New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-19

| ing the recess of the Council. 1t was rejected.
Mr.. Levy then rendered his resignation as
Chairman Of the Committee on Streets and
Landings Accepted.
The Special Committee appointed to investi-
gate the charges Of bribery and corruption
made ogainst members of the Council reported
thatstley had thoroughly investigated the mat
ter, but had not been able to find any proof
that members had voted on the Mobile Railroad
question against their conviction through any
undue influence, and therefore begged to be dis
missed from any further consideration of the
matter. The report was received and the Com
mittee discharged.
! Mr. Wilt moved that the testimony taken
down by the Investigating Committee be pub
lished in the official journal There was con-
siderable and very strong opposition made to
this motion, on the ground that it would show
| some persons up in rather strong light, but
the question finally prevailed and the testimony
is to be printed
| The resolution reported by the Finance Com
mittee, at the last session Of the Board, author
| izing the Mayor to withhold the subscription
to the stock of the Mobile and New Orleans
Railroad until the unanimous consent Of the
stockholders shall be obtained to admit the city
to full share in the profits Of the present road,
was then taken up, and after some discussion
| was laid on the table indefinitely.
An ordinance to prevent fast riding and driv-
ing through the streets was introduced and
| adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Witt, the Board then
adjourned till the first Tuesday in October
next. .+a
BOARD OF ALDERMEN. Board met last
evening, and adjourned over till the second
Tuesday in November next, without doing any
business.
A PrRATIoAL SCHEME. - The Washington
Union publishes letter written by somebody
on board sB. NJ s. Thames at sea- who is en-
dorsed as a "person of great experience ard
character to a member of Congress, which ex-
poses piratical scheme for the fitting out of a
Russian privateer with the view to Selling upon
the gold sometimes stored in the guard house at
Chagres, and also of molesting vessels from
California and Australia with gold on board.
The parties to the project are represented to be
"two Irishmen, seafaring men-naturalized
citizens of the United States-who have their
agents in London" and are proceeding there
for the purpose of fitting out the aforesaid pri-
vateer. They are said to be acquainted with
Panama, and all the country and coast in the
neighborhood of Chagres, and are recently from
California, where they have accumulated money
The whole matter has an exceedingly improba-,
BILE look, and appears more like an attempted
hoax than any thing else.
ATTACK ON A SHERIfF.-Mrs. Robinson, the
yelled murderess, at Troy, New York, made
violent attack upon the Sheriff, few mornings
since, as he entered the jail to convey her
breakfast to her 1t appears that without pro-
vocation she seized q brass candlestick with
marble bottom, and struck the Sheriff severe
blow with it over his eye, knocking him down,
and infcting considerable wound on his face.
His only offence was the enforcement of the
prison discipline She has since been hand
cuffed and chained in her cell
AFFRAY.-A free negro named Henry Alex
ander, alias g Salt River was killed on the
steamer Belfast, on her last trip from New Or
leans, by another negro, Wash Jamison, who
struck him with billet of wood. The murder
er is in jail at st. Louis. Louisville Journal
TORNADO AT DAYToN.-On Saturday, the 8th
inst, a heavy storm Of wind and rain passed
over Dayton, doing much damage in the way of
destroying awnings, tearing off window shut
ters, ripping up shingles and overthrowing
chimneys. But the principal item of destruc-
ton OF property was the representation of the
German building and the partial recrushing of
the Methodist Church. This German building
fell down some time ago, killing two persons,
wounding several others, and smashing the
church along side.
At the moment of the crash, painter was
putting on the :" finishing touches inside the
church, and barely managed to escape the mass
OF bricks which Numbered through the roof
and covered the floor with rubbish to the depth
of several feet.
During the storm man named Perine, while
sheltering himself under tree near the river
below town, where he had been fishing, was
instantly killed by fash of lightning
A few miles this side of Dayton, a streak
of wind" completely Frustrated the corn fields
in its course, and being followed by heavy fall
of rain, the corn was almost buried.
SUICIDE OF Two PERSONS IN EAST Abingdon.
A suicide. attended with circumstances of q sin
gular character, occurred this morning in East
Arlington, the particulars of which, as we learn,
are as follows: 1t seems that young man
named Isaac P. Nash, a native of Pembroke but
a resident Of East Abingdon, and young lady
named Adrianna Sampson, belonging in Slough
ton, had formed an attachment for each other,
but from some cause or other, they were pre- |
vented from being united in the holy bonds of
wedlock. The young lady was in this city yes
terday on visit to an aunt, and appeared in |
excellent health and spirits. In the afternoon
she returned to her home in Stoughton, and |
towards evening her lover, Mr.. Nash, hired a |
horse and chaise in East Abingdon, and proceed |
ing to Stoughton, took Miss Sampson to ride |
This WAS the last which was seen Of them alive, |
SO far as is yet known.
About five o'clock this morning Mr.. John
Sears, who tends Reeds mill, in East Abingdon,
discovered horse and chaise (Which has since |
proved to be the one hired by Mr. Nash, J stand
ing near the mill, the horse being tied and care
fully covered with buffalo robe. On the fence, |
near the chaise, Mr.. Sears also found two shawls
and a bonnet, which have since been identified |
as belonging to Miss Sampson; and near by the
same spot he also found Mr.. Nash's hat, in which |
was the following note:
My name is Isaac P. Nash. In this water
you will find me- am perfectly sane man.
''P. S. Bury us both together as you find us.
"IsAAe P. NASH"
Mr.. Sears, upon discovering these things, went
at once to the mill pond and soon discovered the
bodies of Mr.. Nash and Miss Sampson in about
seven or eight feet of water, with their arms en-
circling each others necks, and their wrists and
arms firmly bound together with stout cord.