New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-11
DR.. Graham,s Case.
Later from Texas.

Later from Texas.
The steamship Louisiana, Talbot, master,
from Galveston. crossed the bar yesterday morn
ing at II o'clock, and arrived up at p. NJ
The following is q list Of her passengers:
Mrs DR.. Azon, children and servant; Mr. r. Elliott
and Lady, Catherwcod and Lady, Mrs. Grindcy Mrs
Gandolfo Mrs Russell and children, Mrs Vanziie and
Capt. Thomas McGovern, d W Rodd, y. spinnell Cole
man VIM 4. Goddard, james ,suley, J. 7. Ware Ma
cready Smith, H. O. Burns Dunn Col Young, Hart Des-
taba, Gibson, Thornton, and IL on deck s
We have received by the Louisiana q file of
the Galveston Times up to the 7th, and are in
debted to Mr.P P. Wilson, of Houston, for a copy
of the Houston Telegraph Of the same date.
We find no news of interest in the papers We
have received, and append only the following
paragraphs. We shall doubtless be in receipt
Of more ample matter during the day
The Telegraph Of the It'll, says:
| There were but four deaths in all from yellow
fever on Wednesday and Thursday, and we have
| heard Of none since, up to the hour of going to
press. We hrard Of but one new case on
1 Wednesday, and after diligent inquiry of ply
| sicians and others could Hear Of no cases on
| Thursday and Friday. There are now but a
very few cases under treatment, and there is
good reason to hope that fever has about run its
course
! The Galveston Times, Of the 4th, says
| The health Of our city, we regret exceedingly
| to state, has not continued to improve as was
| hoped for some days since AS will be seen from
there has been an increase in the number of in
termenis IL. Although this is but slight
increase, still it is sufficient to show that the
fever has not left the city, and that it is not as
healthy as was hoped for. We were informed
by d physician that new cases had developed
themselves yesterday.
Since the above was in type, we are happy to
learn from the sexton that there was no inter-
ment yesterday.
An EDITOR IN TROUBLE. THE editor of the
Brooklyn Morning Journal, Mr. s. w. Height
way, was placed on trial in the Kings County
Court of Sessions on the 4th inst, on what he
| terms Sc trumped up charge Of misdemeanor. .
| in inducing native born citizen to vote lille
gally at the late election for supplying Brook
lyn with water. The editor was strong adj
yocate Of the defeated water plan, and could
not be persuaded to join portion in opposing
IT. The charge was brought against him on
the morning of the election, and he was thus
held to answer. He holds his arrest to be lille
gal and species Of unjust persecution, which
he expects to prove.
HEAVY FAILURE IN PHILADELPHA.--It was
stated in Philadelphia on the morning Of the
4th instant, that Reed s. Brothers, wholesale
clothiers on Market street. had failed, their
liabilities being over 100000.
HEALTH OF LAKE PROVIDENCE have
been few sporadic cases of yellow fever at
Lake Providence, but on the 30th ultimo the
health Of the town was remarkably good. There
was no sickness of any kind !; SO we learn from
the Lake Providence Herald.
STRANGE FREAK.-Quite an excitement was
created at Providence on the Sd inst in conse-
quence Of strange freak of an old man named
Lyman Halves, The track of the Providence
and Worcester Railroad runs through land
which formerly belonged to him, and the price
of this land had been assessed by commissioners
at valuation which he refused to accept On
the day in question, he placed small house,
erected by himself, upon both tracks, in which
he put several kegs which he said contained
powder, and then fastened himself inside, by
mailing up every entrance to it.
The Boston and Providence train, and the
Providence and Worcester train, were, as they
came along, brought to stand still by the
obstruction, and detained for nearly two hours
The old fellow swore that if they attempted to
run the engine through the house he would fire
the powder and blow every thing around him
to atoms After long delay, during which the
crowd increased to over thousand people, the
North Providence and the Providence police
arrived, when they fell to work, and with we'll
directed blows, soon smashed the doors of the
house in, and then seized the old man. 1t was
with difficulty at first that the crowd could be
kept from injuring him. He was hurried away
to Jail. The crowd then attacked the house
and soon made complete wreck of it. About
half key Of powder was found.
| -
1 The election in Wilmington, Delaware, on the
3D., for City Assessor and for Inspector at the
general election, resulted in the Know Nothing
candidates being elected BY large majorities.
|
| HoRRmLE MuRDER.-Mr. Henry T. Gates, an
oserseer Of Mr.. II. C. Hatcher, in Dallas county,
Ala, was brutally murdered and mangled on
the night of the 10th nlt. by some person OF
persons unknown. Mr.. Hatcher publises the
following card in the Dallas Gazette of the 9th
Instant
TO 4tfR P6ELre.
Ny overseer, Henry 7, Gates having been killed on
Friday night, the goth ult, by some unknown and
various being aoat in reference to it, think
proper make the following statement which gathered
from the evidence before the Jury Of Inquest Of which
body was member ~
On the night of the 29h after supper (there being no
white person at my plantation but my nephew Henry
Hatcher and Mr. Gates) Mt Gates got his
gnn and remarked to Henry Hatcher that he going
down to the hogot tabont $50 400 yards from the
house and said be thought he would catch negro pretty
soon and that when he heard the gun ire he must come
down with the dogs Henry Hatcher sat up late, and
hearing no gum went to bed and heard OF Mr.
Gates until Sunday morning when bis body found in
the hogo his brains beaten out his skull broken and
body very much mangled The shot gun found his
body was broken In many Pieces
My negnbors and the Jury Of Inquest have diligently
inquired after the murderer murderers and find that
Mr. GATES came to his death by blows inflicted with his
II ewn gun, by some person or persons unknown.
any one or more Of my negroes guilty, hope II
Will be discovered and the severest penalty Of the law in
hicted on the guilty enc or guilty ones.
Cahawbas Oct Q. Il. O. HATCHER,