New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-11-01
Weh OrIeans Dailp Gresee1rt.
gotaL gnteHigsnts.

FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER l,

of orr going to press. The city was deluged, and
the hail were the size of pea; they gave the,
windows of our Office an awful rattng We hope
the storm was severe, enough to scatter the Yam
kee feet. -1'-1 '" ''.-' - '.'s+--".--
FIFE YESTERDAY MORNING The house Of i'll
fame kept by the notorious Nelly Bremen, on Gus
tomhouse street, between Robertson and Vilere
streets, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning,
about o'clock. Nothing was saved, and the loss
it is thought, will reach about $4,000. Some III
cendlary seems to have been at work. 4
STABB1NG AFFArR.-A man named Michael Las
ter stabbed at the Fourth District ferry land
ing last night, by James Stafford and John Skrien
He was dangerously hurt, and the two wonld-be
murderers were arrested and locked up in the
Fourth District station-house
a VALUABLE HoG.-Messrs. Pascal & Ray, at
the Stock Landing have in their pens hog which,
at the present prices of pork, is worth 800. Some
porker, that. He only weighs $50 pounds.
kouEsrs.-Deputy Coroner soraparr held the
following inquests yesterday morning:
Upon the body of Louisa Valentine, native of
Illinois, aged So years. -Verdct-death from nat
ural causes.
Also, upon the body Of Alley, slave Of Mrs.
Baker, aged 30 years. a native of South Carolina.
Verdict-died of old age.
MYSTERY Information was brought to the
Coroner's office, yesterday morning, that there
was skull found the evening previous, under a
kitchen in Peace street, near ICasacalVo street.
Deputy Coroner Soraparu, in company with Lieut..
Mazerat, of the Third District police, went to the
place and was shown the skull. 1t had2been irst
discovered by a little boy, who went under the
kitchen in pursuit of a chicken. He was fright
ened at it, and coming out, reported the fact to
his parents. They Immediately sent aseryant un-
der the house, who brought it out. 1t was tied up
in an old faded, red barege veil, in which was also
found quantity of long brown hair. The skull
was perfectly devoid of flesh, and was old and rot
ten, and in many places bore the marks of the
teeth of vermin. Upon the upper part Of the
forehead there was q fracture, which had been
apparently made by hatchet or other sharp and
heavy cutting instrument; it penetrated through
the bone, and was sufficient to have caused death.
The veil, which had been tied around it strongly
was very rotten, but its original color was easily
distinguishable. The hair was long, fine and Of a
beautiful brown.
From the sign of the skull and also from the fact
that there was one of the eyeteeth which only
just making its appearance, we are of opinion that
the age Of the person could not have been more
than Is or l6 years. Deputy Coroner Soraparu
and Lieut.. Mazerat tore up the floor of the kitchen
and made diligent search about the premises for
the other portions OF the skeleton, but without
success; nothing else could be obtained which
| bore upon the case The kitchen is not very old
one, having been built only seven or eight years
ago. If murder was committed, we think that it
| must have been committed years before the build
| ing of the house. The decayed condition Of the
| skull indicates this. 1t is possible that it might
| have been concealed elsewhere for long time
and thrown under there afterwards. This hy'
| pothess appears probable from the fact that
| SO much of the veil is still left.
| The perpetrator of the horrible deed might have
had the head concealed in trunk or box for years
| and being haunted by its presence near him, and
seeking to get rid of it, crept from his chamber at
night and enveloping it in the first thing he found
| might have thrown it under the house. Who
| knows? But perhaps there is nothing horrible
about it after all. Some medical student may have
| brought home head to study, and after getting
| through, wrapped it up and tossed it out of the
way. We know, however, that this will not be a
| popular view of the question. People would
| rather have it turn out something horribe-some-
| thing like the following, for instance:
| A beautiful young maiden, the only daughter OF
| a poor widow, is enticed into the house and at
| tempts made upon her honor. Her virtue resists
| all the appeals and attempts of her captor. Force
| is used; she resists and shreks aloud for help.
Becoming enraged, the villain draws his dagger
and stabs at her blindly and savagely, The deadly
blade pierces the unfortunate creatures skull, and
| she sinks corpse at his feet Fear of detection
| then takes possession of his soul. He sewers the
beautiful head from the body-the limbs from the
trunk and conveys them off by stealth and secretes
| them where he hopes the eye of man will never
penetrate. And the fate of the young creature he
| has sacrificed to his unholy passion he hopes will
| forever remain a mystery. We will picture the
| wangs of the bereaved mother-her long search
| her despair, and perhaps death from broken
heart. We will picture the long torments endured
| by the murderer and the living death he hourly
suffers, and we will drop the curtain on the scene
| How does that do Lieut. Mazerat is looking uI
| evidence in the case, and may get at the facts.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRr.-Judge Colens yesterda,
sentenced the following parties who had previousl.
| been convicted:
George Thompson, for entering house with in
tent to steal, two years in the penitentiary tel
dollars fine and costs.
VIM. Roher, John Harper alias August James
and Charles Wright, for burglary; Harper ant
ROher i've years III Tie penltentary; wright 10 I'll
House of Refuge in consideration of his youth.
Henry Meyers and Levy Lavender, for larceny
two years in the penitentiary.
| James Cogan alias Cole, two years in the Hous
of Refuge for burglary.
Bernard Pole, for burglary, one year IN tn
| House of Refuge.
Joseph Sour, for assault and battery, ten dollar
fine or one week in the Parish Prison.
Jules Macarty, f. III. c., for assault and battery
was dismissed on mol pros.
John McMiIlen, charged with assault and battery
not appearing, his security Mr.. Jno. Haas, wa
called upon to pay, $500.
RECORDER EMMERsoN's CorRT.-Peter O'Nea
charged by Pat. O'Conner with having struck
stabbed and assaulted with intent to murder, wa
held in bail to appear on the 10th inst.
VIM. Coney and Mike Casey, charged by Pa
O'Conner with being accessories to an assau
made upon him by Pat. O'Neal were also held /
answer on the same date.
Mrs. Mary Adley, accused of having committe
assault and battery upon Mrs. Mary Bradley, wa
| held to answer on the 10Th inst.
Reason Marbley, charged with stabbing and dar
gerously wounding 7. Kuler, was sent to priso
| to await the result.
RECORDER LoNG's CoURT.-Henry Lawrence, az
cused of assaulting Joseph Myers with a gun wit
| lin ;,, +I,r nol-