New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-08
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The Washington states, Of the 3lst uit., has the
following
Last evening at dnsk the delegation Of winneba,
goes staying at the Junatta House. assembled on tie
balcony Of the hotel, and treated the public with
war song and war dance all for nothing and the fun
OF the thing. They were in full rig. moccasins,
tomtons, blankets, feathers, tFinke4s
paint and what not, and bad tambourine, to boot.
The tambourine savage hammered away at the in
strument giving Il regular hard knocks At regular
intervals while others pounded the platform wish the
heads and handles Of their tomahawks, and the |
whole sang half savage, half soft sort Of tune,
which, by the way, did not sound In our ears very
warlike. This however, but preliminary stsve,
for when they rose TO their feet and commenced to
dance, the musie-if that It can be called-assnned
wilder and louder character, and rather stunning
One gigantic fellow, With head like huge
pumpkin, and shoulders broad those Of IN Ok, did
the leading hoering part to perfection. At ons time
he put big open palm to one side Of his mouth, and
then to the other, letting fly at each movemest half
shout half scream, that made our ears ring. All tbe
while he kept stamping with bis feet in time to the
tom.toms, and be whrled, and wheeled and wriggled
about after the strangest fashion. We were quite
close to him, and he ducked bis head towards u.s.
and looked US straight in the eye and hoved at u.s.
we thought hs savage nature would get the better Of
him, and that in paroxism he would lay hold Of u.s.
poor pale face, and pitch clean the balcony
We accordingly took the precaution Of holding on to
the iron railing like grim death and made ready for
grapple. VerJ soon, however be turned his atten-
ton to some ladies on an adjoining balcony and gave
| in the shouting, bowling, and gymnaatic line. We
became assured Of safety at last for va saw that
| the warriors began to laugh, and became tckied
amazingly at the fun, curiosity interest," and respon-
siye whirling and screeching among the boys below
| in the Streets
| Absolutely, We believe that savage was making fun
| Of us. Neither the dance song came mp to our
notions of the preparations for battle Of Indian bavs
but this comes, we suppose, from their hearts not
being in the thing. s=Is=44 zss
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phia papers Of the 3lst ult give the following par.
ticulars Of the explosion the previous day, Of
locomotive attached to coal train on the Reading
Railroad, near the Sehuylki Falls bridge
| The engineer, named Josiah Missirner and a
brakeman named John Tolan, both lost their lives
The body of the first named has not yet been found
1t was no doubt blewn into the Schuylkil The
mangled body Of Tolan was found upon the tow.path
Of the canal distance Of hundred and fifty feet
more sickenng spectacle than that presented by
the body, when gathered up, rarely meets the eve.
the top Of the head being blown OF, and the brains
spattered over the ground. The unfortunate man
had fallen headforemost upon q rock. The safety
valve Of the engine was blown tho river into
the yard Of house at the falls where it was found
after daylight. piece Of boiler. as heavy as two
strong men could lift, was found upon bill about
two hundred feet from the spot where the explosion
occurred. The entire locomotive, very powerful
one, was, in fact, dashed into mass Of fragment
upon the bridge distance Of sixty feet from wher,
it stood at tie moment Of the collapse. small
frame building, occupied by Jno. Mcdonnell, stands
near the spot occupied by the engine. The concua
sion rocked this building to its foundation while th
live Goals which were scattered upward, fell upon it
roof and set in on fire. Donnell was asleep at th
time. He was hurled from bis bed against the wal
with violence, and child sleeping in an adjoir
ing room made narrow escape from huge fragmeu
OF iron which was blown through the window Of th
apartment. daughter of the same man was
much stunned by the jar communicated to the built
ing as to remain unconscious for length OF tim
The explosion according to the evidence at the CO
boiler.