New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-22

WAsHIN6T6Sr March iSs- seasfs The hill 90
amend the existing laws rsasvK Ii The eo1speIisi-
ton Of the district attorneys aarslals and clerks
Of the Circuit and Dirtfiet Cousss If the United
States was taken mp, debated and passed.
The special order was taken up. bsipg the Joint
resolution authorizing the enlargement of aud con-
canal. Mr. wade presented joint resolutions n nc
Legislature gf Ohio representing that thceefansaY-
cisi Interests 81 the Giro Valley mperetiveiy aes
manded tns enlargement and Improvement Of this
an amendment was adopted providing that when
the said canal ia enlarged and the branch cauai
constructed and the cost N he Improvement paid
for no more tolls shall he collected ihaa su amount
sufficient to Keep the canal reYif 4 pax for iii
necessary EuperIntendence ard nHlnez
Mfr. Toombs spoke in opposisian n khs h5I say
shares and these were held By directors wlio Son-
troIied the whole work, and did jest what tl&y
pleased; and the idea was, II they made money,
very weIl-but If they got in debt. fae Government
would be called on to Foot the bills
Mr.. Powell said the United States had frceisad
S24 900 more than they ever put into this work. and
had purchased more than seven Thousand staces,
not from money paid out Of the treasury IF fhe
United States but from tolls collected from vessels
passing through the canal. AL they asked n8w
was that they might be allowed to 40 on and mse
the revenue and credit Of the canal TO make TIE
proposed Improvement, without asking one de1laf
Mr. Wade and Ar. crittsnden also advocated the
Inc question beng taken on it, passage y was
agreed fo---yeas 30. mays u. s,ss8s I.
The Senate then went into executive session. II
Hoase-Mr. Millson introduced joint resesu-
ton declaring the construction 81 the set making
appropriation for the satisfaction a ~ virRfnis
military land warrants, approved Ausust ISL.
] Mr. Harris. ii Maryland, introaaced ! SiIl ~
continuing the improvement 81 the navigation u
the Patapsco river. and rendering the part VI Hx1
timore accessible to war steamers. kefsrred q
the Committee on Commerce. NJ. 5sSsssss
# The House passed the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill. 4 81 z
adopted, rendering thanks to the clergy of The
/ District OF Columbia, who previously to the cleo
ton Of chaplain, attended and opened ths dai1y
| sessions OF the House with prayer.
# The Hense then went into COMMITTEES an the rf-
i port to amend the rules. N .g
The committee rose without coming 70 q concln-
sion upon the subject. III
The House passed the Indian appropriation bill
Several bills were introduced and appropriately
referred, and the House adjourned
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDg. The vicinity ii oak
Grove, KY, about twelve miles distant from fhiz
place, was the scene of a terrible and startling
tragedy. in which one man met y sudden and
violent death, and another was SO badly wounded
THAT II is not likely shat he can survive. The par
ties were Charles Bowles, Thomas Hinsley and
! William Broadbent. The affair occurred 81 the
blacksmith shop of HinsIey, ON the Tobacco road
The circumstance, as they were furnished 70 rs \
: these: Some ilIfeeling had sprung UP between
. Bowles and Broadbent. about ak months ago, OF
/ account of suspicious which BFoadbent had con
ceived against his wife, BowIcs who IL one 81 tht
. county constables, was boarding with Bruadbent
Sometime after Broadbent separated from his wife
! and sent her home. Whether any difficulty hai
J occurred between Bowles and Brnadbenf Teeenti
4 Is not known but on Friday last the three inivid
i uals named were together at HinsIey's shop
- Broadbent made some remark, brought out W
e know not how, which Bowies declared % e
j peated he would blow his brains ont Whether 81
Il remark was repeated or not Is not known, eu
I. Bowles immediately shot him dead with double
\ barreiled gun, which liz had III his hand ths ~ol
load of buckshot striking The left side b the rego
Z of the heart making frightful wound and causn
e instant death. Hinsley, who WA the friend
y Broadbent, ran into the blacksmith shop, to q
out Of Bowles' way, but ut the other door met hi
with the gun raised to fire upon him. He struc
down the barrel OF the gun as Bowles was IN Il
. act Of firing, and the load, which was designed r
= his breast, struck the eshy part Of his thigh, b,
il hind tearing away everything to the bone, maxim
! CHASTITY, and, it is believed, fatal wound. Bowie
I Immediately made his escape. sss 5s
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