The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-07

lie rencontre took place IN tnaJ clty. IL up |
,ears that one John Pender, a we'll known fiat
,oat pilot, and young man named Alex Gil
nore, who had been drinking together, got into
IN alteration with watchman named Tiller,
Who was knocked down by Pender. The watch
nan drew his pistol and commenced firing
ipon Gilmore, who also drew pistol and re-
urned the FIRE, when others Joined in, and a
rood many shots were exchanged in the crowd
,ut by whom it was difficult to determine. Pen
Ter, who was wholly unarmed, was very much
intoxicated. At this point the notorious Her
,ules Walker, who was armed with a double
barreled shotgun, heavily charged with buck
shot, approached and fired. The contents of
The FIRST barrel were discharged at the unfor-
.unate Pender, who fell dead, and the other
was leveled at young Alex. Gilmore, who re-
ceived four wounds, none of which were fatal. |
Tiler was shot in the right arm, the ball passing
through the feshy part of the arm and striking |
him on the right side, the ball glancng from the
rib, in6icting only slight wound.
JEALoUsY.-A singular affair is said to have
occurred in Pensacola few days ago. Miss
Susan -, daughter of one of the most dis
tinguished jurists and politicians of Florida,
entertained a most violent passion for Mr.. g.,
Mayor of Pensacola, who had paid her some
attentions previous to his marriage with an
other lady. She took no great pains to con-
had on several occasions conducted herself in
rather an extravagant and startling manner,
but he probably supposed nothing serious
would come of it. One day recently, however,
she went to his house and called for Mrs. g.,
and, when that lady came to the door, drew q
pistol, ready cooked, from the folds of her
dress, and fred at her rival. The bullet
missed, and Mrs. G.. bravely rushed upon the
desperate girl, and wrenched the pistol from
har hut nranara1 and datarn,nad IN ahad
blood, Susan drew knife, and, before she
could be disarmed by others who interfered,
succeeded in infcting a slight wound upon
Mrs. e.. The letter states that her father, in
order to, shield her from a criminal prosecu-
ton, was about to send her to an insane
asylum.
FARMING AND GOLD D-DIGGING IN ARIZONA
A gentleman, whose word may be relied on,
and who is engaged in farming on the Colorado
River, fifty miles from Fort Yuma, says:
Money is to be made at farming. Corn is
worth 10 cents per lb., -four 10 cents per lb,
sugar and coffee so cents per lb. Every thing
else in the same proportion. Wages rate from
$40 to $75 per month. He says that the Gila
gold mines have created great excitement
abroad; that the immigrants are coming in
from all parts Of the United States. They
work awhile, he adds, and then they leave,
begging their food. He says that these mines
will not yield fifty cents per day to the laborer
No one has made much money in Arizona yet,
and he does not think that any thing will be
made hereafter at mining. Tell all persons,
he adds, who talk of going to the gold dig
gings Of Arizona, to stay away, for it won't
pay"
TEE TEXAN FRoNTIER.-The people on por-
ton of the frontier have been in correspondence
with Gov. Runnels, proposing to form an expe.
| oi,,ok lid; a,l tl.no
of the General Government for their pay.
correspondence, moreover, has taken place be
tween Gov. Runnels and Gen. Twiggs, wherein
| the former desired to obtain information whethe
active operations were contemplated by the lat
ter this spring in the wild territory to whicl
the Indians resort. 1t appears from his answe
that this is his design, and he has just issueC
his orders March 23) to carry it out imme
diately.-Austin 7eras) Gazette.
CHERRY CREBK.-The Omaha Nebraskial
testifes to the vast emigration toward the golf
regions through that route alone. For NOR
than two months a steady and continuou
stream of emigration has been pouring into ou
city-mostly destined for Cherry Creek. Such al
| influx of strangers was never before known il
| Nebraska, and We doubt if any thing like
was ever before experienced in single tow
on the Missouri slope. And still the tide o
human beings increases daily--men on horse
back, men on foot, men, women and children
in wagons, and scores by steamboat.
EXPLOSION OF THE PRINcEss.-The Granc
Jury of the Eastern District of Louisiana hav
arrived at the conclusion that no ground exist
for the prosecution of any person connected
with the Princess, with probability of con
viction, under the law governing the case-th
second engineer and his assistant then havin
charge of the machinery, having themselve
fallen victims to the explosion, and no ivinl
witness being found who could be supposed Il
be cognizant of any of the immediate attend
. ant circumstances.
AFRICAN SLAvE-TRADE.-The Jefferson Her
aid of the 8th inst says that the present price
of slaves are such that only the wealthie
classes can own them. The editor contend
that the safest bulwark of slavery is to enabl
every man to own them by bringing the nativ
African into the country. "The editor takes
proper view of the necessity for cheaper slav
} labor" says the Austin (Texas) Gazette.
Nor EXACTLY FISH, BUr-A WHALE !-Th
Troy Whig says of the young lady who die
, from the effect of having her ears pierced, tina
! instead of placing silk in the wounds, as
. customary, she used colored worsted, which wa
the cause of her death. The operation is nc
at all dangerous if conducted in proper man
, ner, with the use of silk or silver wire.
From the New York Herald we clip the fol
lewing, in relation to tho reported cession
the Feejee Islands:
. WASHINGTON, March 80, 1851 see b
: your paper of this morning that the Englis
6 government have or are about to take posses
! sion of the Feejee Islands. The inclosed pa
: pers will show that the chief of Bau, or T,
: VIII, was not regarded by the English mil
! sionary, Rev. Mr.. Calvert, or by Fui Luvuk,
: the chief of 0Valau, as King Of the Feejea
: Archipelago, and, therefore, he had no right
cede'the islands to England. held the chi
of Bau responsible for the payment of none
s due American citizens from those islands, ov
6 which he did not claim sovereignty, beoau
a he was the greatest robber, and had invite
Q King George, of the Tonga Islands, to jo
= him in subduing all Feejee, in order that Il
n islands might be under the control of one chic
# but as they were not successful, he (Tui Vii
y can not surrender the islands to any nstiC
d without the consent of all the chief men of q
# the islands. e. B. BOUTWELL,.
= Commander U. S. Navy.
a In speaking of the English immigration
n Illinois, the Chicago Press and Tribune r
: marks: "The aattering account of the agr
cultural capabilities of Illinois, given by N
:, Card in the letters which we are now publis
y ing--the favorable report rs to the general d