The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-01
wAssIsorsr. JAZZ. 30, 1850.

wAsssorsS. Jan 30, 1880
Gel. Benton and the Wooiiy Herse-PToseItion Of tia
Ezh,b,fsr for Obtaining Money on Fsise Prefsnees-
BeSad 10
Early last summer small horse, with woolly hide,
but ~i,houts name or hair on his tail, (which we're
probably shsvsd) vas exhibited in Broadway, New
YORK. advertised In flaming hsndbilh and pictorial
pressptstons the great nopdescript, captured on
the river ella BY Col Fremont and his party. We
have recently reported the arrival Of this curiosity in
wssAipston and that Col Benton had denounced IL to
the face o. the exhibitor an imposition upon the
public. and an outrageous abuse OF the name Of Col
Fremont IN ssipg sssosi:ssa Win y, me synisiaon
ct the Instance 81 4 ol bsuton.
The e1hibiter however, determined TO stick IL out
and continued sending his small bills with . full
ds,criptiop Of the nondsscrpt TO the house Of Col
Benton. still Advertising - col. Fremcnts monde
script captured on the river ella and sent down 10
Corpus tbristi % present TO the Quartermssssf.
This morning, therefore, Col. Benton caused MI
Coleman the Exhibitor To BE- arrested and brought be-
fore Justice Goddard TO answer to the charge Of OBJ
tanning money on false pr~tepcss In exhibiting the
horse ~ "nopdsscrtpt captured BY Col tremontsnd
his rarty ON IL. river a after chsse Of three days
Tire s.fsudant challenged the prosecutor 10 the
proof He prov. his charge, by proving that the
horse vac not captured BY Col Fremont, which might
BE- svpposea rather dfcuit 70 do. With Fremont snd
HE party IN California, and the ouartermAst-r at
Jorpos hrtti
Cob. Benton sds out hts ease The DESCENDANT had
raid that the horse had exhibited In the United
States for tve,ve months after having been captured
BY fr.uobt ana HI. party the ella and sent thence
to orpp- hrsti the east "a Texas Col FIRE.
mont Did get 10 the Ga m about March last and
had never been there b.f trom the Ola TO Corpus
thr,ti is tboussud miiss overland, over mountains
covered With aud plains aud valleys covered
9th water snd the ehois country nfestsd By hostile
lDdists vtt,b rendered ~ geographically and pbysi
eally inptssibls TO ret the "nondsscript' down TO
torlus trsti ct that Of the year Win an
stetrt - orssuons Moreover " toi Fremont had
captured o "Londsfcript.n he would have sent W 20
~ bs fI.nds IN New Mstieo, ~ho took such good
81 hin sitter bis drsstsr on the mountains In
rupert ~ bit statement a Benton read the follow
tg one Of The letters written By Col Pre-
mont, On Nj, ists josib.y 20 sliforns!-
socoEo, Rio Del Ncrte. February ~ fste.
nv rrht sI; Ivnts lint from this place IN We hope
that ~ the wAy t tLhunhrs aud vtrs Cruz viii reach
than letters BY The direct natl route from santa
Fe ~ r ~ the esseserstsd reports 81 the
dif,ttier THE eir,cion ~. Gst Then follows brief
rTort o. greet dstt,r aud en extract, which
ths Thes uposility Of sending animal
tts o. 10 the tine Asstioned, sAd the mprets-
billy ~ fcrcins pfsstrt 20 quartsrmastsr ct Corpus
hfsi wtsn vart aunretmaser Al Santa Fe 7V0or
80 miisf yho AZ rendered Fremont treat
vice arc oh oesrs and citizens In New Mckee, close By.
20 vttu ~ voult mutually present. n body.
lie tesuE such tstrsst aud show the gratitude q
frsrcrtis 'tofs vlo htffiend hin ]
1fs fsris - he sfmy siatiop,d IN the country have
TEN uffrfu yfturf tte tsrl in their attntionst
tsrtg NJ 81 tfesfstce " thtir rsver. In this
tessAtt vas g tst vtue 70 MS IN Prosecuting iosr-