The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-24
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rx.pvor Sr Lor1s-The 81. Louis Republican
of the eth saws Our levee presented quite an am
two bosts landing either dischsrging or receiving
freight There have been twenty nine arrivals since II
day night all ireghted with produce, merchandise,
and mas gers and their baggage Giving the cargo of
each boat 100 tons, "a moderate eaeulstion VIII make
eyed at this place within three days besides
not less than ? 800 passengers.
A friend at Grand Gulf writes us as follows-" On
the last night of the election after they had quit counting
out the votes for the evening originated in the sher
IFS office where the election held, and was not as
covered until nearly daylight in the morning. Every
book and paper the sherifs office consumed and
the court house Is a of ruins The recoIIs 49, ."
the Circuit and Probate Clerks rooms all saved
The building destroyed in Port Gibson was very hiu
erected at considerable cost ana Is lne s
Court House burned in tina; place "i'hih 'i' last N
years" r..
GREAT SEIZURE On Saturday morning, Lieut.
Morel having received information oil large guam
tty of nowder beng on board the schooner Saratoga,
which vessel was living off point obtained search
warrant and proceeded board that vessel where he
succeeded in Selling 1000 kegs fpowder which we under
stand wss consigned 10 D. Cove ofhis city. An Off
Ger was e beard with orders TO proceed to the Maya
zine and discharge the powder The fine we believe, Is
tweutyve dollars per hundred pounds and at this rate
five thousand dollars The powder Is seized
under ordinance passed in 1917 for the prevention Of
MURDER ON BOARD SHIP CREoLE.-A steerage
passenger by the name of Simon Penard, on board
The ship Creole Bordeaux for this port attacked e
male passenger with knife the sth inst and stabbed
her severely 10 her immediate death 1t ap-
pears that Penard left his wife and coming TO this
country with his child in company with said female with
whom he had previously been familiar when during the
passage he became jealous of her and from this cause Is
supposed led 10 commit the act The Creole arrived
yesterday when Penard delivered TO the proper au-
thorities.-Nelp Orleans Bulletin, Nor: b.
MELANCHOLY SUIClpE.-On Thursday last the
dead body of Henry w. Johnson was found in a
field ofr George Moseller about four miles south OF this
the ground around him died in blood and by his side
lay dull pocket knife with which doubt the deed was
perpetrated coroners inquest was Immediately heid'
and the verdict OF the that he came to ms death
by wound wounds in the throat inflicted IN state oil
mental arrangement, by his own hand Mr. johnson was
native OF Scotland and worked at his trade several years
in that country aerw settled in the city OF New
York and for time carried an extensive business
there in his line; but the firm Of which he was member
falling he left New York and TO the south, and has
been working in Charleston Columbia and Greenville
South Carolina until within few months back, when
he came TO place He has brothers in the United
States who chemists and reside either in Montpelier,
VI about Lowell Mass-Lincolnton, NJ C., Courier
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SERIOUS RAILROAD Acc1DENT.-The Columbia
6 c. Advocate gives the details of most fright
full accident which befe train of the 9th instant
while on its way from Charleston to Columbia The acc
dent occasioned by running over COW and occurred
within three quarters of mile of the depot at Orange
bugh The engine tender and baggage passed over
the without being thrown of, but the passenger
being lighter thrown to the left OF the track the
inside wheel being drawn ten or twelve OF the trans
sleepers with tremendous joltng. The dimlnu
ton OF speed thus occasoned brought three baggage cars
which had most mprudenty and improperly been place.
in the rear OF the passenger car against II with yloen
athwart the track, that the top lay upon the iron
rails the car being at a right angle to them
One end OF the fastened down upon the
rails by superintendent freight car, which, in turn
ing over had been projected upon it, and reposed upon
its bottom, now uppermost The other end of the passen
ger projected the west side of the embankmen
being from falling by the pressure OF the
freight the other end The ongiover the sleepers
the first nmation TO the passengers fther danger
II violent to toss them from their seats into
heap but in instant terrible crash threw them up
wards and around and brought them altogether to the top
the bottom, ofhe reversed amidst cushions
bundles fragments of wood iron and crush of broken
wheels and axes driven against the four sides of the
That compartment of the passenger car over which the
freight rushed contained ten persons, both ladies'
and gentlemen FIVE of whom entirely escaped injury.
Ofthe others four very materially injured and
fifth had his shoulder dislocated, and otherwise
seriously bruised The whole party escaped being crush
ed by the mness of the mbers of the in which they
seated and eXtrcated from the ruins by
ing under the freight it stood mounted on that from
which they providentally delivered. Thus, o
about thirty passengers the lives and bones OF all we
tremendously The destruction OF the vii
cost the company three thousand dollars; which
loss well this imminent exposure OF human life re
suited mainly from the highly censurable practice OF al
tachng freight in the passengercas by whic
the passenger in of an accdea tthe"
the engine spHAa4us car entirely uninured
the passengers had been in it they would hardly hav,
been Spd