New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-11
NUMBER lo9.
NEW YORK eoaREsPeaDKNcE.
Special ss.tisa New Orleans orsseept.I

at her dock, at the fost Of Hammond street. as If
she we're no saonster at all. She is as mush like
one of our fifstslass steamships as abig elephant
is like little oDe,'' like the A6riatie with FEW
additional masts seen through q Hfagnifer or 55-
held by Taen a few inches hEgh.+ haye heard fsT
ezcsamations of woadef at her magnitude, for pu3
lie pectstion with respect 20 her seems to hays
been wrought to excess, and even tse Japanese
who passed scr Their way 70 the Niagara, which
takes them home, gazea upon hsr as an ordinary
sight but thes they might looIs at the Falls Of
Niagara with tee same stolid indifference. heard
an IFishman While beholLSng her eEclains. ssSure
she was bitit By the fairies!" By tile fairies, 7
calculated his companion. *ye nane the giants, =
tyez right Mike, name the DESCENDANTS of Goliath
and Fingai," rejoined Pat, standing corrected. |
Much disappointment has been caused hy eaag-
| geratea descriptions Of the Great Eastern, and
when people have seen told that they cannot
imagine her immenzity. their fancy has rnn wild
and stretched her from the eastern TO the western
4 horizon But the necessity the public has been
under of eurtaiIing her length within the bounds Of
possibility, has not disgased the majority half
| much as the price, 81, which her directors haTe
/ thought proper to charge for sight of her inte-
/ rior wonders. Everybody seems TO be convinced
that they will quickly reduce this charge and curbs
i his inpatencc accordingly. Our snobs have.
however, ayailed themselves Of this measure Of eX-
ciusiveness but their paucity is very gratifying
\ to the advocates Of cheap admissions.
i The Japanese Embassy has had the goodness to
leave us just as We were getting tired Of it. After
the ssgrand reception humbEg given in honor Of
these distinguished foreigners, their popularity de-
clined at once rapidly, and now that the expense
has been contracted, of which we shall repent at
leisure skepteisIn as to the adequate benefits Of
trade with Japanis confident and demonstratige.
II; An Alderman, however, assured me confidently
that the Japs ere nice fellows, although at the
same time he ayerred that they had changed their
j underclothes but twice in this country, once on
Y their arrival and again just prior to their de-
J parture.
Before they left tie Metropolitan H6tel, select
; party Of them, jolly Warren Leland, three Of the
principal naval officers and one or two Of our mt-
nicipal governors had an exclusive tight TO-
qether tshigh old Time, during which oil formal
$ diplomatic and national restraints was abandoned
and every one present became az jolly good fel-
low al champagne, sakee and punch could make
9 him. They exchanged coats all round, the climax
# of japanese friendship and conviVialitT, danced
Y Japanese dances, sang songs and gave themselves
y up to the iovia inspirations Of the hour. The "a
i panese, who exchanged with Warren Leland, was
I, very thin and Warren's coat would have wound
: three times round him. and his porty host looked
as il he had turned miraeulously fat and 0utgrown
? his clothes in day.
On Saturday night we were startled BY the COM
y mission Of a double murder id the heart Of our
!, city. The first victim was Mr.. John Walton, q
wealthy distiiler, Of the firm Of Long q Walton,
Y Eighteenth street He was an Engshman by birth
! and had been twice marred-once too often, i
seems for his latter wife, a woman Of very Doubt
full antecedenfs and violent character is suspected
of instgating his murder on account Of his appilca
ton for divorce from her. Her SON. Charles Jetlerd
!, is supposed to have done the deed; but this is al
y most d mere presumption. About halfpast Il
= o'clock on Saturday night, Mr.. Walton accom-
panied by his cousin, Richard H. Pascal, was pro
y = ceeding homeward through Eighteenth street
y ~ where he passed man in a white coat, eanin
= against tree, beyond which they had, gone bu
five or six steps before this unknown person rshe
- after Walton and shot him in the head, just benin
the ear Walton fell mortally wounded; his assas
: : sin fed, and Pascal shouting mnrder,n starte
= after him, couple Of policemen, several citizens
= among whom was Mr. John Watts Mathews, joinin
in the pursuit at the corner Of Sixteenth street
- Irving Place. Mr.. Mathews had nearly oEertake
. the fugitive, who turned upon him and fired, lods
ing bali in the chest of his pursuer who fell, ea
3, claiming, g am dead man. This fatal eyei
G. seems to llave stopped the hunt for the mofllen
g s. and the daring homicide escaped. Mathews die
II ina few minutes, and Walton in afeW hours after.
revolver was found the tday near the spot Whel
s the latter murder was committed, which had tlrt
- OF its five chambers loaded and two discharge
- The brothers Charles and Edwin Jeferd hare SIM
= = given themselves into custody, and in prise
~ awaiting the issue Of the Coroner's inquest no
= pending. Mr.. Walton had long been apprehensiy
- of danger from his sons.in-laW and their mothe
:. Mrs Ellen NJ. Walton, formerly Mrs. Russell,
:. - very splendid woman of her age, but who had d
" ceiyed her husband to the number Of her prev
:, Gus marital partners, lovers and egitimate chill
rem. Her two eldest sons, having introduced pro
- titutes into the house of their fathef.inaw, wei
expelled from it; and their mother esponsin
- their quarrel, became exasperated against h
~ husband threatened his life, smashed his fnrntur
and upon his institution of suit for divorce, ha
= it is suspected. instigated her eldest son Charl
to commit the murder that has reused our eitize
Us, from their apathy with regard to such freque
RAJ and mysterious crimes The parallel between I'll
ta homicide and that of Burdell is very striking. II
IN hope of inheritng the property of the murdered
o seems in both cases, to have been the main ineii
Y ment to the commission of the deed, and as NJ
Walton il said to have another husband living t
-. impoteney Of the attempt seems to be equal.
tle Our fremen are beginning to amuse thelnsels
of again, by extinguishing one another and 0
,er. anothers engines instead of our fires. Last Ta
mn day night Thirteens and Twenty-one's fellows h
md as sharp and fierce real bullets and cit
tba as you could wish to behold in regular warfa
l,oa About dozen were placed H0rs de combat in
hat many minutes.
une Geo. Law and Gus. A. GonoYier are called vi
the to be joyful, because flaw is found in their he
ger intended TO render them liable in the of $50,
lrse for Isaac Y FoWlers deficiencies. Nh. Oliver Gl
that lick by emitting to put his name to the new bo
You rendering them as well as himself equally n
1no table, has earned their everlasting gratitude, if
out hiscountry.s.
fuse We had our usual amount of glory and firewo
oily yesterday, few fights fires, and an extra mum
Old of accidents from the awkward use Of those
snee guns and q vlainous saltpetre.s
y The Fancy have had to console themselves
they best could for the non.arfigal OF the VII
on,s worshipped Heenan, and have been iefng y
poor Wilkes Mt the Astor House-presenting him WI