New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-09

due at New York from Hayre and Southampton,
had not arrived at that port up to the hour Of
closing of the telegraph last evening.
MOBILE ITEMs-The Railroad. 1t is ever
matter OF true rejoicing to extension of
great of tnat cherisheo OBJECT on whcn our
future welfare must either make wreck itself And we
have two increases TO note each Of which, it
res further into the bowels Of the land will greatly in
crease our receipts of produce by the road.
The engineers that and after Friday next
the tri-weekly freight trains Monday Wednesday and
Friday, will run to Red Bluff station, ninety three miles
the city And from the 10Th nst they will extend
their trips to Stakeholder, which is ninety six miles of
To carry out these arrangements there freight
trains triwaeky will do business between Mobile and
Chronicle transmitting passengers and baggage and
stopping with them at the Intermediates All merchan~
Citronele and places beyond be placed at
the depot previous days, be accompanied in the
cars by the owner with his passenger ticket. n
This Is good news but better is coming, IRegster
PATrrT sArE, CALIFORNIA RAIL- TRrcK.-A few days
ago two gentlemen were taken in - by couple of
sharpers after the NewYork fashion 1t may well for
todescribe the swndle as warning to friends in
\ the interior.
The gentlemen alluded to on board Of one OF the
Newoeans mail boats examining the elegant decorations
and accommodations which their eyes, when they
approached by stranger who adroty insiuuated
himself into the conversation. Going to NewOreans
suppose y he finally asked he about leaving the
company !" I going there myself,n and as ii pre-
Stunning that the others going also he proposed
walk shore to I'LL the time before the boat started
Pleased with the courtesy Of the fellow the two strangers
1 asserted. and forth they went stroll. EG45
Presently after having gone square two, up
chap to the sindler with patent safe In his hand
They hailed each other acgusintances The mail boat
man with extreme innocency of manner exhibited some
curiosity touching the bal-or patent safe (which
lay unconscously IN tbs hand of his friend. He took it,
looked at it, and was extremely to know what it
intended for. Finally, he opened it, and found With
in it bit of paper Apparently with the object Of playing
trick his friend he syly extracted the paper that
the two green gentlemen might him He then handed
the ball pack his friend Who after farther talk
and tossing the instrument in his hand observed ON
question being put that there piees of paper
in the ball The mailboat man, who had extracted the
paper oeosey nudged Of the countryen in the side
and offered to bet drinks that there bit of
paper there. The other refused but, exhibiting
plete confidence in winning offered to bet hundred dol
lars Ths mailboat man said that he had money Of
value about him. but offered to the bet if the ball
man would go to the Neworleaps boat where he had
terms which seemed to indicate doubt Of the
ness of the bet
Soit went on until the man who offered the bet appa-
renty angry turned round to his two companions ard
begged them loan him hundred dollars until they re-
turned to the boat Nothing 10th, they examined their
pile and mustered up $40 and the other $35. This
staked when To- opening the safe there the
little bit of paper! The ball man, of course, and
pocketed the T5 The loser apparently very indignant
told his friends to go with him the boat and he
would pay them what he had borrowed occasionally
terardng his discourse with profane oaths show bis
Indignation at having been unfucky. 1t happened
however, that the sharper while going to his sateroo
disappeared another end of the boat and has not been
seen since.
joke. and while acknowledging the excellence of it
pressed the opinion that they hsd actually learned
thing or two concerning city life. Tribune.
RENcoSTRE-Two gentlemen, between whom raisusl-
derstandng has for time existed, met yesterday
forenoon the of Dauphn and Royal streets
After some words knives drawn and before the
ties could be separated of them received three
severe but glad to learn not dangerous wounds
1t much to be regretted that difficulties between gentle
be adjusted by gentler than appeal
| to arms. 5.sz
| STApBEp - man named Beniamin T,annuefta was
stabbed by Patrick Mackiu yesterday forenoon at
the Office of George A. Cleveland, Esq Justice of the
Peace. 1t appears that some days the wife OF
Mackin had entered complaint against Lanquette for
having committed assault and battery upon her and
had him arrested The case was continued and yeser-
day morning the parties appeared at the Justices court
and, after an examination, Lanquette required to
give bond for bis appearance at the City Court
the charge but while Mr. Cleveland was drawing I'm the
bail bond, Mackn the compliments husband entered
the office and stabbed Lanquete in the shoulder with
dirk, inficting severe, but not mortal wound Mackin
committed to the guard house await an examine
| ton before the Mayor. advertiser.
Placde Hamblin, Browne and Blakeley, of the late
Varieties in this city, are all playing in Mobile
/ THE CAIRO WAR.-Sin or Eight Persons
shot-Hharfb boat Burned b. the Mob-1he Toun Deied b.
Negro-is Set-immodtion by Droeaing learn from
Capt Batchelor well from several of his passengers
who witnesses of the bloody scene the following bar
euars of fearful tragedy enacted the Of Cairo
this mouth of this Ohio The character who performed
such desperate deeds free negro well known in this
1
sort Of floating hotel at that point sharp fellow
every game and as the sequel proves afraid of moth
ing human, and iu his last moments-surrounded by
Infatuated mob armed with death-deang guns, cut OF
from all chances Of out alone in the river burn
ing boat with the redhot fire kissing and wrtathing
around him. and completely encirced by living fame
he deed and denied his enemies In the daring way
and with the direst mpreeations his lips and armed
with all his weapons-a rifle, shotgun and revolyer-hs
| plunged into the river and disappeared for ever,
| CAIRO TRAGEDY.
negro by the name Of joe Spencer who kept hotel
on board Of tho wharf boat at Cairo, sued for sixty
dollars When the officers went to serve
him he swore he wouldn't and said there net
enough in the place to take him. He finally, by good
desl of persuasion, agreed 60 On his road to the
Squirrels Office, he got keg of powder took it in one
hand while he held revolver in the other into the
Office and told the Squire that he did not release him
he would blow the whole party to hell They afraid
Of him. and allowed him to back to the river When
hegot back he Want into hatboat which he had fitted
up for bpafders, and dsned the town to take him 81,
this tae the mob had become large and very much
cited and seemed that he should DO taken
the law obeyed They tried for time get him
but they failed Atlength they concluded to scutte thu
boat and let her sink but the first that neared the boat
for that purpose received with discharge of buck
shot from the negro inside The firing became gen
era both sides the negro having the advantage being
inside In the attempt to sink the atboat i've
/ thot rather seriously, but killed They
found the advantage too much in the negros
and the cry raised to set the boat fire. ant
they went to work carry it into execution Here an
other party became interested 10 the tragedy There
three steamboats, lying the atboat and their officer
at glance that ii the hatboat set fire tn,
steamboats, would all of them be burned they pu
their protest against setting her fire. unless thai
4 she pulled out In the stream
The mob paid but little attention to the officers at first
bat they found when they discovered four FIVE
them with their rifles that they In earnest they
they would shoot the that would attempt
set her fire where she then This attack
IN the and little than was hsrgsined for and
thinking that they could not stand the fire Of desperate
negro in front and few determined IN the rear the
mob concladed that discretion the better part
Yaor, got yaw made line fast to the hatboat, and
commenced pulling her out into the stream the
TINS tive boarded her and set her fire, but at
siderable risk the negro kept blazing away at then
whenever chance oHered When they got her out sbou
hundred yards the negro the line that towing
him, and vent adrift The boat all In blaz'
at one end, when the negro came out on the other
clapped hs hand his breast he king of th
black and would die like The Wind blowing
of the shore at the time carried the boat th
river and the steamboats, saved At this time thu
negro disappeared for while and all supposed that hi
had destroyed himself when presently he appeared witt
section OF stove, and, making end Of line fast Il
It and the other end to his neck, overheard he went
Il up which the last of the negro and al
end TO the "Gare Tragedy louisville Courier, o
| instant. i fqsr,
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