New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-18

THE Plans TRAGEDr-Correetio1-I viii DO recol
lectd that few months since shed sn Account Of
tie lyDob hing Of Mr. John WILSON aud nj amin Wilson.
OF this County. for the murder of Nr SCby Subsequent
develom Ds have shown that the account puoshed ~
thai tim was incorrect.
kr. Selby not murdered neither Mr.. John ;.
Nilson hung. and letter received from the former IL
r,o'od 10 gentleman Of the city, OF late date states TIA,
they are both living together in California.
We have with 10 do any injustice the published
statement predcaed upon inf rnition received from
well known gentleman Oi this County who said be hal
letters containing the intelligence from Authentic
sources in Calf rnis. The mistake, however, may be
traced to this fact, Benjamin Wilson, who went out with
bis brother killed on the plains for stealing some mo
ley and je elry from Mr.. Ihona Bennett The crcrn
stances Of this about follows About one hun
bred miles f0m Fort Laramie. Mr. Bennett who vas With
the Wi.ons bad abou g 500 taken from # the wag
ors Be- ian Nil.or started ahead Of the train a1d
reached salt Lei VIII he started back for the ates.
Suspicion attached TO him, and Mr Bennett followed him
TO Fort Laramie wher. he overtaken and shot, alt
portion of The iewelry belonging to Mrs Bennett WAS
found on hs person IL is hard that the the other
should lay under any Dputeon Of on acc 'unt OF the
faults Of third person and we cheerfuy make the cor
rection.
Dir John S Wilson and Mr. Selby the supposed muir
cord mar, living on what Is known "a tue ilhan
Spring RaDche, about Thirty hve mie3 from stcr1nsn''
City ~ Louis MOI kePuohc'n, i'n'
WIscox.Is-A movement toyaf;ii re repeal .; tho
statute ebOishiDg Capital Punishment is making 1.-THE
Legislature, the Senate passing bill forth. purpose rs
doubtful whether the Assembly will take such rero3rade
action. In the Senate all the amendments Of the Assem-.
bly, the Prohib DRY Liquor Law concurred in bat
the last which amended by the insertion of another
sui mis- ion clause which If mistake not he more
Objectionable than the other in two particulars First,
it provides that shall require majority Of all the votes
cstt st the fkcf,on wien II is submted-in.tead Of a ma
Ins, o. -, lie Tb;s ;s n; hi, ohsc,onabia
many might fell to vote on this question that would
vote a. The election for member of Congress or some other
officer 8nd all such would count a. if cast agansttheaS
Second lroyides if the law shall not be approved by
The nozzle that it shall take effect in the year loJOraher
longer sn the friends of the law would choose t. wat
Amoy,meut il making in both branches OF the Legsla.
ture for the Of ences at Quebec and New
York for the purpose of inducing emigraonto Wsc'nn
ARiruRsrD CoLLEcToR.--Mr. Ely Collector of the
town of Sockbrldge Madison County disappeared mystic
riouslv several months since taking with hin s-OO Of
Tie l1blc money All sorts Of copjectures were raised in
regard bis dappeaance Many supposed he had been
robbed and murdored and "claryoyant declared that
bis BODY had been buried under n heap Of stones and
thrown Into lime kiln But nothing of the kind had
happened for after having made the tour Of Europe he
returned few days since, and paid in si0o out Of the
SEQ which be carried off, lie says that on closing his
collections he found $50 missing This excited him
that be thought of committing suicide But he did wiser
lrg lie is excused On the plea OF Temporary ms lny'
ADAnIgG RoBBERY.-One of the most atrocious rob
bories that v e have heard Of committed ia city
yesterday Miss Mcneil daughter Of Gen John Mcneil
snd niece Of Precedent Pierce was met IN one
Of the public streets by rufan, knocked down, an1
robbed Of her purse containing about $50 ceric ,es oil
stock amounting to about $1,000 and valuable dllm 'nd
sensible. and while in this cor don was robbed We un
dsrsiaDd that she much injured but are glad hahvr
nor dangerous. LIE uOlu l''DDoIg t''h
about O'Clock NJ in ofhe public streets, and the
robb,r succeeded in making his escape.
Washington Union lisa.
The GnrAr ROBBERY CAsE.-The Dankrk Journal IN
foms Us that Henry w Perkins late inerch I'M OF Ere
dona reported TO have been robbed of slfOo at Hor
nesvile a short time since has been arrested on war
rant ssu.0 behalf of his creditors, and hat been tor
days examination ut fredonia before Hon Apner
Lewis
M.GxrsIA-In a cut on the Central Road says The Ra
kjgL IN c. Star, near Mount Moriah Church in this
County we learn led Of magnesa has been Uncovered
some umps in a pure state have been taken from il
North Carolina abounds in almost everything desirable
for the support and comfort of man.
Yes. white men.