New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-05

Tin MURDER STEAMER NoAn-7He Memphis
Wig Of the g4th nit gives the following version Of the
ARRAY which took place N board the steamer NOami
1--WE yesterday received some information thai threw
quite different light on the ARRAY on board the Noam
from any that we have published The that
brought here in irons aud committed to jail on Tuesday
evening, yesterday morning brought before the Re
corder ard lie gave quite different color 10 the matter,
and we believe the true 1t appears from the evil
donce Of one of the Witnesses against the man. that all the
uassengers had been sent a and that the whosabbei
rest He did not obey the order and was Immediately
seized By both mates and dragged al0ng-one OF them
carried large billet of wood to enforce obedience. As
soon as hey had forced him back they forward and
the followed them into the engine room. lie was
again seized and forced back Some person il the crowd
told the mate there had been threats used toward him aud
he accused this Of having used them. AZ this tmo
they were the after guard and the mate had knife in
his hand The Irishman then drew dagger and stabbed
him. the mate still having hold OF him. lie made a blow
the man, and in attempting 70 strike him. threw him
overheard The brought before Judge Hill was &C.
Quilted Immediately. We were also informed that the
mate had been in tie habit Of hiring hands at sj5 per
month, and VIXEN paying them off would swear he only
engeged pay them 500 and at each trip sued for
the balance We do not attempt to paate the crime, but
10 show the public the real facts of the case"
RrnARKABLE CASE OF SuPFosED PETRUAcTIoS.-
There arrt ed within few dsys the Dept of the Bal
tmoe and Ohio Railroad in this city an obong box rep
resented TO contain corpse and struck somewhat
s;noar Il a0hed five bundred and CIV pounl accord
ing the freight charges uponit Curious to know some
thing about this mysterious box than the external
the following information which, got il from pretty
good authority inclined to consider correct until
we receive better explanation The wife OF gentleman
living in Neon County in this State died some four years
ago and was inferred in the usual manner. Being M
tive Of Woodord County, Kentucky, she had requested
before her death TO be buried beside her kindred and in
the home of her childhood. From accident delay her
request complied with until quite recently her re-
lations her remains to be dsnterred when they
were found be Of the extraordinary weight mentioned
above-over five hundred pounds AT the time OF her
death her weight about 10 pounds Only the foot OF
the coffin which still in good state of preservation,
was broken OPEN when her feet found to be in per
feet state of Ieracon the stone paaking Of the char
acter The hardest limestone formations in the locality OF
the grave The inference that the whole body ia thus
completely petrfed The gentleman in charge of the re-
mains is having them conveyed to Woodford County Ken
lucky according to the request of the deceased We omit
the names Of the deceast and her relations nmateral
10 matter which appears near can Judge to be
correctly stated above. Human perfacons rare,
among muarious wonders Of nature, but they have
been found the records Of science attest have
reason reject this instance among the rarest re-
suits Of peculiar combination Of the physical elements
wheeling IVA Intelligence.
MURDLR NIAGARA FALLs.-On Sunday last, man
named Costello decoyed another with whom he had
had some difficulty to the bank of the river the Sus
pension Bridge and there threw him the precipce
causing instant death. Costello fed across the bridge in
Canada and had not been captured at last accounts