New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-10
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Later from Texas. ..s
By the arrival Of the steamship Louisiana,
we have received later Texas papers,
The correspondent of the Galveston News,
writing from Austin the Goth, gives the follow
ng account of another scene of bloodshed,
which has occurred il that city
Our city was yesterday thrown into a ire
nendous, excitement ON account of Mr.. George
J. Durham, e1- Mayor of Austin, killing Mr..
William H Cleveland, son Of the proprietor of
The Metropolitan Hotel, late Swisher House, in
his city. About 8 o'clock, Mr.. Durham was
passing the front of the Hotel on his way to his
flee, che was clerk in the Comptroller's
,fhce,) when he was assaulted by young Cleye-
land with hickory stick, the latter infiieting
| several severe blows on Durham's head and
shouldeTs., Durham guarded off the blows as
we'll as possible, and retreated to the street,
closely pursued by Cleveland, when Durham
lrew his revolver, shot first through Cleveland's
1houlder, and next in the head. He fell, spoke
not q word, and instantly expired. 51
Then followed the most heart-rending scene
[ ever witnessed. The father running to gaze
on the mangled body of his son-the frantic
screams of the mother, the dreadful wailings of
three beautiful sisters, einging to the lifeless
body, all presented a scene, ! hope never may
y
this morning at 10 o'clock; large number of
friends were in attendance Mr.. Durham was
examined before Justice Allan this evening and
discharged, the case appearing one of justifa-
Die homicide. .,N%r
The following handful was the cause of the
unhappy occurrence
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
All persons are forewarned against receiving
Eve certain promssory notes of hand, for TWEEN
ty five dollars EACH executed by me in favor of
ore j Il. Cleveland, (the present proprietor of
the Sc Metropolitan House. y or order, and pay
tble on the LIST days of May, July, September
and November, 1854, and on the LIST of January,
1866, in consideration of his having hired me a
negro woman for the present year; but as the
said Cleveland this day took the woman out of
my possession against my consent, shall not
| pay them until compelled by due course of law.
GEORGE J. DURHAM
Austin, April "a, 1854
A young man named Hargrove from Lavaca,
was accidentally shot on the 18th ult., in Vic
toria county, by man named Hickman, who,
in the wantonness of sport, fourished a revolver,
when it exploded twice, the second shot taking
fleet in the body of the unfortunate Hargrove
Hargrove had just arrived at the age of man
hood, and full of health, life and viger, has
been thus suddenly hurled from time to eter-
| he abdomen, carrying with it a metal button
from his clothing, and lodged in the back
| The Galveston Civilian says: The party that
| pursued the Indians who committed therobbery
some three weeks since on the Bosque, overlook
them, killed two, and recovered all their horses
| So it is currently reported.
The San Antonio Ledger says that the party
| of citizens out in pursuit of the Indians who
murdered the Forester family, after being alb
sent nine days, returned on the 18th ult 1t
is thought the Lippans murdered Forester and
his family. Forty of them had been taken pris-
oners, and are in custody at Fort Inge, and ten
more are in jail at San Antonio.
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THE AcQuTTFAL OF MATT. F. WARn.-Great
| excitement has been pro ueed at Louisville by
the verdict of acquittal, rendered by the jury at
| the case of Matt. +. Ward, charged with the
murder of W, H. G. Butl~r. On Saturday night
the 29th, crowd of FROM it is said, six to eight
thousand persons assembled at the Courthouse
lat Louisville, and passed resolutions condemna-
tory of the verdict. The call for that meeting
was couched in very infammatory terms
| Mr. Wolfe, one of the counsel for the defence
in a card, denies having used the language at.
| tribnted to him
The Louisville Times, of Sunday, gives the fol.
lowing account of the meeting;
| The meeting at the Court-h house last night
/ was very uproarious. A vast crowd assembled
| many Of them doubtless attracted by mere mo-
/ tiyes of curiosity The large room in the house
and the yard and the street in front, were tlled
with people, Resolutions were passed, both in.
side and outside of the Court. house They
| we're highly denunciatory Of the Hardin county
| jury and inhammatory in their character Mr.
erittenaen was requested to resign his seat in the
Senate Of the United States, and Mr. Wolfe his
| in the Senate of Kentucky. Both these gentle.
men will doubtless pay due respect to these pc.
lite invitations. If the demonstration haG
stopped there it would have been harmless, ans
the gentlemen burnt in efigy have considered il
a very silly but ridiculous joke. But the pas
sions aroused could not be satisfied without thu
destruction of property. Mr. r. j. Wards
house was fired, and his conservatory and ayiary
demolished. The house was fortunately rescued
1 by the timely exertions of the fremen A large
crowd afterwards assembled in front of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Wolfe, and apprehensions were en-
tertained that it would be demolished but the,
were addressed by Col Thomasson, Col Preston
and Mr.. Gibson, and finally quietly dispersed
The projectors Of the meeting are doubtless very
! proud Of its results, having achieved the assem-
blage Of the first mob that ever disgraced tht
| city,
1 FROM Fort UNION, NEW MExIco.-The st
Louis Republican learns that in recent Skin