New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-11

GREAT TRorTING RAcE.-Under date of the I'd
instant the New York correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier writes?
Another bold champion of the turf has challenged
Flora Temple to a trotting match. Princess, q mare
which has been recently brought from California is
to try her speed and bottom with the queen of the
trottlng turf. This horse Princess has done consid
erabe and successful duty on the course. She halls
originally from Chicago, thence she went to New Or
leans, and everywhere she gave good account of
she covered herself with glory and filled the pockets
of her owner with any quantity of the genuine dus"
1t was in the golden State that Princess won the
great ten mile trOt for purse of $36500
This famous trotter arrived here from California in
one Of the steamers some three months ago. She
was expressly brought back to this side of the con-
tinent with view of matching the best trotters 60
ing. Ethan Allen was pretty full of engagement un
til he met Flora Temple. 1t is the gossip in sport
ing circles that if he had conquered her. he would
have trotted no more matches with any horses on
any conditions. He was to have retired, as situa
ton, upon the laurels he had won, and his owner
intended that he should not run the risk of losing
them.
The time for the great contest between Flora Tenn.
Pile and Princess has not yet been fixed. The latter
heing a mare of wonderful bottom as her ten mile
race in California showed, her owner has arranged
two matches with Flora Temple. One is to be two
miles and repeat, and the other three and repeat.
The New York public will go with its little favorite
Flora. | mentioned yesterday that Col. Jo Hail. the
owner of the Lantern made up on yesterday some of
his previous losses in contests against Ethan Allen.
He is said to have the last trot, betting on
Flora Temple, slsOOO
ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN TExAs.-The Nacogdoches
Chronicle gives an account of serious difficulty
which occurred near Breytown, in that county, on
Friday the 9th ult. A large party had been to a
fishing frolic and in the division of the fish diff.
Guilty arose. in which Mr. Shannon shot at Mr.. jeff.
Henson, knocking off his hat. As he was about
shooting again, Sol Henson, brother of jeff, shot
Shaddon dead The evidence upon the inquest went
to show that Jefi was advancing on Shaddon with q
knife at the time the latter shot The Chronicle also
gives the finale of the above tragedy, as foows
Mr. Hollaway Powers, an elderly gentleman, and
of the parties at the unfortunate fishing froIic
Brleytown, killed on Saturday last, at his
residence, seven miles North of Nacogdoches, by q
person or persons unknown. By the evidence of his
son at the coroners inquest, it appears that soms
men came to the old mans house, who asked to SCI
him. The son went out, and on his return the ole
man went out, and as two of the men approached he
told them to stop twice and then reached for his
Just as he got it in his hand of the men fired
striking the gun. The party firing then got behind
| tree, and him and the old man shot simultaneously
The latter was shot when his drew him into the
the house and shut the door. Two of them shortly
came in and felt the old mans pulse who was already
dead. The entire party then went of. The son is
unable to identify the parties 1t is also rumored
that Powers fred first.
1t now appears that the parties above had a
writ for the arrest of Mr.. Powers and came into the
yard at the request of the son. On Powers coming
out with the gun, of the parties told him if he
not complying, the facts occurred as above. A
brother OF the Mr.. Shaddon killed at Brieytown did
the shooting.