New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-22
The Late Preston King.
FINDING or MS BODY.
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AS stated in tie evening edition Of the Times of
yesterday, the body Of the ate Hon. Preston King
has at last found, and placed in the possession
OF his relatives
Yesterday morning at 4;30 o'clock, officer Ken
ney, OF the Atlantic Dock Police, when on duty
there, saw a bulky object floating on the tide
With the assistance of Sergeant Geischar of the
same force, it was secured, landed, and found to
be human body. Capt. Thompson was then no
tilted, and on arriving at the dock, where the body
mad been placed at once recognized it as that OF
the don. Preston King, and sent q messenger to
the Custom House to announce the fact.
The body was somewhat decomposed, but less
80 than might have been expected, having lain in
the water Tor six months.
The clothing, consisting of coat, vest and pants
Of dark blue CLOTH OVerc0at, wooden socks and
calfskin boots, was frayed and I'm and otherwise
mutilated, doubtless by friction against the bottom
of the river. A cord was found over the inner
coat, embracing the shoulders and the waist as if
placed there to sustan some weghty substance.
The fact that a weight had been suspended was
shown by the appearance of the cording to which
hung number OF broken ends. In the pockets of
the coat and pants were found q pair of gold spec
taoles, gold tobacco box, pocket-knife and
pocket book, but as the latter contained no doc
uments of any kind, Sergeant Thompson's was the
emily recognition OF the body unit the arrival of
Mr., Kings relatives, to whom the news of the dis
cLVsry had been sent.
Mr. P. K. Webster, nephew Of deceased, Mr.
Leydecker, of the custom house and Mr. Thatcher,
the articles found in the pockets Contrary to the
statement OF the evening papers, the relatives of
Mr. King had no difficulty in recognizing the body
as his, and it was by no means 80 mutulated or
disfgured stated in the sensational reports of
several journals.
At IL O'Clock Coroner Lynch arrived at the dock
where the body yet remained, and impaneled a
Jury preparatory to holding an inquest. After an
examination of the bDdy by the jury, it was placed
in coffin and sent to the dead house, where il
will remain till o'clock p, M. to-day, when it will
be conveyed to the family burying place at Og-
densburg, N. Y.
The inquest is adjourned till Thursday, at 2
o'clock P. NJ, at the ooroner's office, Brooklyn
court house. -.a.-. =
A MIsHAP.-An actress of note in Paris famed
for the swanlike turn Of her bust, is also rather
remarkable for not concealing those graceful pro
portions. On an evening her samptuous ropt
seemed to hang rom the shoulders by the meres
thread, and the iair dame, in the energy of he
action during an energetic part of the play, burs
forth the fragile shoulder bands and down wen
the dress-not to the ground, for the graceful
girdle confined it midway. But really, it was to-
far! The boxes would have bushed, If they could
through their rouge and golden powder. The VII
tuous gods Kissed Tie more CailOus pit applaud
ed and loudly called out bis and encore. Trivia
events often change the course of fashion as the
do of life; it may be that the fra shoulder ban
of fair actress may brlog pity TO the poor neck
which, up to the present, the rest OF the bod
has had so decided an advantage.
BLOODY DEED.-We have before us priva
letter to gentleman in this county, written
Bridgeport, Ala, giving account of the murd
of little girl, II years of age. The murder W
committed near Bridgeport, about the 18th
April. The particu ars, as near as we can 81
them up from one letter, are these:
Mrs Allen, who lives near Bridgeport, had
gro boy hired to work on her farm, and aft
sendng him out in the morning. found tnecessa
to send her daughter to the field to deliver sol
instructions as to how the work should be dol
when the negro struck her blow on the 70
head with q rock, after which she attempted
run home. The negro then pursued her, and wi
an axe which was lying near by, he struck
the second blow thus killing her instantly.
After committing the deed he went to q hol
some two miles distant, for the purpose OF stay
all night where he was arrested at IL O'Clock
same night, and carried to BelefOnte for trial.
being interrogated in regard to his being guilty
the murder, he acknowledged the whole aft
He says he was put mp to do the deed, SO 1t
pears that whole internal tribe has the ID
them if we are allowed to Judge from this and IL
late conduct at Memphis, an account of which
publish in another column to day
He saws he killed white boy in Nashville
short time since, and wasarquitted, and expires
the opinion that he will be released IN
instance.-[Cherokee Advertiser.
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Too Much FOR THE SroMAGH.-A COW died
Gently in Hardwick Mass and on examining
stomach it was found to contain fifteen IRON ns
fourteen pieces OF stone OF different slSes,
pieces of glass, part OF an earthen plLehef1
pothandle besides large quantity OF sma
articles too numerous to pick out Of the stOmf
weighing nearly one pound. She was found
tirely healthy with the exception VI the stom'
and nothing short OF the stomach OF an ost
could digest such a dish. The presumption OF
matter is that the cow needed and Craved b
he wa