New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-05-12

thousands Colonel Fremont Ia now threatened with
Chancery suit Even his uncounted wealth will scarcely
satisfy the sharks Of that high ctsrt AS Thomas Denny
Sargent has thrown down the glove to Colonel Fremont
and invited him to accept challenges Mr. rgent asserts
that the sale Of the Marposas estates belonging to FIRE.
mont, duly and completely made to him the 18th
Of January last at Washington by Colonel Benton the
legally constituted Attorney Of Fremont and mr. Sargent
has In assertion Of his rights such purchaser filed bill
in Chancay against the said John Charles Fremont
Mr. Sargent warns the public against purchasing any
leases the Marposas estate either of Colonel Fremont
or Mr.. Hoffman This is intricate and mysterious
quarrel stands and unless the different parties
engaged in 1t do not ut compromise the matter
very long and very expensive Chancery suit VIII be the
result
FROM THE MouNTArss-A party Of fur traders arrived
in st. Louis the Goth ult, from Fort George on the
upper Missouri They made the entire trip in twenty
eight days. in moderate sized sk There has been
occasional skrmsh during the winter between the Black
feet and the Upsanoka Grow Indians The former
eupy the territory upon Maras River and the extreme
the valley of the Yellow Stone which is circumvallaed
by range the Black Hills the east and the central
ridge Of the Rocky Mountains the west These skr
mses Of not very bloody because in the win
ter season Indian parties compelled to travel on
streams to subsst themselves until the grass starts
the SPRING. The Minnatarees Immediately below the
north of the Yellow Stone, the Aicaras at the extreme
northern bend Of the Missouri where Lewis and Clark
wntered in 1904 the Teton Ceesiton and Sauntre Grows
In the vicinity Of the Great Bend the Oglay. Brua,
Yankton and Yanktonan bands of the Sioux scattered
from the Missouri to Fort Laramie the Platte and the
Pawnees adjacent to the Grand Island where fort Kea
ney is situated have all passed the winter in peace and
much quiet as could be expected from mprovident
tribes who sory pressed for food during the winter
season.
The traders state that there will be fewer buffalo robes
BROUGHT this than has been known for number
of years The have doubt is that the buffalo,
since the opening of the emgrants road have been driven
southwark into Texas NewMexico Previous to their
departure they received from the posts the Platte
the trading houses the Cheyenne and Bear Rivers
Nothing had occurred of much interest at either of hos.
In he wpra IN n
detained five days at the mouth of the fEau qui Court
River where they suffered considerably in consequences of
being unable to find game
The New York Journal Of Commerce occasionally pub
fishes letters from young American lady in London to
her friend this side of the water which models of
appreciation and elegant description enriched with
graceful touches of feminine feeling that give their Pc
rusa zest beyond what is ordinarily excited by
pondence of the kind The following extract shows that
the writer the dark we'll the bright side
don outdoor life:
Far away to the Westward of the vast and crowded
tropos stretch the three hundred and fifty of open
ground known Hyde Park beautifully diversified with
grassy hocks clover-grown knobs and tiny moss-lined
valleys Througbt flow the clear water of the serpentne
rejecting owery banks and the leafy branches of tall
trees that rock the nests of birds whose thrilling
melodies the very beggars are rich enough to buy.
oh Bel never saw any thing half perfect this
lovely picture of the country spread out in the very heart
great city to refresh with equal benefit
hahtants of narrow thcky crowded alleys and the sick
ler cheeks of the crowded drawugroom occupants
It gives charming feature to city landscape especially
in the eye of one who from land where the fever
ah eagerness to turn every thing into gold is always
drowning the nature the noisy din of business
where trees only beautiful for the cords of wood
they will make, and pleasure grounds eye-sores be-
cause they might have been sold for three hundred
| PENCE and turned to mechanical uses
You should see Hyde Park of Sunday, Bel to get
idea Of London's population and Londons wealth You
would think it gala day your eye wandered
the motley throng of showy dressed people who
sure then to fill this favorite resort 1t like tr
umphal processon-the long line Of stylish looking equip
ages that extends om end to the other of those
immense grounds There majestic cavaliers, beside
splendid carriages filed with beautiful women in costly
robesdecorated with golden Grassland drawn by superb
horses guided by coachmen in powdered wigs and gay
iveres. The footpaths too were thronged with people
from humber walk Of fe-people in their holiday
dresses and their holiday smiles. The effect is i'm
posing that to only the kaleidoscope view
of life that gets Hyde Park of Sunday afternoon
than the thing of toll and and that
is But the every day side of the picture would quickly
and wretchedness oiing in the selfsame thorough
fares with aching limbs and breaking hearts, and tearfu
eyes for half the world toll and sweat and groan
that the other half may thrive and rejoice The Londol
streets throDged with hoary heads toterng to TIL
grave and craving charity to pay their way and with tin
keep time to the beggars voice wonder if shall
hardened to the pteous tales that starte ones
every step and the ragged types of suffering that max
ones eyes wet and ones heart sick.
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The Burlington Free Press is responsible fo
the following Last Saturday. the 3D. inst the eX
train from Montreal running great speed
make lost time between St Johns and Rouses Poin
the engine discovered standing in the cen
tire of the track anticaly swinging basket evidentl
with the intention of stopping the train. The whist
was Immediately sounded for down brakes. hard - an
with great exeron the train brought to rest With
few feet of the who stirred from the
evnced the slightest fear The engine fireman
brakeman and superintendent (who happened to be o
the train up to the woman to find out what horrib
accident had happened ahead to call forth such stron
| demonstrations her part Each asked eagerly I'll
cause for her signals Lawful sakes y said she :
never seed one of them machines before in my life and
do declare it's the funniest thing ever did see!'n
A meeting of the Ohio Buckeye Club was latel
held. at which it was resolved That make an effo
the passage of proper laws that State for the pre-
| arvation of game within its boundaries bill for tn
purpose is in the hands of the Representatives
Cincinnati and will shortly be presented to the Leg
| ture,