New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-10
4 Dreadful Anair.

Yesterday morn ing about O'Clock. dreadful
| occurrence took place in the Washington Market in
| Sbippen ~ This market has been for some time 10
Tested with daring thieves who. proving about 10 l4e
hours 0t the night rob people passing through t and
r- the pockets of persons falling asleep fhc stalls
| Da Wednesday nsht. Jas II Kelly keeper of tavern
10 l1l Shipp-n - came home somewhat under the in
G1euce of drluk snd taking seat stall of the mar
te opposite bis house. tel asleep. Two bold thieves
| found sud robbed him of splendid gold watch. The
/ robbers broke the watch from his guard chain, and
sgoke Kelly. who pursued them. one oi them hc
/ made prisoner. but the other. who had the watch,
escaped. The prisoner, who gave the naine OF JAS
| Thompson. and who D. called Virginia Jack, ~ss
| committed o. prison
The lo.. Of bis watch incen.ed Kelly, and lso the
story goes having armed himself with heavily loaded
revolver. and put another valuable goi watch n bis
pocket he on hursdry night laid down la the market
with the previously avowcf intention oi shooting ihc
drsi person who should offer o. roo him A. he w,s
thus lying. young man. ~ Kelly alleges commenced
turning him and FEELING hi. pockets nelly sprang
from the stall and instantly discharged Of the bar
rels of the pistol at him, wounding him n The night
| breast The shock caused the man a. turn round,
when Kelly discharged another barrel OF the ~eapon
hitting him. thi- time in the lower part oi The back
The report of the pistol brought the watchman of
the beat and number of other persons 90 the scene
The wounded man was discovered leaning against
.tsl', and hey resting On one Immediately opposite
Kelly admitted that he had shot the man. and said that
| the latter had attempted tO rob him
The deposition of the young man shot vas taken a.
the hospital His name j. Frederick IhOrne he says
he went home % his recent boarding house in Tenth
H. and finding that he shut out, he concluded 20
20 10 his old boarding place, in Southwark On his
way he passed through the market, and seeing Nelly
lying the stall mstook him for Powell an acquaintance
Thorne yesterday suffering the most intense ag
ony The first charge hred Al him penetrated the lung
and the second struck ~ the region oi the spine 10
| operation with the view discovering or extracting
either Of the balls had been veutured as Tar ~ W
could learn up 90 last night The situation OF the sui
erer deemed BY the attending surgeons extremely
critical Kelly appeared before Alderman lsard yes
teriay. The Alderman held him o. bail in 5000 ior
his appearance ON the l5th met Phil North Am sIh
From Texas.
| The tllloWine says the y. - PicaynHe of the
I0h the latest intelligence from the army, "a ros
| t0 m Paso across the prares We ind 10 IN the san
| dHf1ni0 Ifrdq oi the 10th inst
Mr.. 7 Peacock arrived yesterday, direct from Pre-
-dO del Nore, IN II days, with wagon. lie left ne
| army the eth At the Rio Pecos The army had
crossed and she balance oi the train would cross 10
| lay or two. The officers and men were all IN me
health and spirits Letters state that the army would
arrive al ID Paso from the l0h % the 10th of cepiem-
| Der The army found good road with plenty OF
natural road Our informant says there are not more
half dozen hard pulls over ascents from here Co
The army has left good nd for all those who may
wish % take that route Mr Peacock found difficulty
n travelling with wagon from frc-idlo o. san Antonio
The san Aq0gi0 Team, o the 10Th inst learns from
| 4 gentleman from the Preside del Norte that Capt
Veaich and his party together wlth other Amer
| cans were in tte state % Chihuahua lt ~as under
stood At the Preside that the cnhuahuan authorities
had engaged their services % repe Indian inTasuus
The Corpus Csrisf Srar of the l-th inst says Mlr
Dc rapne and plundcr of most daily occurrence
iihin the last four months twenty iOur ciuzrn- 90
oar little town alone have been murdered by the nii
ans $4,000 worth OF property hss been stolen snd
carried sWfy; ranchos farms and settlements In the
| country have been destroyed All Commercial inter
course with Mexico Zone ui greatest sources oi
wealth. Is entirely cut or, and 49, ara eit mpoversa
ed by these outrages The payment oi a TIE heavy
expenses necessary TOR the deienc. o whole frontier
| Mai Neighbors requests the Hg4sfon Ieegrfrl o.
correct the statement tat the tamzncne chief 1uadh
ape leader OF th. band of hostile ssFagts tnat
| murdered party Of Mexicans on The Leona on the
9th ot June lie had no hand 10 the outrage. Ma
Nsi.hbors states that Gsudeupc il the most faithful
and ,fcicu friend 0 The whites thai he has ever met
Nth among the Camanches
The W,stra T-faa of the 10th last gives account
| II coufct between ID Rangers, under the command
of Lieut. Andrea Walker, aid party of Indians That
had made ioray into the region about Aransas b.y
srfrc they carried or quantity oi horses snd Ger
nsn boy The boy recaptured ami All tne horses
save three or iour-f3 10 number a.o al their oa-
| sss. and provisions The lndisns escaped into the
| thicket except one VII was killed. 7 be German boy
stated that the savsges hsd murdered four MeNicans
,u the Corpus Christi road snd took csoalsfio Ani
killed the owner
CoErrs CHRrsrI. Aug - lsi9-A gentleman AZ.
rived with mal party % day from iuerero, "no ff
lnrts that they crossed three Indian trails on ilrif
/ Dad. Two soins down the country toward Browns
r.lic Those that passed that roaf were soins down
the road (hy the gn' having been unvelei oat ie"
/
several men and carried OF woman and three ehll
irsn. We have rumor that they are coming % rs .
IS in large body. 10 take revenge Tor tne ~hippn-
th4y g0t from Capt blsckwellz kAngers under Lieut.
| NsIkerN LET them come We Wfll wskr Up Colonel
Kinney md make him take % rsnserins once more.
The steamer Yacht, from Galveston. brought us =
| flu Tsxss mail The esctlon returns are stu incum
oIete The asures Ter. stand tnus for Governor.
| n-u a557 Wood 8 02U Malls A. For Lieut. Gov
| li.uderson 2.ts4 Greer 2,6l- For Commis-ioner
4 ana Orace Smythe 35lf Wud 27sa tor Con
sress. Howard Asl6, Pis5ury l,&oi Willamson
| D 9lo5. Mcleod 49,
| Tne Nsrs u the 18th says Bells election q uoN
| looked upon ss nearly certain Howards election =
,h, only one that : D. longer matter o doubt N e
| h.s supposed that Smythes election VS. involved n
- sounf than any other bur tho returus rsthrr n
i.-sts N. rrrerse Between Henderson and Greer ~e
inchne 20 the opinion that the latter is elected 10
an be some we before the returns VI Dc conFei
| Later from Nucaran.
| W. are Indebted % Captain Mallory, Of me
srhooner American for late news from lscatAn le
American leit S.s on the evening Of The I'd Another
battle has been fought between the fucsiecos ana t-s
ln ian. In which the former were badly whipped na
lost go men The battle lasted whole day ,she 10y