New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-28

PAINFUL RuMoR.--Ihs Bonham Advertiser,
published at Bonham, Fannin county, Texas, in
a postscript, dated March 8, says:
We stop the press to give the following in
telligeuee which was brought in last night by
4 Geo. A. Butt. Esq, Of Preston Mr.. Butt had
received q letter from the Chaplain at Fort Bel
KNAPP transmitted by a confidential servant Of
| Mr.. b. stating that the whole force Of the gar
rison, except sixteen men. were off in pursuit Of
the murderers Of Col. Stem; and that 400 Indian
| warriors were about the Fort challenging the
lcommandant, Major Merrill, to fight They
had dispatched q party with 1000 Government
cattle, Of which they had taken possession.
Major Merrill was temperizing with them-giv-
ing them goods and provisions lin the hope Of
succor, either from the return of the scout, or
from two companies Of recruits hourly expected.
Fort Belknap is a collection Of buildings on an
open plain, and sixteen men can do very little
II for its defence, Unless the expected succor
reached them soon after the dispatch of the
| Chaplain's letter, Major Merrill and his little
command are already massacred"
FATAL AFFRAY The Carrollton Miss. Dem
ocrat says a difficulty occurred at that place on
the evening of the 10th between Rufus K. Bean,
ESQ.,, clerk of the Vice. Chancery Court, at Car
rolton, and Mr.. Patrick Harrington, which re-
suited in the death of the latter. It appears
that Harrington was, to a certain extent, labor
ing under the influence Of liquor; and, as is too
i frequently the case with intoxicated persons,
was quaTrelsome, noisy and vulgar in his deport-
ment. He, without any provocation whatever,
| rushed on Bean, knocked him down, and as he
arose, Bean gathered the first object that met
his eye Ga heavy oak board that was accident.
| ally lying close by with which he struck Her
rington over the head, causing his instant death
Mr.. Bean was examined the next morning, and
discharged.
INSANITY IN CALIFoRNIA.-The report of the
Board Of Trustees Of the Insane Asylum of Cali
fornia, which has been recently published,
shows that there is, perhaps, greater amount
of insanity in that State than in any other in
the Union among an equal proportion of popula-
ton. This is attributable, to great extent, to
| the mental excitement and physical excuses
incident to the unsettled and adventurous life
to which all who emigrate to the land of gold
| are subject We find of two hundred and
eighty four persons who were admitted into the
asylum at.Stockton, twenty seven were caused
by disappointment. nine by loss of property,
eight by fear and grief, seven by mental excite
ment, forty two by intemperance and twenty
| five by bad health.
4 IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.--A law case was de-
cided in the Supreme Court in New York, on the
10th, which is remarkable from the heavy
amount of the verdict rendered The Western
| ferHUut nallfohue COHlpauy was bueu Dy Day
ley, Brothers & Co., an English house, to recover
4 the value Of some five thousand tons Of railroad
iron. The iron did not arrive at the time stipu-
lated, and the company received it under pro-
test and afterwards refused to pay. The jury
found for the plaintiffs ninety -four thousand
six hundred and thirtysix dollars damages.
The report of the State Auditor Of Indiana
shows the receipts into the Treasury from all
sources, the past fiscal year, to be 81 500 943 ;
expenditures $1,509.30 80 The total valua-
ton of real and personal property assessed for
taxationin 1858, amount to $266, 097 ,614, being
an increase of ss45 533 ,805 over the assessed
value Of the taxable property Of the State for
the preceding fiscal year
THE gAHAwBA.-This is the name of a new
steamship built by Messrs. Crocheron, Livingston
! & Co., of New York, which was launched at that
city ON the 10th. Her dimensions are 245 feet
keel, 81 feet beam, rs feet inches hold, and ia
about 1000 tons burthen. The Cahawba is in
tended to ply between New York aud Mobile,
| oiG Havana, as mate to the Black Warrior.
She will make her first trip in about two weeks.
The Saul St. Marie Canal around the rapids
Of St. Mary's river, to perfect navigation be-
tween Lake Superior and Lake Huron, is going
rapidly forward, and will be completed, it is
said, during the coming season. Five hundred
men have been employed on the work during
the Winter.
| By the will of the Late James p Vanhorn, of
York New city, he has left B15 600 to the New
York Orphan Asylum, $s20, 900 more to the same
institution after the death of his widow $40 900
| to the New York Protestant Episcopal Biole and
Prayer Book Society, $s15, 900 to the New York
Protestant Episcopal Missions, and the residue
of his estate, estimated at $4,000, to the
American Bible Society.
"There are at the present time," says a San
Francisco paper, 1nearly one hundred first class
fre-proof stores vacant without tenant, while
dwelling houses are very scarce, and it is Diff
cult for family to hire good house at even
$500 per month in the suburbs Of the city, N
The Charleston News estimates the property
left by the late Hon. Ker Boyce, of that State,
at 81 500, 000 In his will, he left $4,000 to
the Orphan House of Charleston, $4,000 for
establishing school for the poor ct Granite
vile, and $S0 600 to the Charleston College
WEATHER IN ARKANSAS Batesyille Stan
dard of the 10th says: ssWe saw peach bios
SONS full blown oh Saturday, the 11th.& JON
quils, dafodils, ETC., have unfolded their beau
ties, showing the approach of the blushing
lovely"
About four hundred men, women, and chill
dren have just arrived at st. Louis from Dem
mark, on their way to the Mormon sett lement in
the Salt Lake country, where they intend to
embrace the Mormon faith.
A Miss Freeman was accidentally shot ON the
10th inst, at Greenbury, Union county, Ind
She took hold of a loaded gun and placed it to
the side of her head, saying loosely, slook
here" to her friend, when it went off, killing her
instantly.
During the past year the number Of inmates
in the House of Refuge in Philadelphia was
1854. The expenses of the institution for the
year We're 1877 ,267 40. During the same period
of time, 81 ,85l rs were earned by the labor of
the boys.
A young man was instantly killed at the muse
UNI at Brooklyn, N. Y, on the evening Of the 10th,
by falling from ladder distance of thirty
feet during the performance by the Shak-
speare Dramatic Association.
Two young men named Dyer and McComb
had an ARRAY at Milledgeville few days since,
as we learn by the Columbus Enquirer, in which
the former was killed. Affairs of this kind are
becoming too common in Georgia.
The small pox is raging with great violence
amongst the Chippewa Indians along the south
shore of Lake Superior aud on the head waters
of the Ghippewariyer.