New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-07

AWFUL TRAGEDY ~ DRAcur.--Ihe Loecl 45rer-
ttser OF Monday evening gives us some partcAss Of
dreadful tragedy in the town Of Drueut. A young
man named Frank Heath, and his sister Miriam York
Heath living in the further part Of DrGcnt, known as
Black North about seven miles from Lowell were
rested, on Monday afternoon, by Messrs. BGtterfoI
and She'd deputy sheriffs for the murder Of Joshua
Heath, their father last Saturday night
II seer that Mr. Heath, the old gentleman, was q
blacksmith sOmewh, re betSeen 81 and 20 yeNss Of
age, and was OF lntenperats habit. lie and his chill
dreD, who lived together, were often ouarreng; they
planned, especially the daughter, bs striking
beating them. According to the daughters confess
son she had sndeavored TO poison him. by giving him
tea made Of Apple Peru, which he DRINK, az che
thinks in sufficient quantities 70 death il be had
been let alone. But The son, On Saturday night shot
him through the bcnd while he VIVA sitting in his
chamber, and toward morning buried him IN the shop
by digging hole in the ground sufficiently defp 10
receive his naked body, and covering him over with
Sunday.
In the morning, when inquiries made for tho
old gentleman they finally confessed that they had
murdered him. They seem 20 have hut very ont
conception Of the enOnniiy OF the of'nse of which
they have been guilty and yet have spelt but little
lme in grieyng their detection, or "a amenting
the awful Consequence. The body together With tho
prisoners, were brought to Lowell the former being
.eit win the undertaken, Amos H., on Prescott
street, and the latter conveyed "a ian \ co.oner5
inquest had been summoned and w0nld proceed to 40
examination in the forenoon Of Tuesday.
lBo.t6o Traveller, jtb.
COOP NEws IRON THE CiyELs.-The War De-
partment, SAYS Tie Washington Star, have interest
ing dispatches from Lieut.. Beale formerly Of the
Navyl experimenting the construction Of ne military
road from Fort Defiance the Colorado OF California.
They bear date Colorado River, California, Oct IL,
1851" lie has arrived there IN forty egtt days, ex
plorng and locating capital wagonroad from San
Antonio, Texas Everything on the way Va. founi
favorable TO his purposegoOd gras' wa'er, e. and
a gently undulatng country. We haze no room to-
day for his interesting details, which 90 show that
the hitherto almost entirely unexpored REGION through
which he passed is defined 70 be very va .abs. We
quote portion Of what he says of'the osg.s VI the
camel experiment. ~ follows:
"Esurport.d by the testimony 81 every Il y party
should he unwilling to state Oh ihat have heiHdo Siam,
with m determination the The sNIsnus.t should D. no half
have ~c'd them 20 trials with other auirl
could possibly have end lrd and yet have ad not
without he Os 81 cal' t hey admitted those
hsm III Texas, 70 be- in good condition oay when IN
San Antonio In oil eul explorations hey AIRED
water .ornetnes 'r = week or me sed By Tho
hsm.elyes receiving tcxetf 81 them
"Tey have irSyered patiently with heavy pks hese
pbrs'ioIs couu;h Covered WIFI DE Aarpe an OK AID
yet their feet 20 thi. hour have svnced syru
injury With heavy parks they sa, crossed mountains
cenGsd and descencsd ptogs pAc.s where uuDssd Nuns
dpd difficult 70 pas With the asr'alr u ~ d e
mounted and carefully rrki. 10 way tirk would ;" WITHIN
o'nesi0 '.y tlsi ID thee various Islssl ' '' ny h''o