Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-02

MURDEn.--T11e Mobile Chronicle state
that on Friday evening f1e 25th, a fata
tragedy was acted Ut the Caldwell theatre,
AT the commissioned The first act Of The frs
piece, d quarrel onsaed behind the scene
between Mr.. Ewing and Mss Hamblin
both attached to the theatre, in which the
latter plunged a dagger to the heart Of MFR.
Ewing, which caused almost immediate
4 death. After the p ,rpetration Of the awful
I deed, Miss I1amblin made her escape BY
jumping out at the window, and at IL o
clock at night had not been arrested. She
left in her theatrical attire, dressed az n
pare. Miss Harnblin wasfiving with Mr..
Ewing rs his wife. The Herald n that
Ewing was only 20 yours old.
REORGANIZATION FxrRAoRDrnAaYl
Inc eohhnhnlty--rlere especially the lite
rary portion--were Yesterday astounded at
the diSa appearance Of CuRNs, Of Exchange
Place, the well known and oft ~enlopized
caterer for the readers Of mammoth sheets
and spicy periodicals. lie took his depart.
ure on Monday, leaving his numerous
friends here, whom he has contrived, in yul.
gar pariance, to ''stick in, inconsolable at
his unexpected absence. The publisher Of
the various periodicals for which the little
swartwonter was egent, suffers 10 a consid.
erable extent--some eight Or ten thousand
dollars in all --Bee.
ELasrIc wnHrts.-An attempt has been
m1de in New York to construct ~elastic
carriage wheels, BY having the spokes
made of tempered steel plato. These are
much curved in the direction Of the felIoe.
Being attached to a brass hob, they b ar
the whole weight of the axle, and Yielding
readily to all impression, return TO their orr.
gina! power of spring. Theiolting of Cur
riages is thus much modified.
CoNsTITuT1oNALITv oF THE BANKRUPT
LAw.--Judge Belts has decided in New
! ork, IN the case of Augustus Zareza, Il
pstioning bankrupt, that the bankrupt law
Is constitutional, and also IN favor ofthe
authority Of commissioners 10 attest the nc. |
cessary papers. s.-. ...a
ChsuALTy.-A deck hand on board the
Persian met with an accident last Sunday
evening, winch resulted in his death. A
spar fell upon his head, and crushed it ID a
shocking ma nncr. He survived but a short
Another petition, praying Congress to take
measures for the dissolution of the.
ohlon' has been presented by Mr.. Glddlngs of
Ohio.
JusTso.-The Philadelphia Gazette SAYS:
: The hanks paid no specie yesterday they
AVE paid none to-day. This seems TO b.
he, beginning and the end Of the law re.
lliring resumption"
IL TREMoNr in Boston has
'ecn purchased by an anti slavery society,
500 900, I
Thirty. five survivors of Bunker Hill
'attle arr now known of whom twelve
eslde in massachusetts,. thirteen in New
launrshirc, four in New York, three in /
Vermont, two in Mime, and one in Con.
I%octicnt. The Oldest il John Slade of Book.
IA, Vt. 81, ard the Youngest Ebenczer
Of Dover, Maine, SO.
The real estate Of the corporation of
lew York is valued at twenty two mil !
ons Of dollars. .
TO say little andperform much, is char.
of a great mind. II
A woman possessed of genius and litera-
ire, rs perhaps unnatural so also is the
arden rose, the queen Of flowers the
over oflove' is, by the laws OF botany, :
monster, yet a loAeIy one.
There is n lad down cast who learns so nt
st that his friends have to keep pouring es
alter on his head, to prevent him from Sc
fire.