The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-06-19
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
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the diplomatic corps, accompanied ny Their ladies',
Mr. Clayton, Secretary of State, and Robert J.
Walker and lady, dined with Pres dent Taylor and
family.
A large company was also present at the man
sion on Friday evening The venerable chief,
with COL and Mrs. Bliss and Din and Mrs. Wood,
received the ysiters. Many regrets were expressed
that indisposition prevented the appearance OF the
Presidents venerable lady.
The Cabinet held an extra session yesterday
afternoon.
CHOLERA IN NEW YoRK.-The Board of Health
reported up to noon of Saturday, the 9th, that 40
new cases of cholera and 10 deaths had occurred
during the previous "a hours Ten of these new
cases and deaths are reported from the Cholera
Hospital and 80 of the new cases and 10 deaths in
private practice. There were also discharged from
the hospital as cured patients. The report shows
an increase of IA cases and deaths, as compared
with the day before, but is worse than the report
of the previous day. The total number of cases
since the appearance of the epidemic, May 18th
nearly MONTHS 80 deaths, l26. The num-
Der of deaths for the number of days from the
commencement in 1882 were 1885 in 1884, $50.
The report for the next day Q0th) shows conslde-
rabe falling off of case-namely, 10 cases and III
deaths.
Three cases were reported in Boston on the 9th
one fatal-that of Mr.. Turner, of the Philadel-
phia firm of Turner d Fisher, publishers.
EXCITING SCENES AT SAvANNAH.-The people
of Savannah were much excited on the 18th and
18th inst, by the attempt of young man named
Hodgson, to shoot the Rev. Thomas c. BenniDg of
that city, on the proceeding Sunday. The circum-
stances created feeling of strong sympathy for the
party accused, and though nonresident, bail was
rendered for him, to the amount of fifty thousand
dollars if required, by citizens who were strangers
to him personally. Mr. Benning, the party as
sauted, did pot appear to prosecute, on the first
day, but was sent for and testified that while ne
was absent officiating in church, the accused called
at his house and waited in the parlor for him,
being invited by Mr.. Benning's WIFE That on
their meeting, the prisoner struck him with STICK
witness ran ont of the house and the prisoner
chased him round the block, and again into his
own house, swapping pistol at nm, which missed
fire that witness, on reaching his own steps,
rushed up them, when prisoner threw pistol
at him. which exploded, burning his face and
sending a ball gancing along his head wit
ness was not certain whether prisoner fired before
he threw the pistol, whether the pistol exploded
after it was thrown that witness then went into
his house, looked out out Of the window, and said
to prisoner, =" man, what do you mean % that pri-
soner then fired another pistol at him, buck-shot
from which entered his forehead.
This was an aggravated assault, but the defence
undertook to show an atrocious wrong done by the
witness, in justification of the violence. The de-
fence stated that the reverend gentleman had Sc
duced the prisoners sister, few weeks before,
while placed temporarily in his care to be escorted
short distance in the interior He offered to prove
the facts, and called upon Mr. Benning to answer
questions to that fact. He refused to answer, and
the Court ruled the question as not admissible.
Mr. Hodgson having no other defence was of course
committed for trial. for the assault.
The Savannah papers say that public feelipg .
very much with the young man,