New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-20

called into requisition They forwarded the
speech with remarkable rapidity, in one or two |
instances equaling, if not surprising, the speed
and correctness Of their more experienced male |
1t may not be generally known |
that the Electric Telegraph Company have |
established departments for young girls, under |
a matron, with the view of affording wider |
and more intellectual scope for female employ
ment; and the experiment promises to be
sending was at rate Of thirty five
words per minute. The transmission to the
continent (uia the Hagns) was effected in twenty
minutes. Il
TROUBLE AMONG CoTToN GROWERS. - Inc
Clayton (Ala) Banner of a recent date states
that considerable excitement has been caused at
that place and Eufaula, by the announcement
that suits had been instituted by one Il. M. keils
against number Of farmers, under section $50
of the code which reads:
GAIL owners of cotton gins must mark upon
each bale of cotton ginned at such gins, the in
itials of their names, and the county in which
such gin is situated and failing to do So are
liable to q penalty Of five dollars on each bale,
to be recovered by any person suing for the
same"
Keils has instituted suits for penalties amount
ing to about $780, 900, and should he persist in
instituting suits against all who have subjected
themselves to penalties, they will amount to not
less than 100000. Meetings have been held
at Clayton and Eufaula to express Indignation
at the proceedings Of Keils, and there appears to
be determination to resist the suits by all law
full means.
ARREST OF A MAIL RoBBEH.-We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
civilian J. Brown, the United States mail
agent in the West, yesterday made the arrest Of
Clinton W. Pickett, lately employed as clerk
in the Post.office of this city. Assistance in
ferreting him out was given by officers Adams
and Hoke. he was employed at the time Of his
arrest in the Counterfeit Detector and Exchange
office of T. W. Lord. About 800 of half notes
were found hidden in the house formerly occu-
pied by his father, who is very respectable
citizen To this robbery, and several others.
amounting in the aggregate to about Ss400,
he made confession, and was committed for the
charge.
"To his guilt while in the Post -office, he has
added guilt in his new post Letters, with in
closures, owned by Mr.. Lord, were found with
him, and he confessed also to that erime
BUSINESS AT BUFFALo.-The Buffalo Courier
| of the 9th inst. says: ,-~-=
Our docks present a scene of hustle and ac-
tivty indicating prosperous season for all
those engaged in commission business or in the
carrying trade We we're told yesterday by a
gentleman interested in one of the Elevators
that thus far this year he had handled as much
| grain as he did during the whole year Of 1858,
| and that other Elevators had done q business
equally as large. Vessel owners are under
| stood to be reaping golden harvest, with a
prospect before them in the highest degree en-
| couraging.
LAW School AT NAsHvlILE-The Banner
says that the steps necessary to the establish
| nent of this school are nearly completed, and
that it will open on the first Monday of October.
The Banner adds;
| The course of instruction will include all the
| branches of the Common Ete in 4 Of Equity, and
will consist of daily recita ions, oral instructions
on the lessons Of the day, lectu.es and forensic
| discussions on moot couFt.s. This course en-
| braces every branch usually taught at the best
/ law schools, and every mode of instruction the
utility of which has been tested by experience
The corps of professors will be so complete as to
ensure the execution Of the plan.
| QUICKSILVER MINES. The Tuscaloosa OBJ
1
to be found on the road from Tuscaloosa to
Fayette Court House, fourteen and half miles
| from the latter place.
| bnLED BY LIGHTNING.--W learn that Heze.
kiah H May was killed by lightning on Sun.
day, the 25th ult., on his return from preach.
| ing at Bulah Church to his fathers house il
this county. The mule he was riding was also
killed. Mr.. May was about 10 years of age
and was the soon of Moody FL. May, Esq, neal
Knoxville, [Greene Co. (Ala.l Wing
| SAcRILEGIoUs OUTRAGE.--It appears from al
advertisement in our columns this morning tina
| some person or persons entered the grave yard
near Upper Alton, on the night of the 9Th inst
and attempted the diabolical outrage of ex
huming the body of Mrs. Dunlap, whose deatl
was announced in our paper few weeks since
These whose souls are so callous as (for any pur
pose except what the affection of relatives may
| dictate) to disturb the remains of the honoret
| dead, and open afresh and merciless the aching
wounds of hearts already grief-stricken, de
serve neither the rites of burial nor the tears
affection at their decease We sincerely hop
the perpetrators of this cruelty will be brough
to justice, and so punished that if the worlt
holds others so heartless, they may be deferred
by the example made. Alton Courier.
ARRAY occurred in our town on Tuesday last
in which one peaceable and quiet citizen wa
severely wounded, two other men got their head
broke, and the consequence Of which is, tina
two individuals are bound over to answer for al
assault with intent to kill, at the next term o
the Supreme Court.
We speak it in praise of the town authorize
and the citizens, that the riot was promptly sup
pressed, and two of the offenders had leisure il
Jail for sober reflection.
We were penning the above on Wednesda
afternoon, when we were startled by successiv
pistol shots, and friend informed us that tw
young men had exchanged shots, with what re
suit we did not know. Hastily walking aroun
to the scene of strife, we ARRIVED in time to Sc
one young man, a citizen of an ad joining county
of respectable and most estimable family, knock
ed down with chair, and knife driven to tn
handle in his back; and another Zone of tn
parties Just out of Jail, for the riot the day be
fore,) felled like an OK, by a blow from the sam
chair, and lying apparently lfeless upon tn
ground, while some half q dozen individuals
drunk with passion, with sticks, pistols an
knives, in widest excitement, seemed ready 70
any emergency, however desperate Six pistc
shots were fired, but providentially none too
effect. Though but for the courageous, almos
reckless daring Of our friend, Asahel Beacl
ESD, who rushed between the two young me
who had their pistols drawn, and at the risk
his own life. seized one of them, one or the othe
f must certainly have been killed. central Geol
gian, 18th inst.