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Prom - .Abu YORK. Amfricm II fhs 2lff
MuRDER IN Last exenin,
about o'clock. J. CoHlies was shs
Through the head. al The corner OF Broad
way and Leonard St. beside the Societ
Library.
As be fell. q woman, Or a person !,
woman's clothing. with whom be- hs,
been IN conversation. De ] across ihe street
and vas not pursued
The body Of corlies was carried mi
the Carlton House, where medical ali
was soon rendered, but unasailingly :
| The ball had entered The back part ii lhl
head and passed through 10 The front
The victim never spoke. nor Eeepveres
conseiousncss. and died shout 10 o'e clock
Its ! sort Of Mercer affair. arising. a
lis believed. from the seduction BY The de.
ceased Of the wife Of J. H. Cotton. {
gambling keeperin Vesay street.
Cotton was found al home by the off,
Gers, and declared his Ignorance Of the
whole transaction. but was arrested and
committed for examination.
Ii must be remembered that two or
three days ago. Cotton attempted 10 shoot
Corlies 10 the street; but The pistol missed
fire. whereupon he was bound over 10
keep The peace 10 The penalty Of 5 5000.
Colton,s wife was found locked up 10
garrett. at his residence 10 Vesey ST.. 10
a state Of arrangement. restor Pretended.
The Journal OF commercessys-
Cotton and his wife. are both 10 prison,
on suspicion Of one or other OF them be-
ing The murderer Of Mr.. CofliesI A post
norton examination is now being held
on The body. and an inquest will be held
on il this afternoon.
The Commercial Advertisef remarks
II is not improper or nnpFoflable-lo add
that this fatal affair arose from 40 improp-
er intimacy between The deceased and
Mrs. Cotton. WHO'S young and anrac.
tive woman.
We have heard il said however. that
The 6rst advances were not made by The
deceased. and that be did not know Mrs.
Cotton TO be married woman until some
time after the relation between them tad
been oiAhe most intimate character.
Then. York American Of Wednesday
afternoon says thai the MURDERoF Cor
LIES is YET wrapped as much 10 mystery
as ever. The examinations before the
Coroner. which were much proiracied on
Tuesday, throw no light upon The trans
action Except. perhaps III rendering It
less probable that Mrs. Cotton was The
person seen with CorIies that evening"
colored woman. living IS a servant in the
house where Mrs c. boards-which is
moi the same as where her husband lives.
swearing she saw Mrs. Cotton in her
room 10 Der ordinary dress, about5 clock;
that she then complained OF being unwell,
and ihst she (ihe wiiness) does mot be-
ieye Mrs. C. left the room afterwards.
The New Orleans Picsyupe. ofihe 10Th
instant. gives the particulars 81 horrid
tragedy enacted on board the steamer
President lying at Levee. Warden P.
Stephenson, the pilot Of The steamboat
Swan, having grudge against c. G.
Rhodes, the pilot OF the Presidehtt went
on board Of that, boat to seek him. They
met in the Social. Hall-Rhodes drew a
Bowie knife, and Stephenson fred a pis.
iol, the load passing through Rhodes
body. Rhodes then clinched Stephenson,
and continued emitting and stabbing until
both fell. Rhodes died almost immedi.
ately, after the fall. but Stephenson. al
though severely cut 10 the abdomen, stab.
bed 10 various paris Of the body. bis lef
arm broken, and nearly severed between
the elbow and shoulder, was still alive
late on the evening OF the 9Th.
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A Duel took place on the morning o.
the 10Th inst at New Orleans between
Judge WAcGAMAE, a member of The
Senate Of Louisiana, and formerly Of ihe
United States Senate, and MIR. DENNIS
PRIEuR. lately Mayor Of New Orleans
in which the former was severely woun.
ded, though not deemed TO be i'm dan.
gerous situation. The quarrel has been
Of long Standing.
One paper says that the parties fred
twice. Upon the second fire. Mr.. Wag-
gaman was sho, through both thighs bul
Mr.. Prieur was not touched. His sntsg-
onist's ball, however, passed through the
front part OF the legs Of bis pantaloons,
between the knee and the ankle.
The New Orleans Tropic Of the 18th
inst. says-"We learn ,ha, Judge Wagga-
man, wounded in The late duel, is 10 q
most critical state. His wound has a
tendency tow ards gangrene, and every
way he is extremely low! n