Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-05-22

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Citizens III New Of1aahs br the reception
pf The Hem Daniel Webster. who i daily
expected to arrive.
mn, WfHsrHH s-Aitssa SCI Urn et sey.
rral days, during which he vas literally
loaded with h9nors, W. Webster lea
Charleston, 81 the 10Th elst,, sh route FOR
Columbia, From thence lie il to proceed
u Augusta. remain there q Gay Of two,
and then pass on 10 sayatdiab 10 ctr SUI
prise and regret We leatS thft NJ, Web.
stef will not 20 farther South, IN eonse=
aiehee 0ftts i]atehess Of she saas9i, but On
leaving Savannah, viii sayel 10 Macon
and thence to Nashville, TsHapssse, We
shall, consequently for tats year at least,
btittt the pleasure ofweN otntns him to The
Crescent City, CeHQ fmes.
FAfAb AfFHAt.-Oe the evening Of
the 9th inst, Joseph IIsftmaii, Of Bayoti
Sara, and Alfred gtansbF bad a dispute
al the house ofthe formes where they had
both, with theif families kihed, B%tanshers
~ called 10 his son to est bin his gun,
and Immediately went himself III bis boat
for The gun. In The meantime Hartman
went Into the house andsgBt d gun aud shot
Btausbeffy A. he wa In The het Of rising
with his gun. Five butbsbot were lodged
Ia s%tansberfy's body. Ate died within d
few moments, without fttetIbg . word
This occurred III the presence 0fihe wives
and children Of both parties. Hartman
has been lodged IN Jail
or On tho morning Il da l4tb iostp
al the cars oh the Port Yiod=on Railroad,
going utt towards Port aluds5ts were pas
sing over the CBmite bsidae, the super
structure gave way. presipitalihg them in
To The stfeam-h fall of. n arly twenty feet,
The l]otufnbtiye IN It's dpseeut carried with
It II valuable negro, The property Of M,
Harris, who was buried Under II IN the
stream. All attempts 10 rescue him were
unayatung. No one etse was huft-hew
they escaped was tlAlY surprising, SO
sudden was The fall that The first conscious.
ness the engineer, MIS- H., Montgomery,
had Of Il, was his struggling in the water.
We learn with mirh pleasure that the
Crevasae at Algiefs ha:s beah completely
stopped, aud we hope Shat when fully as=
eeftatned, the damage will be found ia
have been oFless stteat Than at first sp=
pretended. The riyet Il falling fast. and
further overflow may |net he anticipated
this year. Let all basids GO 10 the plough
and It tho cane feld7 have been injured II
some Plaees beyond present redemption, 4
good crop Of corn may yet he obtained
Appointments BY he Governor ard
seaaie,-H u, peire. President Of the
board Of Bauk Managers aud n member
pfthe same, NaleFien Atia}n. President O
The Citizens Bank Of Louisiana, and mem
ber of the Board Of Hauk Managers. Alou
S5 Mefphy, President Of The CONSOLIDATED
Association of the Planters of Louisiana,
and member Of the Hoard of hank Mama,
gers,
A letter ffom an officer ao board ofthe
4, q, steamer Princeton Published in tht
Philadelphia American says
The surrender Of she Hefiean Army
took place on a large plain outside Of The
walls; It was a very imposing sight
The common soldiers seemed very tbdIter
ent, butthe officers apheated sorrowEhl ans
poorly dressed, some with old white hat
and some with black ones, not having
probably, seen a dollar for months,
Az the Mexican battery which fought 81
we'll when the flag staF was shot away, III
officer tore the Gag atorn the remnant o
the STAB, jumped upon the parapot n Il,
held L In hi9 hand antil he himself was
shot down. This was due thee times.
Loss Of the steamboat SdiuHa-The fnt
packet steamboat Stluda, commanded by
Capt. Boyee, struck IN snag IN the Nilsson
ri River, descending, about QUO mile be.
low Roekpot, and stok 10 her main deck
She was under moderate head way al the
time, and had a moment before struck an-
other snag, from which she bounded. I.it
bend otthe river Ia which the accident DC
cured is said to be very dangerous Mt thi
time, owing 10 The lew stage Of water, ant
The almost iunumerable snags that obstruc
the channel. The Monona struck a los
near the anne place, and almost at the
moment, but tortupately without injury
The Saluda was a I~iavorte boat, and almos
new. She was owlied by Messrs King 4
Fisher, ofSt. Louis, and her clerk, the
latter orwhnm had n share of one.sixth.
There was an insurance. of $4,000 OF
her, although the ws,rth Of The boat wa
estimated al $l6,0ao.-~Delta.
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UNtouE SCouNrtppLlsN.--A Young la
dy was robbed at boarding house in Bos
ION of SsA, aud bills 10 the amount o
$4,000. A day or two afterwards she re-
leaiyad The f,1l,,y;nr ~, c.a,,s which !;