New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-14

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Singular cHALLENen AND CAsn Or SHoorISt.
AT baltimore, on the 9Th Instant, . msn named
/ Walter Tolson, recently from New York, entered
the patent-scales warehouse Of Jesse Marden,
on the corner Of Charles and Ralderson streets,
i and there saw his brother, Joseph Tolson. He
| approached him and said that he had come to
fight him duel, that they must fight, and that
one mist die. He then drew from his pocket
twostwenty dollar gold pieces and two patent
pocket pistols, and, with the remark that if the
| pistols did not suit to take the money and 60
| and purchase others, threw all down on the bed
| Of Q balance, in doing which, the barrel Of one
pistol fell across the other and went Of, and the
ball entered the lower part Of Mr. Marden's alb
/ domen, and penetrated an inch below the groin.
and it Is supposed passed down into his leg. Dr.
Baer and DR.. Hnngerford first arrived, and af-
forwards Doctors Smith and Chatard, who rem.
1 dered every assis moe. Searching for the ball,
they were unable to discover its position He
i was carefully removed to the upper part of the
building, and in the evening was considered in q
fair way torecover. WalterfTolson, tits thought,
must have been deranged at the time Of COM
hitting the rash act.
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4 We find the following items Of interest among
the news brought by the America:
4 PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION the
4 past week the following metropolitan trades
have held public meetings and passed resolu-
tions, unanimously affirming the Importance Of
exhibiting their productions at Paris next year,
and expressive Of their intentions to make the
exhibition Of British industry as complete as
possible on that occasion The silk trade, the
i goldsmiths, jewellers and silversmiths, the up
i holsterers, decorators and paper stainers, the
makers Of philosophical instruments and the
musical instrument makers. Public meetings
Of other trades are in course Of being held daily
at Marlborough house.
l MUTNY ON BOARD OF AN AMERICAN EhIGRANT
SHIP. "A Imutiny broke out yesterday mornin e
among the seamen on board the Fidelia, Amer
loan emigrant vessel belonging to Messrs. Bar
ing Brothers, of Liverpool, and lying in the
Mersey, intending to sail for New York. We
have not received full details of the occurrence,
but we learn that the captain (Dixon) shot one
or two men, and that during the struggle which
took place number of the sailors were seriously
bruised, Thirteen of the mutineers have been
brought ashore in custody, and will be placed
before the magistrates this morning. 1t seems
that the emigration officer was clearing the ship,
when the mate ordered the hands forward.
II They refusing to obey, he seized one man by
the arm, when the fellow drew his knife from
the sheath and made several attempts to stab
the mate, who ultimately received wound on
the arm The other men then joined in the at
tack, and the result might have proved serious
to the mate, when the captain sprang forward
and discharged two pistols among the mutineers,
both shots taking effect. One man (Nylar) was
shot through the back Of the neck, and is said
to be in dangerous condition. The other man
was only slightly wounded.
C0LT's REvoLvERs FOR TEE ARMY AND NAVY
The Board Of Ordnance have purchased, on the
part of the Government, large number,
amounting to upwards of 1000, Of revolving
pistols, from Colonel Colt, for the use of the
public service.
FATAL RIoT.-Michael Roe, keeper of la
ger beer saloon near New Schuylkill Water
Works, Philadelphia, was killed yesterday after
noon during riot, in which his house was badly
shattered. The difficulty occurred in another
saloon in the neighborhood, and while police
officer was endeavoring to quell the riot he was
severely attacked. He fired and retreated to
Roe's house. The mob pursued him and at
tackled the house, killed Roe, and beat the officer
badly. Thomas Marin, one of the rioters, was
shot in the head. IN 7. Mirror.
FATAL ACcIDENT-Dea of Prof .afcFdiL.-
psrtyIof the students belonging to the Car
Isle tSchoharie county, Seminary, accompanied
by Prof Alfred McFail and others, proceeded
on Saturday last to explore the celebrated cave
located few miles from the seminary. They
had closed their explorations and were return
ing, when the accident occurred which resulted
in the death Of the professor. It happened in
this wise: The party had been in a pit of some
, hundred feet deep, and all had assembled by
means Of pully ropes except Mr.. McF He was
ascending, and had nearly reached the platform,
when BY some means he slipped from the rope
, seat and fell to the bottom of the cave. On be-
ing approached he was found senseless, and died
in few minutes. He was gentleman of rare
endowments, well beloved by the students, and
highly respected by all He leaves stricken
wife to mourn his sudden departure. EAIbany
Evening Journal.
Destructive FIRE. AT quarter before four
o'clock, on Tuesday morning, the wholesale
China and qneensware store Of Lewis & Wilkes
, on the north side of Main street, second housr
! below Fifth, was discovered on fire. The fire de-
yeloped itself by dense volumes of smoke issuing
from the cellar. The doors were burst open
hut the sfremen could not enter the house in
consequence of the dense smoke Messrs L. s
w. saved their books, but not particle of Their
! goods They were insured in 1875 600 in foreign
agencies Their loss is estimated at $4,000.
81. The FIRE communicated to the wholesale cloth.
ing and dry goods house of Messrs. Lichten. Loe
wenthal 81 Co., the corner building, on the cas-
I, side, They saved o good deal of their goods
and were insured tor $S0V,OOU, $bUU0 OF Which
was in the Marine and Fire of this city, and tn,
g remainder in agencies. The stock was worth
7 $40 600, and their loss will nearly be covered
by their insurance and the goods saved
The Wholesale dry goods house of Messrs
: Benedict & Kennedy, adjoining Lewis & Wilke
!, on the other side, took fire about the same tim
2 and was burned down. They saved much 0
< their stock, which was fortunately small at th
, time: They were insured for $4,000, of whicl
the Falls City, Firemen's and Franklin, all loca
. offices, had each $4,000, and foreign agencies th
y remainder. Their insurance exceeds their los
Q considerably.
7 The wholesale hardware and cutlery ware
i house Of Messrs. Chamberlin & Bailey escape
I destruction, but their stock sustained heay
e damage from water, which is more than coyere
+ by insurance. The house has been, however
! rendered insecure, and will doubtless have to
= = pulled down.
II The buildings belonged to Judge Nicholas an
were insured for $4,000 in foreign agencie,
I; They were all four stories high and erected onl
! few years ago, but were very plain. Tn
walls were only nine inches thick, and fell a
soon as the joists burnt. They were covere
with tin roofs, but the partition walls did ne
e reach close up to the roofs, and hence the fiji
: communicated from one garnet to the other.
The total insurance is $151 900, and the tot,
less will not exceed $s125,000.
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