New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-07
From the west Indies.

From the West Indies.
The Royal British mail steamship Conway,
Capt. Sawyer, arrived at Savannah on the 3Oth
ultimo, from Chagres, ola Kingston, Nassau
etc. She brings Kingston dates to the Oath ult
The American steamer La Paraguay, Capt
Baldwin, bound to Montevideo, put into King
ston on the oath ultimo, for supply of coal
She is the pioneer ship Of the line, intended to
open commercial intercourse between this coun.
try and the great rivers of South America, ia
which we adverted some days ago.
On the 18th of April the Conway passed an
| American steamer with two smoke stacks, round
ing Cape Mayse, Cuba, and running to the West
ward. On the 30th, passed the schooner Excel,
of Mystic, fishing
The Spanish brig Louisa Jesusa, having on
board cargo of British goods, was found dere-
lict on Ginger Cay, few weeks ago, by the
wrecking schooner Sparrow. Several vessels
had gone to the Cay to save her cargo.
The British schooner Defiance was burned on
the night of the Goth ultimo at Harbor Island
The only person on board at the time was John
Cash, the master, who, being drunk, persisted
in the flames.
John F. Bacon has been appointed American
Consul at the port of Nassau, by the President
Of the United States. VIM. Allcott Radcliffe,
Esq, had been appointed by the British Govern
ment, Crown Commissioner for the Turks and
Calcos Islands.
The Coole labor question was exciting much
| interest in the British West Indies The King
ston Journal is in favor of this species of labor,
and states that twenty Coolies had enlisted in
the 3D. West India Regiment, and that a greater
number would be enrolled in few days The
Barbados Liberal, on the contrary, mentions
| that "Chinese immigrants in Demarara do not
| appear to be giving satisfaction. They are re-
ported to be most disorderly in their conduct
and In one instance, as we learn from the Colo
| mist, they broke into SO numerous n riot, that
| the presence of the Governor was required to
quell it."
The Governor of Jamaica had prorogued the
Legislature, in consequence of a disagreement
between the two Houses upon a bill to reduce
the salaries and emoluments of public officers,
The steamer Georgia, on her last trip to New
York, left the Kingston mail bag. The Journal
ascribes her haste in leaving to desire to race
with the Uncle Sam, which touched at Kingston
at the same time.
new Masonic Lodge was inaugurated lately
In the town of Savanna LAMAR, and the event
was made the occasion of much gaiety and cere-
mony.
KINGSTON, April 20.-Corn meal in receivers
hands had been cleared at II 19s. Sales of
Orleans corn at IS. Cd. per btshel Flour Quiet
at 3Os. for Orleans Sales at auction of 800
kegs lard at 81 sd. Pork was in demand
Bread was in fair demand. Vessels were much
wanted for the United States Exchange on
New York. at 90 days, Il per cent
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ONE CRIME BEGETs OrHERs--Pro5a5le .Nur-
der IN Ulster Counfy.-A most horrible crime
was perpetrated in this (Ulster) county on Sun
day, the 7th inst, which, together with the cir
cumstances attending the history of those con-
cerned, will form chapter of exciting interest
to the public.
For many years a man named BENJAMIN
Boyce lived in the mountains known as the
Traps in the town of Rochester in this
county. He had several sons and daughters.
The wife of Ben Boyce, one cold morning, was
found frozen to death, about a mile from home,
in the mountains, some fifteen or more years ago,
and she was buried beneath the leaves of the
forest. Ben lived alone with his children for
some time, but finally they were all married, |
save one, named Eliza
Not far from Ben's lived q man named Cross,
who was married, but lived unhappily with his |
wife. Ben knew this, and accordingly opened |
negotiations with his neighbor, which resulted |
in a fair exchange. Boyce took Mrs Cross to |
wife, or to his home, and Cross took Ben's |
daughter Eliza.
Soon after this arrangement, the woman Eliza |
gave birth to daughter But the complexion |
OF the child, the color and peculiar curl of its
hair, indicated that some one blacker than Cross
was its father. Besides, her reputed intimacy
with colored man strengthened the conviction
that the child was the progeny of the black man
and white woman. Cross did not seem to mind
this at all, but continued to acknowledge her as
his spouse, and the child as his own.
The girl became fourteen or fifteen years of |
age, when she was seduced by man living in
the neigh borhood, by the name Of Goslin He
is miserable specimen of humanity-a morally
md physically deformed brute He has a wife,
who it is said, was jealous of him. The girl Cross
was about to become a mother. On Sunday, she
vas induced to accompany Gosln into the woods.
md in the course Of their walk they came to a /
,recipice, about two hundred feet high, and per-
ectly perpendicular. Here they stopped to talk.
After brief period, Goslin looked over the brink
md cried out to the girl that he saw a wood 4
,huck, and indicated to her where the animal s
vas to be seen. After he withdrew step or 1
wo, she approached the edge of the rock to look
'ver, when he gave her sudden push, and over
he went into the awful abyss below.
Strange as it may appear, the fall did not kill a
Ter. She struck among the stones and stumps, a
,ut survived the terrible decent. The injuries I
he sustained, however, were terrible and must 4
,rove fatal, it is said. Her bowels were rent a
pen, and her body was bruised and mangled in 1
horrible manner nthis awful condition, she
'rawled toward habitaton, and was two DAYS
lhd nights exposed, before she was discovered | G
Up to the last accounts she was still living
Goslin has fled. 1t is said that his wife was :
ognizant of the cowardly deed, and it is believed
Urged him to it from jealousy. Officers are i,
n pursuit of the villain, and it is hoped he may
'e arrested and punished The people here are a
tightly excited on the subject, and if he is
aptured about here, he will almost certainly be i
ubject to lynch law. ,
1t is considered impossible for the girl to live,
hough she yet breathes. [Poughkeepsie Daily
'ress, April %.
SINGULAR CASE OF SuIcIDE.--Jacob Cole. of i
his village, committed suicide on Tuesday af- :
ernoon last, by blowing out his brains with a C
un 1t is generally the case when person !,
COMMITS an act OF so rash nature, that they
hare largely in the sympathy of the public: \
nut in this case it was quite to the contrary, it c
icing almost impossible, from the nature Of the 2