New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

CRIME Is FR.scs.-The Lille Journals relate an OK
trs"rdinary crime: Some nhabauis of the village ot
AsCq hat 'OwL having on sunday evening hcafu
ciie- Of Z" murder 10 house occupied by al aged
couple amed Desquens, welt into the louise, and to
their surprise found the couple lying dead on the noor,
With theii skulls beaten in ana their daughter me
youig wOmsn, lying dead, with her head, which was
also bea,en in III tub Of water. On going up stars
they found in tbe young woman's chamber Il man
IAN ed DewHs, and they st once arrested him. AZ he
H. ade some resistance they bOutd him hand aud foot
blood and OF being question ed be coLfessed that he
WIS The urderef. His story was this: Having re-
Gently married 10 In want OF money to furnish his
lCu-e and he resolved 10 commit murder Ia order 10
obtain some. lie accordingly few days ago procured
ban uer with which to perpetrste the crime, but on
reflects. be thought would be wrong to KILL and he
threw away the BANNER IN corDheld On sunday,
however he renewed hie resolution, and he went Ia
tie field for this han ner He aerward proceeded TO
the house at old NJ. Derquiebs 10 whose service ne
had previously been, and who he knew, was some
what wealthy. After talking with NJ. AMI Ma'iaiiIc
Desqg, Dr. little time, he rushed on the latter,
spd With iva or three blows ou tho head with bis
hsmI er laid her dead al bis feet he next turned ON
the old man who too estOunoed to cry out, aad
mud, red him in the sane way He then proceeded
TO search for money but the daughter having heard
sirsI &c boise hurried down starr and she, seeing
her par,pt lying bath.d in blood cried out for assist
sLce. The assassin RUSHED toward her, and she ned
but he feed her 10 the ground BY two blows Oh
the back az the head. There blows, howeyer oil not
kill Ter and be dragl ed her 10 the tab led with wa
ter and brustiDg her head into The water he held It
down until she wa. dead. The man IN relating thus
honble story seemed 10 feel little emotion, but he
added be hao been impelled TO the crane by nryste
riOus force be could Dot reslst.
CEyA1 STORM .SD Loss or LIFE'-THe Madras
dfLes0Ura -uyt We regret to have To report he oc-
cunerce Of another Of those hurricanes att hded by
great loss of life aud property, which frequently y'
the CorouaI DE-. COaet ID the months OF April aud May
Lat year a. may probably be recO!leeted, many Eu-
ropesn built ships and nuumersble native craft we're
stranded the Madrss beach in consequence ct ooe Of
these storms tbr year Negspsam IN The PaDJore as
inc, and Oh the southern coast u this Presdecy mas
been the ,cene Of dissier. Strong gales aud heavy
rsip- commenced on the I'D ut and continued 40 TO
the 26ih During thst time Dot ese than from hieen
10 twenty inches Of rain fell the rivers were IN taii
fresb kmeuis we've carried away, and trees aud
Iou,es were blown down in all parts Of the district.
ON The G., the hurricane ragged with great violence,
az the numerous wrecks between Negspa am aud Call
mere sufficiently show. Upwards Of thuty four yes
sells chiefly squarerigged ones have been destroyed
| il BE- ieveo by the collector that all the crews have
been saved. 10 one Gaze, however, there hos been
meet laInentabe lose Of life. Darn the night OF the
hurricane the Brtsh bark Monarch, which had sailed
from N.pspstam for Penang with 300 coolies board,
came 10 collision with ths British ship Balynceico,
bound from Calcutta TO Glasgow. Both ships we're 90
disabled that they immediately came ashore about
eight miles to the south u Negapatan. The crews OF
each vessel managed to save Themselves out tue no
FORUM ate coolies Il j. stated BY the collector of the
district, we're nearly all drowned
SHnwREcx AND Loss or 400 LTEs-1nfornation
has been received at Lloyds OF the loss Of FRENCH
vessel on the 2ith Of April, between Negapa,sn and
Ceyon during The prevalence of gale, whereby no
ftwer than 40 IndaBs lot their lives II Is supposed
that the vessel referred 10 y the La Foi, Capt. La
resp. which .sled from Pondicberry on the 18th o
April for Reunion, and tina, the natives on board were
about TO be employ the cultivation of sugar in the
latter place.
MAErGsas OR MELEGASo.-The name Of Marignsn
AGAIN oecurs in Italian wars. II wa the scene Of
ssuguibsry battle between the Swiss and the Duke Of
Milan on one side and tire French under Francis the
First on the other and in which more than ~. Oo men
vers s!sip The Swiss lost the hrsvsst troops 90 that