New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-29
In the Shreveport Democrat of the 2lst, we

In the Shreveport Democrat of the 21st, we
find the following items.
An ARRAY occurred at Greenwood on Monday,
the day of the election, which will probably re.
suit in the death Of one Of the parties The I
parties concerned were VIM. Waddell, a young Il
Imam about Eighteen years of age, son Of our \
much respected fellow, citizen, Mrr Daniel Mad= H
dell, and man whose name we have not heatds \
overseer for Mr.. Coleman. The affair grew out |
Of some trifing matter in no way connected
with the election 1t is suggested that probably
lixuor was the cause. We have not heard the |
particulars further than that young Waddell
shot the other man, and wounded him so seri-
ously as to create just fears Of fatal termina-
ton. 54r
There has been no legal examination Of the
affair as yet We do not know that Mr.. Wad-
dell has as yet been arrested.
Mr. Travis G.. Wright, an announcement of
whose murder we published in our last issue,
with that Of his wife and family, is not muir
dered at all, but is on the contrary quite
Cured. The whole story is a fabrication.
The Chickasaw Intelligencer, from which we
derived our information of the murder, was
doubtless the victim of hoax
ACCIDENTALLY SHoT.--A young man, about
II years of age, a native of Gosfeld, below
Sandwich, was found dead in the woods, a few
hANSe
himself He had taken his gun on Friday after
noon for the purpose Of shooting some wild
turkeys, and not returning that evening, nor on
Saturday, search was made for him on Sunday,
when he was found dead; having received the
whole charge through his lungs. He did not
appear to have made struggle. His gun and
a dead turkey were lying at his side. detroit
Tribune, 18th.
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| ty dollars for the best specimen number Of an
| American newspaper printed in the year 1884,
having due regard to its Typographical and
artistical appearance, is to be awarded at the
County Fair in Sumner county, Tenn, which IS
to be held at the town of Gallatin.
| Perpetual motion has been found at last
Mr.. James G.. Hendrickson, of Freehold, N. j.,
| has, after forty years, made machine that will
not only go off itself, but will compel other bodies
to which 1t is attached to do likewise; in short,
| it has poweri The success is obtained by the
use Of arms and balls attached to cylinder SO
as to keep the extra weight always on one side,
and therefore to give the cylinder constant in
clination to turn round The machine requires
no starting take away the blocks and it goes
off g perpetuallya
The residence of Judge Haryick, in Monroe
county, was consumed by fire on the 18th ult.
negro boy, who was sleeping in the kitchen,
was burned to death. AL the furniture be.
longing to the house, quantity of groceries
ETC., were also consumed. GLittle Rock (Ark, /,
Wing, 21st. .- -.
Some excitement has been occasioned at Bath
Me-, relative to fugitive slave on board thu
bark Franklin, which had arrived there from
jacksonville The bark put into Holiness Hole
and notified the authorities of the fact. Tn
cutter Caleb Cushing was at Bath, but fount
no fugitives on board the Franklin. 1t is al
, legged that he escaped at Holiness Hole.
Commander Boutwell,, who has been for som
time in command of the naval rendezvous j
Baltimore, has been ordered to the command {
, 1.-THE John Adams, now getting ready for sea q
Baltimore She is destined for the Pacific.
The Congregational Church, a stone strut
!. ture, situated nearly opposite the Central hote
in Norwich, Conn, was destroyed by fire
Sunday night week. Its rear wall fell aero.
the grocery stores of D. p Coon and 0. J Lam
70 smashing in the roofs and ipjuring the good
n There was an insurance of $4,000 upon ii
1 church. .-..-g- .a-,.- MALI.
The great Industrial and Agricultural E:
hibition at Quebec, opened on the 18th ms
The Exhibition building covers twenty 10,
acres Of ground. The sheds composing Il
building form three sides of q square, the e
Y trance to which is from st Louis road. In t
Is center of the square is fountain, to supp
s. which, water has been brought from Lake
10 Charles -
Attorney General Cushing is preparing
test the constitutionality of the Fugitive Sla
II law in the Supreme Court. The question con
e, up on an appeal from the decision Of the {
ny preme Court of Wisconsin, which pronoune
n the law unconstitutional.
1T, Two colored men, DR.. j. Fl. Snowden and
tn Daniel Lazing, Jr., both thoroughly educat
,e- physicians, under the care and expense OF
*, Massachusetts Colonization Society, have sal
ng for Liberia in the Sophia Walker, the one to
u employed at Simon, and the other on the
on Pauls river, to attend to the newly arrived G
He igrants during their reclamation.
ng geyasgs, .EHcdtctaaes,E se7'fesasses'y, e
~ would respectfully call the sentionof
panters Physicians Families his we'll assorted stock,
comprising his line of ofwhich
tire EXAMINATION, will found FRESH ANDGENUINE During
AND MEAD of the very besiqnality s
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