New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-28
Trouble on the Plains.

The train OF Oaks and company were most fiercely
attacked ~ the gangs Of desperate and starved emil
grants and was finally captured, and the wagons after
being ried Of their contents were burned In the fight
Mr. Oaks was killed.
The company under Mr.. Nuckolls was also fercely
assailed and driven away from their wagons In the
melee Nj. GriMtha, the newly appointed postmaster
q Auraria, who then on bis way to take charge
q his ONCE fe into the hands Of the desperadoes and
was hung.
These ore the statements Of the letter and we give
tnem ior what they are worth. The letter also
LIONS that the returning emigrants are arriving at
fAcnc City daily by scores, in the most deplorabe
condition OF want and starvation, and exceedingly
and enaged at the Missouri river towns for
me receptions, which they assert, have been prac-
fused upon Them In view Of these circumstance the
reports above given are not ct all improbable.
ABusE or THE FRAMING PRIyILEGE-ARREsr FOR
FoRGERyThe attention Of the proper officers Of the
P0stoce Department has been called to the fact that
number o. circulars have been passing through the
rostomce. bearing the frank of distinguished sena
tor These circulars related wholly to private bust.
ness-being an advertisement Of an agent to prose-
cute claims before the Land Office, while the frank
upon them az subsequently appeared, was forgery.
Mr.. W. y Phillips, the person who mailed the circu-
lars, being INTERCEPTED, admitted that the frank
was not written by the person to whom it belonged
and stated that it had been written too without
even its owners knowledge Or consent. This infor-
who presented him to the Grand Jury, by whom he
was indicted for forgery. He has been arrested and
is now in Jail to answer the charge at the criminal
court. Washington States J
Today, passing the Postofice, we saw living among
the mail bags about to be dispatched to the South
the following articles each addressed to member OF
Congress from this city, at Washington:
one wooden bog, about a foot square, labelled "Dr
IS Universal Remedy"
One jointed fishing rod, carefully done up in brown
paper.
One Old Dominion Coffee Pot, large size.
These were to go as free, maable matter, but being
fanov To ha bad
tiers, they were suffered to go separately The Post
Office Department, it will be SEEM is doing gratis
express business thereby doing great wrong the
express companies Sending coffeepots fishing,poes
and quack medicines is about equal to sending home
the weekly wash" as Congressman used to do
We have not full catalogue Of all the articles that
may have been sent to day to the member who re-
ceives the above articles but we do not see why be
should not receive cooking stove and tnn Of coal
and other useful kitchen articles well the coffee
pot. Philadelphia Bulletin.
LETTER FROM AN ABOLITION FIRE EATER.-Mr. E.
T. Cox, United States Marshal in Ohio recently as
sisted in the arrest of fugitive slave from Virginia.
and shortly afterwards received the following anony
nous epistle:
MAY IL, 1859.
E. z. Coz: Look out for your life for band of
enraged men have bound themselves by the strongest
oath that can be sworn to murder you.
Don't despise this warning nor think it comes from
friend neither, for hate and despise you as bad as
any Of them and if they would have been content to
tar and feather you Wonld have let you take it and
helped to boot, or anything else but take your life.
But mean as you are don't want you killed. So just
take care Of yourself or you will git blue pill or be
bled with big lancet some of these nights that will
stop your hunting poor darkeys.
So look out and you would better keep it to your.
self that you got this letter they may take some
other tack on you, and may be find me out too
Don't keep any horses or cattle shut up in your
barn.
Do You understand.
WHEAT CROP IN TExAs.--A gentleman just from
the wheat growing region in Texas furnishes the
Galveston News with the following information:
have just returned from the interior of the State.
Although there was very general feeling of alarm
lest the late rosts would prove runous to the wheat
yet few days dispeed all fears and showed that the
danger was not material I have been over several
my life any where in the old States and am an old
wheat grower. was in Navarro county on the 10th
inst at which time found the farmers cutting their
wheat, and they told me the crop is more than an
per bnshel which is far superior to the wheat in the
old States where the weight is only IS to co. This
satisfies us that Texas is the best wheat growing
State in the Union.
good wherever l have travelled The corn was dam
aged in some instances, but it has either outgrown
that injury or the fields replanted and the late
planting is now quite forward and highly promising
FRATERNAL AFFRAY. - In the Oxford (Miss.)
Mercury we find the following:
desperate ARRAY occurred at the house of Justice
Adams, who lives about ten miles northeast of Ok
ford, on last Monday night 1t seems that on Sunday
evening last, Erasus q. Boyd whose mother lives in
the neighboIhood, came home very drunk, and com.
menced whipping negro ; his mother interfered,
when he seized and threw her out of the house. On
Tuesday night his brother Spencer had him arrested
and taken before Squire Adams. While at the
Squres house, he slapped and spit ia Spencers face
wherenpon Spencer drew Colts repeater and shot
him twiceone ball taking effect about the center of
the breast, and the other near the right nipple.
DR.. Smith went out there yesterday and extracted
enc q the balls from his breast but he unable to
mud the other He says that the chances are against
| good.
Spencer was taken before the Magistrate, but the
result is not known.
EXPLOSION OF NoN.ExPLos1yE LAMP.-The Nat
cnez Courier Of Wednesday has the following
a. On Saturday, about niue o'clock, glass lamp
,ha III ipr .ne new non explosive fluid exploded in
.he bedroom OF Mr.. E. Lewis, on Commerce street
,I.usilg hls VIE quite seriously on her face and
the room in several places. The fire was soon eS.
tlngnished BY the neghbors. Mrs. Lewis burns we're
up 70 Yesterday, giving her great pain and suffering
With no pn sao was resting upon the table,
qaestonably caused more rapid generation of gas
the glass had strength to resist ana the resnlt
was the pursuing OF the glass and the SCATTERING nj
} the burning liquid in every direction. "
EDITORIAL FRAcAs.-The Nashville News Of Tho
; 2lst says:
The leading editorial of Fridays Banner oceasionea
personal Misunderstanding between Mr.. Beaumont
OF that journal, and Mr.. Poindexter Of the Union
and American. Early yesterday. the latter called on
the former at bis office for explanation where after
some words, there was resort to blows. Bystanders
nterfered, and hostities were interrupted. In the
evening the two gentlemen met on Cedar street, on
posite the State Capitol and exchanged several psto
shots, one Of which took effect 10 Mr.. Beaumont leg
We learn with pleasure the wound, though painful
one, will probably be attended by no serious conse
qnenees. The particulars of the difficulty and hostile
meeting will be spread before the public, we are ia.
by the gentlemen themselves or their friends
An elderly spinster write to a friend I" A wido.
wer with ten children has proposed, a, d have ac.
cepted This g the NUM- er should hi, Q been en-.
titled TO il hsd married ut the proper til e."