The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-26
ABRAMS IN NtoAnAeua.--We CLEAN

the following items, which are from the
pen Of" Cyrus" correspondence OF
M Nicaraguense, Of May 22d last,
who Ia also Nh occasional correspondent
Of this paper. To our young friend
Jonp MognArH, Mt Granada, are we
indebted for the paper from which we
make our extracts:
"A sad affair took place in the after
noon, just after parade, which resulted
in the death of one and wounding of
another, who was in nowise connected
with the parties to the difficulty. AS
cannot give the origin Of this disas-
trous reneonntre, | shall only relate
the particulars Of The atFray at tho mo-
ment it took place. II seems that
some matter Of difference had oceurr-
ed day or two since, between Lieuts.
T. Barney Wolfe and A. Munther,
which led TO an alteration Yesterday
evening as both were standing in front
Of the Hospital, when the parties drew
their respective weapons for combat.
Lieut. Wolfe bad a revolver, which he
fired three times al Munther, the lat
tor having only his sword, with which
he endeaored to cut down the former.
Two Of the shots took effect upon Mum
ther, and one, passing by, took effect
in the left log Of Lieut.. Coleman, who
was walking in the middle Of the street
several PAGES distant from the combat
tants. Mupther, was MORALLY woun
ded in the right breast and survived
but two or three minutes but Lieut.
Coloman's injury, though quite painful
will not prove serious, it being a flesh
wound. in front Of the shin bone, about
midway between the knee and ankle.
Number was buried to-day | re-
frain from comments upon this tragi-
cal affair until it has been investiga-
ted and all the facts ARE public proper
ty, except TO say, en- passant, that II IL
conceded that neither Of the parties to
tho combat wero wanting in that per
sonal valor that is ever ready to de-
fend personal honor"
esterday, two passengers for Cali
fornia--named respectively VIM. Ma
mellon and John W. Truxell, both Of
Pennsylvania, and aged about twenty
three years--died aud were buried ut
the order and expense Of the Govern
ment. They had both been quite i'll
before leaving Granada, and the pass
age across The Lake aggravated their
cases 80 much that medical skill prov
cd Of no avail. and they rapidly sank
down to death after tlleir arrival"
No Mons BoRJNg.--The work Of
boring in Canal street, New Orleans
for water, has by ordinance ofthe coun'
oil, been discontinued. Tho Picayune
says:
Though six hundred feet Of alluvial
deposit the exploring augors have dos
cended, and have brought up shells
which had beon undisturbed for half
of n century Of centuries Strange
secrets have come to light from the
deep-delvod earth Of deposits made
even In ante-diluvian times, and Of
the growth, year by year, of the foun-
dations Of our city" the homes OF
men, where the wave hath been. -
Tho bottom of The alluvial deposit has
not been reached, though sufliciency
of depth has been penetrated to admit
of six cypress forests one above the
other. What time it would take the
Father of Waters to convert these six
hundred feet of the ocean water into
solid land is q question which would
puzzle the greatest Of philosophers
The work of digging we understand
has been abandoned because it has
been found impossible to force tubing
any farther down into the depths, the
casting being Of insufficient strength
to admit of the requisite pressure on
the topmost end.
i Dee
ATTEMPTED EscAPE.-On Tuesday
night, an attempt was made by seven
y1.,aaroc, l., tLa 81 ,.r,aoy IN n fact