Washington sentinel., 1854-01-28
@emeral gntelIigents.

Patrico on the 30th Of last month. II seems that
Patrick Hart had killed Henderson Miller in
| fight, in the month of September last and writ
was issued for him. He at first evaded The civil
authorities, but at length resisted them. The
| sheriff having heard that Hart was at McFalls,
a brother-in-laws, where he was fortified sum
| moned fifteen men TO go and take him; but when
| they arrived at the house Of McFall, and ordered
| Hart 10 surrender he replied "come and take
me" and then he and his friends fired their guns
upon the sherifrs party, who rereaed TO a corral
or pen, took position there, and sent 10 town for
supplies for regular siege.
| Hart and his party fired on the sherifs party all
day, but without effect, and after dark the house
Of McFall took fire, and the sher7s party charged
upon il, when Hart and his friends 1ed firing
their guns upon the sherifi7s party, who returned
the fire, which killed McFall, severely wounded
Buchanan, and slightly wounded Hart in the
/ head, who made his escape. Antonio Sanches
one of the sheriiTs party was killed, and Sam.
Miller was slightly wounded. Miller and Hart are
brothers-in-law. tff
| Since writing the above, we see communication
the Victoria Adrocate on the above affair, differ
ing in some important particulars from the above
account. The writer Of this says there were one
killed and three woundedon Hart's side, ando the
sheriffs side four Mexicans killed and four or five
wounded. We have reason TO believe that this is
exaggerated, as the above letter is from gentle
| man of veracity, and in position TO know all the
| facts @ ra#t
The trial of the flibusters is still in progress in
the United States district court So far as il has
| proceeded, Caravajal, Mason, and Mclean have
| been discharged. Wheats case was continued
| upon his own recognizance, which leaves few
| others yet upon the docket. We would suggest
TO our worthy friend, the United States district at
torney, to enter moe prosequi as to these, as he
| should be satisfied by this that nothing can be
gained by further prosecution, unless il be his
| own five dollars per day.
Snow fell TO the depth Of four inches at Nacog-
doches on the 20th ultimo. The storm extended
to number ofthe neighboring counties.
| The convent at Galveston was much damaged
by fire on the 18th instant.
] Detention at Erie Of Locomotives for West
ern Railroads.&c. conduct Of the Erie people
ia injuring not only the business Of New York and
Ohio to say nothing ofthe annoyance TO those who
obliged TO travel over the Erie isthmus, and of
the large number who deferred from starting at
all, but tits very seriously damaging large number
OF western railroads, who have locomotives wait
ing in this city, at Dunkrk, and State line, all ready
for transportation, and only awaiting a settlement
Of the gauge difficulties. kasson's locomotive ex-
| press has twenty engines and tenders waiting
transportation, belonging to the following COM
/ panies:
| Erie and Cleveland railroad company. 2
| Cleveland and Toledo. .......:........
| Cleveland and Pittsburgh. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chicago and Rock Island. q
Lexington and Frankfort.
| Illinois and Iowa. ....,...............
Illinois central. ..............
Chicago and Aurora. y. !?...................... /
| Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA. ....................
Cleveland and Erie. ................. .........
| Ohio and Mississippi. l
. Total. ......................2 30
| Thus il will be seen that the effect of the law
less proceedings of the people of Erie is not con-
| fined to railroads in New York ana Ohio, but is
felt by new roads throughout the west and south
west, and cannot but entail upon them very heavy
| pecuniary losses.-B Buffalo Commercial Of 24th.
An Unknown Island.-The British brig Cha
| than was lately wrecked on an island in the Pa
| cifc, hitherto undiscovered The captain gives
an account Of the adventures of himself and crew
| thus:
We Were distributed among the people of the
island, where we spent most wretched night, ex-
| pecting to be speared every moment. The next
morning commenced our naturalization. We were
| all drawn together and armed with spears, and
marched off to the north end Of the island, as we
supposed, TO be there sacrificed TO their GODS for
| they have many but the training ended well. and
we were each taken to our respective houses
again. For several days this training was carried
on, differing only their modes of worship differ,
according 10 which of the gods they worship. We
| then found that we were considered supreme be-
ings, and that we had nothing to fear as long as
| they thought so. The natives worship idols, de-
| parted spirits of their own race, and have gods
men, or a species of Pagan priests, among them
selves, whom they worship on particular occa-
| sions." w
Death Of q Girl neutrality-suspicious. girl
named Susan r. Thompson, daughter Of Mr..
Ephraim B. Thompson, of Halifax, died at the Mas
sachusetts general hospital, yesterday, of hydro
1 phobia She was bitten by mad dog few days
since and was thought 10 be recovering, when sud-
/ denly the symptoms returned with redoubled fury,
and she died the most excruciating Of deaths. She
was seven years old II is notable matter that
there js no known treatment for this terrible dis
ease that can be depended upon; while nature,
unasssted, sometimes effects cure.
Boston Bee, Jan. 49,
Fatal Chastisement of a School Boy.-On
Saturday, the body Of the son Of the late Malachi
| Wilson, esq. Of Danvers, was brought home a
/ corpse from the school at South Windham, in Con-
| necticut, where he went TO complete his educa-
| ton, since the death of his father We knew him
| as a good-lookng healthy boy, of the age Of II
years. We learn, from the friends Of the family
and their pysican, that his death was probably oc-
inent of his teacher. A man who will treat child
in this way, under any circumstances, is not fit to
| have the government of children-SaLem Gazette.
| Execution of w arren Wood Warren Wood,
| the murderer of Williams, the pedlar, was hung in
the Jail yard in Catskill January 90 at quarter be-
fore one o'clock. He made long address, in
| which he charged some of the witnesses with
! perjury. He confessed that he shot Williams, but
protested that he did not know what he was doing
at the time. After the address, he prayed fervently
1 for seyerel minutes Religious services were then
performed by Rev. Mr.. Noble, Of the Episcopal.
and Rev. Mr.. Hall, Of the Methodist Church.
The Sheriff then pulled the cord, and the unfprtu.
nate man was launched into eternity. He strug-
gled slightly, but was pronounced dead in about
ten minutes.
A New York Estimate of Discrimination
Bourcicaut, at the conclusion of his lecture last
| evening, which was the last of very interesting
series took occasion 10 give an account of the
impressions which New York confdant had en-
deavored to nstil in his mind with regard to Bos-
1 tonans. the Boston people," said the New
Yorker "are austere critics, and you must be
cautious in approaching them. They are seri-
Gus people, and never laugh unless the law is on
their side. They are immense thnkers-n fact,
they take off their coats TO think" The lecturer
said he had found them to be quite the reverse
indeed, indulgent and liberal-and gave il as his
| opinion that there was stronger prejudice in
New York against Boston than there was in Eng
land against all America.-Bostom Courier.
Singular Accident on Shipboard. Onthe ship