New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-28

tut the door, procured O shotgun, and chal- 1
enged Vincent to come out, stating, at the |
same time, that if he did he would shoot him; |
which he did as soon as Vincent obeyed the /
inhictiDg a wound which caused his I
leath in less than fifteen minutes
DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL TowsoN.--We are
panied to have to announce the death yesterday,
by paralysis, of Gen Nathan Towson, Paymas-
ter General of the Army. The name Of this |
gallant and distinguished officer is intimately
associated with almost every brilliant action
upon the Niagara frontier from the commence
ment to the close of the war of 1925. In the
official statements Towson's corps formed a
lecture; and one Of the commanding
officers graphically said, ssTowson's battery
emitted constant sheet Of fame" He was es-
pecially distinguished in the battles of Chip
pewa and Bridgewater, and in the sortie from
Fort Erie Gen. Towson was native Of Mary
land, and at the time of his death had attained
the age Of seventy one years. He has gone
down to the grave with the sincere respect and
gratitude of his countrymen. National Intel
Ii gencer, July q.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.--A very interest
ing boy, between fourteen and fifteen years of
age, named Thomas Cooke, son Of Capt. Samuel
Coo Ike, of the schooner jamestown, now lying at
City Point, was drowned last evening between
six and seven o'clock, while bathing near one of
the VIII aryes. The little fellow being unable to
swim, Unfortunately got beyond his depth and
was drowned before any assistance could be
rendered. The body was recovered in about
three GUAR tiers of an hour afterwards by Mr..
CHRISTOPHER Proctor, a citizen of City Point 1t
is hardly necessary to say that this untoward
event has cast deep gloom over the family of
the worthy Captain, while it ELECTED deep SYM
patty on the part of the citizens present [Pe-
tersburg (Va.) Express, 2lst.
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AFpRAY AT CINoINNATE-Enos D. King and
Samuel T. Wilson, two wealthy colored men Of
Cincinnati, had terrible rencontre in the
street in that city, on Monday, the 18th inst,
in which pistols and bowie-knives figured. Will
cox, it is supposed, was mortally wounded, being
stabbed and cut in several places. The atfray
originated from the charge that Wilcox was too
intimate with Kings wife, who is said to be the
daughter of wealthy planter in Mississippi,
who educated her at school in Brown county,
Ohio, and placed her in charge of Wilcox, pre-
vious to her marriage with King.
AFFAIR OF HosoR--Boh Satisfed--Two ne
gro men belonging to G. NJ. Fort, of Pickens
county, Ala, between whom grudge had long
existed, went out on the bank of small
stream, on the night of the 24th ultimo. where
they were found the next morning, dead. 1t is
believed that they killed each other IN hight
[Vicksburg Wing, q
TROUBLE AMONG THE IRIsH,-There came neal
being a serious collision between two lrist
companies on the corner of Orange and Hester
streets, yesterday afternoon, in consequence o
a disagreement as to which should be foremos
| in funeral procession, one of their number
having died and was to be Inferred IN Calvary
cemetery. After wrangling in the hot sun fol
1 l., motif was n
| the companies withdrawing altogether and going
about their business. This affair created con
| siderable excitement among the Irish popula
ton. New York Express, 21st.
The LOST FouND.-The young lady, Miss Mar
| tina Parks, whose mysterious disappearance W
/ noted last week, has been found. She was dis
l covered a day or two since, about q half mil
from town, in canebrake, near the head OF tn
Bissel mill pond, by couple of slaves, mucl
| 3 battered in the mind and body, having RENAME
| in her strange seclusion eleven days. withou
sufficient food or drink to sustain life muc
| lon.yer She was brought home and restored t
| her family, where she is doing as well as eoul
| be expected under the circumstances. Sh
| states that her object was to starve herself
| death, and that she had eat nothing but fe'
| blackberries which she gathered on the morn
ing that she left her home. [Charlotte IN. c.
Wing. -
A TOUGH SNAKE SToRY--The St. Louis Hel
aid of July II tells, with apparent faith in il
truth, a case where child became fascinate
with black snake. This child, the Heral
states, had for long time been pining ava
without any known disease. She could not
prevailed upon to eat any thing in her father
house, but would take piece of bread and 6
to the bank of creek. Her father followe
| her secretly, and saw large black snake max
its appearance, and would express anger by his
ing when the child took bite of the breat
| The next day the father shot the snake as
made it's appearance The child swooned, b,
on recovering from that state was seized vii
spasms and contortions resembling the snake
and died the same moment of the snake.
The HOTTEST DAY OF THE SEASON.-Thur
day, July 20, 1854, is recorded the hottest de
of the season-that is, we trust no other cs
be hotter The thermometer in our lower off
ranged from 96 to 102 degrees, and at o'clo
: in the evening maintained its position at
t degrees, without any apparent indication of
. decline In our composing room in the fiji
story, it held at 96 degrees all through t
day In various parts of the city we heard
los degrees as a common range in shady place
: and we did hear that it went up to l25 degre
: in Wall street If that was SO, it was abo
It the only thing that has gone up in that sire
q lately. New York Tribune
Il HoT-Very hot; the mercury ranging
=, noon from "a to 81 in the shade, the perspir
ton dribbling into the ink as we write, and t
prospect of o sleepless night looming hideous
before us. Ye at the watering places take
'e dip for us, and send us note of it. The he
y is, indeed, oppressive. If two citizens, deer
e interested in business, are conversing, they st
i every five minutes to say "it is very warn
and the trickling streams speak more ferven
than words. Philadelphia American and G
IS zette, 2lst inst.
Is AN ELoPEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA.-A let
'e in the New York Herald Of the 2lst inst, So
J. that very distressing case Of elopement hs
lie within the week, taken place in Philadelph
~ The guilty parties are said to be dramatic p'
former, himself a married man and father Of
= family, and the female the daughter of higl
70 respectable family, who had herself been mi
10 ried about three months She mysteriously
is appeared one day during the absence of
ID husband, with her trunk. She was traced
= the Arch street Theatre, where the gui
partner of her fight was performing, and
2 also having disappeared, the inference is Il
they went off together. The unhappy husbs
er has been almost frantic since the ocourrer
o. The lady is quite youthful, and a few ye
:, since was on the eve of running off with the r
= sent partner of her fight, but was prevented
ne the interference of her father.
:
Seven fugitives from Kentucky-tW N
three women and two children-arriyed at