Washington sentinel., 1854-02-08

| Flood at st. Regis.-A correspondent gives
us the following particulars Of adsastrous food
ing of the Indian village OF st. Regis last week.
| The weather on Tuesday was extremely cold, the
2, D. m, loud rumbling noise was heard, ofthe
breaking Of q heavy body of ice. The wind blew
with increased fury till about 10 o'clock in the
| evening, when it somewhat abated. The inhabi-
ants retired for the night, and Were aroused about
| / O'Clock on Wednesday morning by the roaring
oftbe water and the ice rushing up the high banks
of the ST. Lawrence and driving before it timber,
| canoes. and large rocks. The mingled mass
crushed into the dwellings, and drove the inhabi-
tants into the open air TO buffet with the dangers
that surrounded them. The water IN the streets
was several feet deep, and one female was COM
| pelled 10 swim fifteen or twenty rods before she
could find foothold. Fourteen dwellings which
were near the banks Of the river were entirely
DESTROYED. The water rose fourteen feet above
high-water mark, driving some four orhve hundred
Inhabitants from their dwellings, destroying their
little stores of provisions and drowning their cat
lie. horses, and swine. The American portion Of
the tribe sustained but little loss, they are
a more industrious class and spread out into the
country between ST. Regis and Hogansburg.
They are now extending their hosptalites TO their
brave deuge, with the thermometer at thirty de-
grees below Zero The food il is needless TO say,
was caused by the damming of the ST. Lawrence
below with ce-Ogdsas6nrg Sentinel, Jan. 81
|
Merchant stabbed by Physician at
Cincinnati.-Last night tobacconist named
Feuche, who keeps store on Walnut street,
above Pearl received wound, which it is feared
will prove fatal, from the hands of young Ger
man physician named DR.. J. +. Frank. The affair
took place at late hour last night, in the Office
Of Dr. Frank, on the corner of Clark street and
Western row. The affair is somewhat mysterious
II appears that the two men are friends, and
playing euchre together yesterday afternoon. The
doctor invited Mr. Feuche to his office last even
ing stating that he wished TO show him something
interesting. Mr., F. went to the Office after tea,
and Immediately on entering thought he observed
something strange in the countenance of the ply
sician. After few minutes conversation, the
doctor asked Mr.. Feuche to show him blister on
his breast. This he refused 10 do, when the ply
sican quick as thought drew out knife and in
.ficted two wounds, one in the abdomen and the
other over the shoulder. DR.. Frank then fed
and Mr.. Feuche was found some time after lying
on the floor weltering in his own blood. The
cause of the murderous attack is entirely unex-
| planned and must have been either for the sake
Of robbery, or in revenge for being beat at euchre
| At a late hour in the night, Watchman Freeman
| arrested DIR. Frank and lodged him in the watch
house. He will have hearing before Judge
| Spooner some day this week Mr.. Feuche Is
represented to be very peaceabe and quiet man.
His situation this morning is very critical his re-
covery being considered very doubtful. The
| bowie-knife with which the wounds were in
cted is in the possession of the police II is new,
and looks as if it had been lately purchased
| Cincinnati Times, FEB. l.
The Poisoning Case.-In Yesterdays Colum-
| btan we announced the poisoning of whole fam
! lily on Tuesday night. We obtained the following
additional particulars yesterday. II appears that
| the family Of Mr. Henry Matthewson reside on the
corner Of Ninth and Vine streets, and that they
were taken i'll very suddenly night before last,
| shortly after tea, exhibiting symptoms OF having
| been poisoned. Drs. Slocum and Fries soon ar
| rived and pronounced the afflicted persons poi
| soned, and administered antidotes accordingly.
| All in the family who had partaken of the supper
i were more or less affected, but those who We're
seriously i'll were three young children OF MIR. Mat
| thewson, two young ladies boarding with Mr.. M,
and the servant woman, named Mary Iollver.
The remedies of the attending physicians had the
desired effect, and last night the patients were
| said to be out of danger, although two were very
| low. DR.. Aarons analysed the tea, which showed
arsenic The cooking-stove was then examined,
and arsenic found on its top, as if 1t had been
spilled while being thrown into the tea-kettle.
Suspicion was then directed towards several per-
sons, but finally fixed on Edward Toliver, the hus-
band of the servant woman.
Il appears that Tover is mulatto, and his wife
a white woman. They came to this city from Co
lumbus, several weeks since, when she employed
herself in Mr.. Ms family, and he in the Massa-
| chusetts Eating house. There appeared to be a
difficulty between them, in regard to some property
| in Columbus. He wished to dispose oft, but she
constantly refused her consent, and also refused
to sign any deeds for the property which was ne
cessary to make the sale valid.~
He called on her several times, to persuade her
to consent TO the disposition OF the property, and
hard words passed between them. He was there
yesterday, while she was preparing tea, and re-
mained in the kitchen some time. He left Just
before the family sat down to the table, and re-
turned just as the poison commenced having its
effect on the family He then seemed disposed to
aid was not necessary. In fact, he refused to al
low the attending physician to prescribe for his
| wife, but called in some other parsonage II is
supposed that his object was to murder his wife.
| He was arrested by Captain Hoke, and yester-
| yesterday brought before Judge Spooner on the
charge of administering poison with intent to muir
| der His examination was postponed until Satur-
day, that the full effects the poison might be as
certained before the trial. Bonds for his appear
| ance in the sum of $4,000 were required in de-
| fault of which he was committed
Cincinnati Columbian, I'd.