New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-20

NeOO county. TO tn6 eUeCU tudl Ura1nger
with company F, U. s. Rifles, attacked a part,
of about twenty Indians about the 10th ult.
who had crossed the Rio Grande at that plac
in the night. Three of the Indians were killed
several wounded, and all their horses, guns
blankets, bows, arrows, etc, were captured
The Republican informs us that the measle
has prevailed for several weeks past in Marshal
and vicinity, as well as other parts Of Harriso,
county, Some deaths have occurred.
The Victoria Advocate of the "a instant say
the crops in that and the adjoining counties ii,
fair to be unusually good this season.
The Marshall Republican of the ID instan
says every thing seems to be parching up TIL
corn looks exceedingly bad. There will IN
nothing like the yield anticipated. A favorable
fall may bring out the cotton; from present in
dications, however, it is led to believe that til,
crop will be quite short.
The Henderson Flag of the 30th alt says tn,
cotton crop in that county, generally, is prom
ising
The GREAT Coal FREIGHT FRAuD.-We hay,
not as yet seen, says the Washington Republic
n full and satisfactory account of this ALLEGED
stupendous fraud; brit it seems to be a rea
| event
1t appears that several coal operators" or
| spectators, have for some years had a clerk OF
their own at Mine Hill railroad office, by whom
an account has been kept of the coal sent tc
| them over the Reading Railroad; and that the
confidence of the authorities of the road com
pany in these persons and their clerk has been
such as to induce them to acquiesce in an ar
rangement, conducive to their own convenience,
| by which the charges for freight have been
based upon the certificates Of this clerk Sud
denly, however, the information has CLEANED
upon them that foul play has long been prac-
| ticed and that, by the receptions that have been
adopted, they have, within we do not know how
many years, transported to market without re-
Enumeration a quantity of coal, the tolls upon
which would have amounted to from $3.50, 200
| to 800 900.
The Philadelphia Register says:
| Marcus and Percy Heilner, and George and
William Payne, and John Steinberger, are the
five guilty parties; and David Detorest, their
clerk, is the good natured tool they used
The clerk, it appears has been arrested, but
what is to be made of him We know not The
fraud appears to be on too large scale to be
classed among the disgraceful transactions that
send their perpetrators to the penitentiary
Another account says;
The fraud has been going on for years, and
investigations connected with It have been in
progress since 1851, by Mr.. Tucker, who finally
traced it to the Mine Hill Railroad Several
individuals are said TO have made immense for
tunes by the operation, while others have been
made bankrupts The fraud was perpetrated
by returning false certificates of weight; thus,
at the Mine Hill Railroad office it was nscer-
tanned that the coal of Messrs Heilner, Payne
and Steinberger was almost invariably under
stated, while that Of other parties was over
stated, so as TO preserve the equilibrium of the
aggregate tonnage The books and data Of the
Mine Hill Railroad have been seized by Mr..
Tucker, and the investigation is still going on
The Reading Railroad is said to be a loser of
from S250,000 to 100000, and private parties
Us much more.
THE HTPPODRoME.- turas out that Franco
nj is man of straw. Upon the occasion of the
recent inquest upon the body of Miss Taylor, in
NewIork, who came to her death from injuries
received at the Hippodrome, man named Seth
Howe testified that Avery Smith and Richard
Sands of NewYork Jared Crane, of Laurens,
NewYork William Howe, of North Salem, New
York, and himself, (Seth Howe were the owners
and proprietors Of the 50 IIippodrome.
WAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1t is stated in some
of the newspapers that Mr. Edmund Burke in
tends to start daily paper at Newport, to be
called the Old Guard
MORE SLAVES LANDED ~ CUBA A letter from
Havana, dated July /, says; We have well
grounded information Of two more landings eff
fected upon the coast BY the incorrigible slayers
one near Matanzas, covering six hundred, and
one at the Isle Of Pines said to he $40 or 300
The CHOLERA IN CuBA.--The accounts from
the interior of Cuba are quite disheartening
On one plantation they have lost $50 negroes
from cholera. The Chinese have also suffered
terribly In some instances the whole number
taken on the estate have been swept off
We learn that Peter G Washington ESQ, the
able and efficient Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, has been appointed Acting Secretary
during the absence Of Mr. Guthrie from the seat
of Government. Union.
STEAM YACHT NORTH SrAR.-The steam yacht
North Star, Capt. Edridge, with Com Wander
bilt and party on board arrived at St Peters
burg on the list ult, after passage Of six and
q half days from Southampton
SINGULAR 0ccrRRENcE- ten days since
two negro boys belonging to Robert A. Mayo, of
Powhatan, about one mile below Richmond, we're
lrowned in James River The last Southern
Era states that they came to their death in the
following singular manner:
They had taken dog down to the river with
The intention Of drowning him When they
reached the water one Of the twain went into it |
With the animal, and, to drown him more effect |
Tally, got upon his back The dog attempted
% escape from the hands of the boy, and while |
loing 50 dog and boy got deeper into the water, |
where the dog got away, leaving his murderer
o hls late. The other negro on the bank, see |
ng his cOmrade about to drown, plunged in to |
as assistance, and vainly essayed to rescue him
lhey both persisted by drowning. while the
1rute safely reached the shore, and went back |
o the house Such an incident we do not re-
member ever to have heard or read
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One of the most brutal and revolving murders |
yer perpetrated was comm tied in the town of |
Woodstock, Ulster county, New York, on Fri |
lay afternoon last, July 3 George A. Went |
worth and his wife Harriet had some dispute |
s was customary with them Wentworth left |
he house, n short distance from which he |
waited the departure of ISIS SON. when he re |
urned, entered the house, approached his wife |
rom behind, seized her by the hair, and draw |
ng her head back cut her throat with n razor |
rom ear to ear, nearly severing her head from |
Ter body. Their daughter, aged about sixteen |
ears, was present, and, in attempting to res. |
ne her mother, received several wounds on her |
rms. Wentworth was Immediately arrested |
mt suffered to witness the funeral of his victim |
n Saturday He was wholly unmOvnd Went |