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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

CONTEMPT. --Richard Ford was arrested on
Sunday night for committing nuisance in front of
Recorder Ramos residence. He paid fine of $10 and
was discharged.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

MALTREATING WATERMAN charge of
tearing the coat from 0cer PLACES back and beating him
in the mouth with brick Baronue street. Saturday
night George Gondon yesterday arragned before Re-
corder Bright In deaultiof bail to appear the 2sh
hn yraa To Driann.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

GsPRATT,S HERMETICAL SELF. SEALING
~ cAN.-This is article for PRESERVING FRUITS,
VEGETABLES, easily closed, e4uin sudsriug
They used without injury Every
and houkesper should supply hme with this nenl article,
their tables always furnished with Preserves and fresh Vese
tables by the of this ssSeains Car For as quantity
by EPSON HART, Camp street.
The public requested shemseuss
tl3 Ptiee. "a rs teH per dozsn. lei sp9tns W
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

GONE TO HAvANA.-It has been ascertained
that Charles Blanchard who absconded with 900
longing to his employer Emanuel Blessey, and Others
took passage the schooner Monegut for Havana on
Thursday last He enabled to make the haul by the
great confidence reposed in him by Mr.. Blessey This
geneman before going over the lake not only left his
business exclusively in charge but left checks
zens and State Banks By this means he drew So 900
from the banks collected outstanding accounts Sold it
is said, quantity Of goods purchased drafts Havana
got passport and made his escape in style Mr. Bessey
Is not certain yet but that his loss greater than above
stated,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

FEyWIBILL. u AITkIN, GAS FILTERS, No. 10
n Comnea street, uHdsT the Gas oaiee, New
Mr.. AIfKiN has been The hnanesa city, the
years.
Il an work d5ns By Us will be guaranteed,
II Merchants, Hoe Pfopretoiu, will their
calling at the above ces hao heir
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

THAT THEATRE.--There was another row at
Ammon's German theatrical exhibition, in his ballroom
Philip street. in the Fourth District Sunday night
II oecasioned by George Russels pertina ty
tempting to pass ia Of alleged bad character
without paying for IL. The didn't get in, and
George was arrested and locked up
Boy FoUND.-A small German boy calling
himself Henry, four or i've years OF age, who doesn't
know where he belongs be found ct the residence Of
Mr. Mourgues, at the Of Pleasant and Chippewa
streets 10 the Fourth District.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24
NMIHLIAM BAYNHAM,


sALE-ons Copper battery six feet in ai,peeI by
h Of inch pipe -Four Garihsr
deep with e.esntn
Of 9 pipe, the rsves yeoi Aso
Battery the and
capacity for making hoghead day for s
aristf - s. H. GILMAN. 81 Nes.hsast
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

FkSHE NEW YORK FOUNDRY and IRON
Ill RAILING CO. the sols Of Croweps
Railing without entirely yis
Wire Ralng the prettes and the
United States They Gasnsl coamna Of All Wdew
Doornards Stutters Trsssi Stills Lne 0ee Desk
Railing ders Saaadas Brackets Faattcoyers Anshars sAins
ard whsle
work for buildings Of Sections of all
the wareooias Duane
Foundry, foot OF s6th street, North River. ySI
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

! EM0NS-360 boxes Sicily Lemons, for
= 4 sslsty Az, COCHRAN HAlI4 ~ aihsiss a. isas
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24
o INV ORlEANs. = IGNNINGa--No. sl47.

ESRESH PEACHES, APPLES AND PEARS,
u atNo ITO Charles street. Lafayette Square, aud No. 80
Camp stree.
undersigned will pay particular attention to ordeta
Families Beambo .ts and Hotels. ~ w. n .ogl s@
Fruits Shipped will be neatly packed in keeping condition
Paas wishing to order will find catalogues (sra i at
d4pot
IVA In CONRAD SHREDDER
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-24

ARREST FOR AN ALLEGED MuRDER.-A man
named Horne reached this city Sunday, from yicks
burg heavily roned having been arrested there for
murder of Mr. Andrews, in Texas about year ago.
large reward had been offered for his arres which
erected by son and brother of the murdered man. who
had followed him up with arequson from the Governor
of Texas They leave with their captive by the first
YsyaucA,
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
A ss ssFOrcigner,, after Office.

A committee of the New York city corpora ton was in session, inquiring not into the capa- city, but the nativity of the various members of the police department, and those who were applicants for appointment, and among those examined under oath was John Mills, who tes- tified as follows:
 "I was not born in this country, but never hailed from anywhere else; never let anybo- dy know was not born in the United States; was for many years in the navy of the United States; have been wounded in five places, but not disabled in any shape or form; served in the wars of 1872 and 1915, and was in the AL gerine war; Ogden Hoffman and Commodore Wilkes, the explorer, were midshipmen with me; in the late war with Great Britain, I was not in the regular service; l was in privateer; 1 was taken prisoner and carried to Bermuda, and kept there for ten months, with log tied to my leg part of the time; after the peace went into the regular service with Decatur, in the Mediterranean squadron; 1 was a warrant officer in the service my time in the police was up on the 18th of last month; want to be reappointed, but suppose l am too old and gray. headed for that; 1 think could serve four years longer"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Pine Bluff and Napoleon Railroad
 Going Ahead!

We learn from Mai. w. G. CRAwLEY, who arrived at home on last Thursday, that Capt. TILGHMAN and Dr. LEE, have let out to good responsible contractors, the clearing and grad ing of the first fifty miles of this road and that the gentlemen taking the contracts receive pay in stock to the amount of their work. Capt T. has now a proposition to take the other z 1a miles, which completes the whole route from Pine Bluff to Napoleon.
 The persons taking the contracts, are Judge w. R. Anderson, Calvin Stroud, Mrs. Sexton, J. c. Carroll, Mai. McNeill, G. B. Watson, Col Jas. Branch, Col. F. Holmes, Col N. B. Bur row and Thos. Martin; all of Desha and Col. Jo. Branch, Gen. s. Mitchell Col. Jas. Smith, A. Douglass, R. II. Douglass, Thomas Douglass, w. H. Davidson, all of Arkansas county.
 These gentlemen are all known to be rela- ble and fully able to discharge their contracts. In this respect, there is none that stand higher.
 This is glorious news and will be hailed by every one, who feels the least interest in the Arkansas valley, as brilliant event in the his tory of this road. The building of the road from Pine Bluff to Napoleon, Is now fixed fact"
 The clearing and grading of the road thus taken in stock, the $295, GOO subscribed in mo- ney, and the donation of 100 acres of land at Napoleon, and 671a acres at this place, gives the stock of this company premium value over the stock of any other road in this State, with all their boasted abilities and magnificent donations. "Crow, Chapman, crow"
 Every land- holder along the entire line of the road, has granted the right of way. The road is on an air line with grade of one foot and one-tenth to the mile.
 We'll go a wager that the cars will run the first 60 miles of road in the State between Pine Bluff and Napoleon, and that they will go fas- ter and carry more freight than any of the other Arkansas roads.-Pine Bluf Republican, Ap,ll 2l
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Terrible Tragedy in Wytheville, Va.-Four
 Men ShOt-One Killed.

On Saturday evening last, about nine o'clock, our village was the scene of the most terrible and heartrendng tragedy that has ever fallen to our lot to record. Mir. William H. Spiller, one of our oldest and most respected citizens. was brutally murdered by J. Austin Graham, of this county. The circumstances, as we learn, were these Mr. Spiller, i'll company with five or six friends, was sitting Tn the bar-room of Boyd's Hotel, engaged in conversation, and not dream ing of an attack from any quarter, when Graham, who was sitting near them, suddenly arose, drew a revolver, and commenced firing at Spiller. At the first fire the concusSion extinguished the lamp, and the utmost confusion prevailed; but Graham continued to fire until his revolver was exhausted. By this time the room was cleared and MT. Spiller had reached the pavement in front of the hotel and fallen, whether from ac- cident or wound is not known. Graham pur- sued him, and, while he was prostrate upon the pavement, placed the muzzle of his second pis- tol at his head and fired several times, killing him instantly, and then made his escape. The firing in the bar-room resulted in wounding three other gentlemen, MT. J. Oscar Cox serious ly, but it is thought not dangerously, and Mr. of this place, slightly. AS soon as the conster- udGlOu dlU COIll OCCdoIUucu Uy Gu0 deed had somewhat subsided, parties of armed men started in pursuit of the rufian, and at this time several hundred men are prosecuting the search for him, but we are sorry to have to say that all efforts to capture him have so far been fruitless. It was reported this morning that he had been seen about eight miles from town, and a party of twenty-five or thirty started immedi- ately for the neighborhood where he had been seen and we hope he may be taken to-day. For fear that he should escape beyond the limits of the county, we give description of his person: He is a man of about forty years of age large frame, about six feet two or three inches high, with black hair, slightly sprinkled with gray, short and rather sandy-colored moustaches a good set of teeth, with laughing, but not a pleasant countenance, when in conversation, and scar upon either side of the neck, little below the angle of the jaw. Graham usually dresses genteelly, and when he fled had on a black cloth suit, and black satin vest. A reward of one thousand dollars is offered for his apprehension.
 It appears that for some time past man named Graham has been paying his attention to the daughter of MT. Spiller, who is reported tc be worth about $2OO,OOO. Graham was unsuc. cessful in his suit, from the fact that the young was engaged to be married to a physician named Dr. Hamet. Graham, on account of this state of things, has been very violent, and threatened
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
The First Crime Committed by the Chief of
 the Police.

me tOllCc.
 The Boston Telegraph concludes clever ar- ticle on the recent attempt to prove that G. w. MATsELL, the chief of police of New York city, was born in England as follows:
 For our own part in summing up this case, we must say that the chief of police is in bad position. If he can prove that George w. stands for George Washington, he may satisfy the public of his Americanism but unless he does this, he is, like the renowned Poole, a 'goner,' politically if not physically; and we have no regrets-no tears to shed over his fate. A man so lost to shame as to be born in a fo- reign country deserves no mercy at the hands of the all-conquering Americana The off, fense is an aggravated one, and, what is more, has been of late years on the increase. There are now supposed to be two or three millions of people in this country living in the most un- blushng consciousness of having been born in Europe, openly defying all attempts to punish them. An example must be made, and MT. Matsell is as good one as any. The case is clear against him. Of with his head, as Shak- speare, or Colly Cibber, says. Alas! that even here while seeking for an appropriate term to express the fate he deserves, we should be com- pelled to quote from foreign authority"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
A List of Democratic Victories and Know Nothing Defeats-PrOgress of the COun. tcr.POlitical Revolution.

When, last fall, in the midst of its triumphs and in the plentitude of its power, we predict ed the speedy downfall of know nottingham and the utter ruin of those who had embarked their political fortunes aboard that craft, there were many who regarded it with utter incredu- lity. We knew that no organization based up- on its illiberal, intolerant and anti-American principles could succeed in misleading any length of time the intelligent judgment of the masses of our voters. We were we'll convinc- ed that its dogmas would soon be as odious with the present generation as the policy that dic- tated the passage of the kindred alien and se- dition laws was to the democracy of 1900. Even it's strength last year was in great degree fic- ttious and though it apparently carried every thing, it was by the aid of other issues and the assistance of other organizations.
 Our prophecy is being rapidly realized. The result of late municipal elections indicates the progress of the countcr-political revolution- The know nothings have been beaten in a very large number of the cities and principal towns of the Union where they had previously been victorious, by decided vote. It will be re- membered that know nottingham first showed in city elections and the diminution of it's IS cAulUIUCu III tIt0 SttIIlc uldLIlcI.- Within tho last three months we have been noting down the checks and defeats it has sus. tained in municipal contests, and are enabled now to present the following formidable abstract of democratic victories and know nothing de- feats. They have been beaten in Pittsburg, Pa.; Alleghany city, Pa.; Oswego, N. Y.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Utica, N. Y.; Lockport N. Y.; Newport, Ky; Burlington, Iowa; Detroit, Mich; Mill waukee, Wis; Dubuque, Iowa: Galena, Ill.,; Springfield Ill.,; Dayton, O.; Toledo, O.; San- dusky city, O.; Chillicothe, O.; Hoboken, N. Y.; Trenton, N. J.; Hamilton, O.; Atalanta, Ga.; Evansville, Ind; Madison, Ind; Patterson, N J.; Hartford, Ct.; New Haven, Ct.; Sheboygan, Wis.,; Jackson, Mich; Lansing Mich; and Gin cinnati, o.
 The above are all prominent points in dife- rent sections of the Union, and the results in them are pretty good index of the feeling in the surrounding country. After such success. sion of reverses in what had been considered his stronghold, let us hear no more of the ex- ploits of the invincible invisiJe "Sam," for such adjectives amount to the bitterest irony and derison. In those cities which the know nothings have carried, it has been by lean and slender majorities compared with their sweep ing successes of last year, and its very victories afford evidence that the organization is on its last legs Cin. Eng.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

ARREST OF GRAHAM THE MURDERER.-A let ter from the Richmond Dsspotch, dated Lynch burg, April 3, says: :" L. Austin Graham, the man who murdered MT. w. H. Spiller, and shot Messrs: c. F. Trigg, J. Cox, and Terry, at Wytheville, on Saturday night last, was ar- rested this morning about 12 miles from that place. He was seen near there on Monday morning, and party of citizens started to hunt him, and finally captured him. The feeling against him in Wytheville is intense, and should not be surprised if the people took the law into their own hands, though it is to be hoped that no such rash act will be committed He was lodged in jail at Wytheville."
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

assessed by the State on other real and personal property of like value, and for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the same it shall be the duty of the president of said company, on the hrst day of February in each year, after such road is completed, opened and put in operation, and declares dividend, to furnish to the Au- dltor ot the State, statement under his oath. made before and certified by some officer au- thorlzed to administer oaths, of the actual value or the road, bed, buildings, machinery, engines, cars. ana other property appertaining to such completed road, and from said statement so fur nished, the Auditor shall charge said company Witn the amount appearing to be due to the o1ate according to the statement furnished as herein required, by the president of the compa- n.y. And In case said company shall fail to pay mto the State treasury within thirty days after the hrst day of December in each year; the amount charged against said company as afore- sald, sad company shall forfeit and pay to the otate of Missouri, in addition to the sum with whcn sad company may stand charged by the Auoitor, ten per cent. per month after the ex- Plratlon of said thirty days, on the amount charged to said company; which sum charged agalnst sad company together with the ten per cent. per month herenbefore specified may be recovered in the name of the State of Missouri Oy CIVIL action, in any court of competent juris- olcuon; and should the president of said con- pany fail to make out and furnish to the Auditor ol the Slate statement as herein required, sad company shall forfeit and pay to the State ten thousand dollars for such failure, which may be recovered in the name of the State of Missouri, In any court of competent jurisdiction; frovaded, That ifs said company shall fail for the period of two years after said road shall be con- pleted and put in operation, to declare divi- dend' that then said company shall no longer be exempt from the payment of said tax, nor from the forfeitures and penalties in this section imposed
 This act shall take effect immediately.
 Approved, February 20, 1855.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

was generally cut with a stick or knife and flung into the wards nearly rav, and this the wounded beings within gorged as best they might, amid dust, and lice, and abominable stenches!
 Such is the manner in which England. or ra ther the Aberdeen administration, treated the gallant soldiers of the Crimea-the heroes of Alma. Balaklava and Inkermann!
 Meanwhile, we find on the same authority that the French hospitals were clean and neat that the Russian prisoners therein were kind ly treated-that the men were well clad and served with regular rat;ons-that excellent cof. fee was supplied to them at call, and that in every particular of foresight, discipline, and care, the French authorities presented a most striking contrast to the incapables in whose hands were the lives of the British soldiery.- If the world needed any further proof of the misgovernment of England of the inaction and brainlessness of her aristocratic rulers--of the necessity for total change in her adminis- trative policy-it will be found in the revela- tions of MT. Roebuck's investigating commit tee. Never before was such disgraceful ne- glect of human life witnessed under God'ssun; never again, we trust, will the like be seen.
 Is it any wonder that in the face of such facts England continues drifting-drifting towards revolution?"
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01
Missouri-Offce of Secretary of State.

''0o0" OVfe V OeTtWyV Otute. l, JOHN M. RICHARDSON, Secretary of State, hereby certify the foregoing is a correct, perfect and true copy from the original roll on file in this office of an act passed by the General As sembly of the State of Missouri, entitled "an act to confirm the incorporation of the Cairo and Fulton railroad company of Missouri, and to apply to the construction of the same the grant of land made to the State of Missouri by the Congress of the United States, and to ac- ,ept said grant of land.''
 In testimony whereof have hereto
 set my hand and affixed the seal of
 said office. Done at the office of
 Secretary of State, in the city of l.. s.] Jefferson, the thirty first day of
 March, 1855, of the Independence
 of the United States the seventy
 ninth, and of the State of Missouri
 the thirty fourth.
 (Signed) JOHN M RICHARDSON,
 Secretary of State
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

or Sixty Irishmen, who had previously been at work on railroads in the vicinity of Bos- ton. were taken on board a vessel that sailed from that port few days since, and were land ed at Halifax, N. S., on Saturday morning, des- tined for the foreign legion," to fight in the Crimea. It is said that unfair means wen used to make them enlist.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

APPLICATIONS FOR BOUNTY LAND-We learn from the Washington Union that the whole number of applications under the Bounty Land act of last session received at the Pension office up to the 7th inst. was 5O,5OO.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

If the camant aregimenal staff officer, the de- claation must varied according the facts of the case
 If the claimant discharged in consequence of dsa- bity incurred by the service, If he in captivity with the enemy, he must vary his declaration forth the facts of the case. #
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

of this act beapped to fotla men and to those who served volunteers at the attack on Lewisown, m Delaware by the British feet in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve and fifteen.
 Approved, March 5, 1855.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

to take the life of his rival the first opportunity that offered Wytheui1ss (Vsryinia) Telegraph, AprI2.
The true Democrat., 1855-05-01

Miss DoBBs says that the sweetest line she ever read was her Simon's name, written in mo- lasses on the front steop.
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