New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-31
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We extract the following items fro,, - ,lss
mary Of that excellent paper, IL Es.":ns IN
News. oning
The only matter partakinr Of ;rnro~....
which hastranspired, isthe decision bv Al 1oss
District Court, Judge Norton, against The c;,,s
In the suits 0fthe purchasers of She slin nvays
ty to recover back the instalments of the mr..
chase money already paid in The decision, -
based upon the fact that the ordinance ordeyine
the sale was not passed by the legal majerityi iT
the Common Council, consequently was null =
and that therefore the purchasers acquired M
title, and are entitled to receive back shat they
paid. The property is very much dspreeiated
in value. The purchasers have placed attach
Inents upon 1t, and at forced sale it would not
bring third of the original price So that
SHOULD the Supreme Court affirm Judge Norton's
decision, the city will lose from $500. 900 to
SSOO,O0Os II is pretty confidently expected.
however, that the Supreme Court will reverse
the decision, which in the opinion of the ma
Jorlty Of the Bar is erroneous
:, a diabolisal attempt was made on the 22d of
Septemner S to poison the whole family Of Col.
n ma.Alns, Of Almeda, opposite to this city Some
44knoNn mend placed strychnine in the coffee
snich ths family wss to partake of for break
.a .as. rortuhateiy the quantity was 80 great
tha1 the presence OF some foreign 50 ubstanee waa
perceived. Col W Immediately made bis family
aeess rom drinking the coffee, and soaking
piece ot meet in it gave it to a dog In a f.g
minutes the dog was dead ~ . -"
The Board Of Land Commissioners. an tho
Iotn OF September, rejected the claim az T,c.s
orotners Tor the Julpinas tract claimed I've
tnem' Ihis was an immense tract, covering soms
three hundred square miles 'oAAS
a iaYfa Rrta 49, a. = -
tempted to blow up the store of Ritter & Co.
was sentenced on Sept. 9th to- two yeara, i'm.
prisonment in the State Prison.
rive OF the men who deserted from the d. g
irlgate Independence q week or 90 ago. were
drowned in attempting to make their uay
ssnrougn tne tules IN Marin county. Their bo-
dies have been recovered.
The town Of jamestown, in Toulumne countv
was destroyed BY fire on the 3Ubh or October
The loss is estimated ut $T5 600
The Maine liquor law was defeated in this
state at the recent election by majority of
about six THOUSAND.
We have already received intelligence that a
7oung man named Gibson was killed by the Sioux
ndians, near the Platte Bridge, while en- his
say across the plains. After his death the
ram, Whicn consisted Of fifty welI-arr1ed men
.nd twelve wagons, was constantly attacked BY
ne Indians and another man named Gallagher
Fas killed
LATER FROM TExAs--The steamship Louisi-
ma, Capt. Talbot, arrived yesterday morning
rom Galveston
We hear nothing further from Capt. Calls
an. The Galveston News says:
The battle Of Escondido was BROUGHT an
through mistake, on the part of the Indians
nd Mexicans The previous plan was to have
It Capt Callahan pass the party which he
ought, when il was to have fallen upon his
ear, while another force was to attack him in
ront. But the hrst party attacked him, sup
osing he was going to San Fernando, instead
the Indian camp The fact that the Indians
'ere with the force that attacked Cant Gala.
ans command, is satisfactory proof that tha
lexicans fully knew his object in crossing the
10 Grande, and that they intended to protect
ae Indians. We have always been of the opin-
N that the Indians were encourged by the
exicans to commit depredations upon our from
er, and now we, are satisfied that such is the
ase. SefFw44.{
Finding that Capt Callahan was not to be-
ecoyed, the Mexicans and Indians, to the num- @
er of thousand or fifteen hundred, sur
FUNDED the town of Piedras Negras, and COM
fenced an attack, Not being prepared for a
ege, and doubling the propriety Of attempts
,g to hold out until ilreinforcements could reach
i'm, Capt Callahan determined to abandon the
lace, and on Friday, the 2Sth ult commenced
-ossing his horses To prevent the enemy from
ttaokiDg his rear, he foundit necessary to fire
e town. He succeeded in getting all his horses
I'D men across the river before noon the next
~, without the loss Of a man or horse Some
7enty-odd head OF horses were previously
ampeded. s&V 9 #@s =.