New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-17

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HAwssv11.IH, Ky, Feb. K5 2ssta'sea 8: The
exeitament hns suiseMhax Sgbsiaed here lhe cer;
ener has been holding ID inquest over the body OF
III. ii. a. navissn slflec yesterday evening. The
following haa Aesn elioited MiillAm Davasons ta
spn of fhE deSSsSed, stated that he Knew loshlnE
cf his fAtaers zntensicns hut says se ae,ed q,se
atrange hi soine time pask III produced two IS
4efz on6 ID lis VIM aitd 0ne n by splF, trom Dr.
+. A. Dawson The iettef g lis wire Y as fol-
lows ,.,.<
gEiIdsss This DIV lleaye, unknown to you and
every person OF earti Ter the spiritual regons-it
Ii lSt die ieaF at tfpahie here fhat canses me to
select this s1osls III departure. For
months mast hast weighed well the circumstances
that 6oi1sfpl &iis county. and see no chance for
jnssirs4 Ii u ppnr man Aas The Sserrets and Mo-
4{1SHs With him. be y sare Of. and more, than his
jast rigbfss II agsinM him, be stands no more
1sxSkS lkaM in n furnace. I'll this does mot
14S w. yods roe, noe, unto all that Is good
~ 5iftaaas d dts county, am willing, as no
1as8ifa ram ever snht ane vicious and UNI
3 ptid6jp Nsaata, such ~ we have hereI have
Hied3or axe1 thirty years to- lay down my life
xA4t poStioa Of Tho bIighting curse that has cast
axing inil1ahce over ne lana ef my birth for
oxes quarter Of q century, may be removed, and
caAhce given to the good and virtuous to live il
AaenSlsh that 4 fair fame may be once estah-
lshtd ii this county before she goes out Of ex-
istsnce
HI, AZ not suppose MY love If family has grown
less NY love Of all that Il good and virtuous has
only Increased but cannot stand the idea Of
hssing ne bare les swprn by influential men neces
sary " imprison me, and then Il midnight assassi-
nation such aa IS meditated. ] choose rather to
die and, n doing 50, to relieve all can Of trouble
Grevs not for me, however unjust the
word may be TO my memory leave with q clear
coHscieHbe Of having done the best ia my power
uMdsT tile circumstances. y y never was
before Sc fully cenyinced of the influence 81 wealth.
! prayer could avail anything. the desire should
be aent forth that wealth sock the vaults Of honest
and 5dst men only \ \ You have i've sons sons,
and q kneT the material they are made Of, there
fore know they will never forsake ron,
Farewell TO you All, and give my love to al good
pcople, wherever found. IA
N. BIT hive been the prosecutors IF these dev.
Us until ny patience IS exhausted.
III signed bis name il 4 bold, full hand. Another
letter was also handed Il ny bis son. Is as fol-
lows: sss
wife)4 That hare left you ID unex Expected ID you
y not bscause have loved YOU less, but that / |
HAYS loued you more,
Rsass' = a sFssE1ss !, Av1sos.
Nfitten il very large. full hand upon the en-.
ye!epe: WIS Che following
M9 x sldlre2 a should disappear In any way,
want You Immediately 70 open Ibis letter, but IN.
der ~ other circnEastances must i be opened.
Il ssiasnt ffo the above lctters that IL h
tented 70 destroy himself, and that he has had the
thug Ia contemplation for several weeks It is Il
now evident fhat hs A8Id The basket containing the
: bomb on his arm. Alt the persons III the house
tesfiHed that when he entered the store be had
aonathlag under his cloak Che always wore
cloak) when he approached The fire dit tile hack
part Of the store they were si sitting BY the fire
When Ne caae close to, o. among them, he stopped
little and they heard something click almost In
the report Of the bomb followed and the
h0ase was N ruins How any escaped with their
lives il d miracle, He entered it appears, t0 ret
The Aessrs. McAdams too.
Nh. Hathhorn; timer, OF Cannelton, Ind, testified
Y having made tle box was to hold ave quarts.
DaFison Is to be buried this evening. Excitement
has entirely ceased.
Hon. William stesrett i yet very low itis quite
apueftul as to his recovery. Should he die, this
county will be robbed Of one of its best citizens
J. VI Duncan Is quite low, but improving.
II y thought By some that Dawson was insane
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. The Louisville 1
Journal Of The 18th has the following On Wednes-
day, February 9Th, an accident occurred on the
Ohio Central Railrod, near Mansfield, Ohio, which
cansed several lives to be lost, and number Of +
persons were injured. Two of THE passenger cars
ran down 10 feet emhankment, and were smashed t
to fragments, IA its course down the emhankment +
the hindmost car struck TREE and cnt Off about
one fourth Of the car, which took fire from the F
stove, and hurnedup in fifteen minutes. J. Ne Arm
strongy Jl0. Al. Miller 8. III Mastin and r. RI Mar.
shall Of Louisville, were in one Of the cars and
although enc Iaaa who was sitting behind them
Was killed outright and others near them we're
dsnga fopsly hurt ail Of lie Louisvans escaped
without injury other than q few scratches.
hIsslsslRRs IrHss The vleksburg Wig Of
vestarday has the following paragraphs:
Mr. Charles S. Powell, one of the first settlers
1f GQpah county died on the 10Th ult, aged 90
years.
Il An atroeious murder was committed in Carroll +
county in this State, ON Tnesday last BY q negro
bog. on the person Of his oyerseer, afr, Ashley E
The murderer, was arsested
The late freshet III Pamela county did good
deal OF damage, carrying away no less than fiye
bridges besides doing considerable injury to tile
lcvee IN several places.