
urday.
RECORDER GAsTlNEL's CouRr.-Louis Fontaine,
accused of having beaten Jose Novara in most
cruel manner, on Bienvile street, was sent to
prison to await examination.
Henry Richards accused by his wife of having
treated her in very cruel manner, was made a
member of the peace society.
Widow Hypolite Bourgonin, the negress whose
cruelty to her slaves we mentioned a few days
since, and her oyerseer, Ernest Metze were held to
bail in $1,000 each to appear for examination.
Jose Garibaldi, Sorafna Camponi and Pauline
Scayoni, the Scilians whose arrest on a charge of
counterfeiting we noticed week ago, were com
mted for trial before the First District Court, and
held to bail in $500 each.
Frank Wagner, who beat Ida Durand, was fined
IS, and promised to keep quiet in future.