New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-21
eecl.es and Arguments, but By shouiderjna M

The speaker having concluded his reynarta :
which we have given but the briefest kind Of svnor
sys, the Committee reported list OF Delegates r.
the various Districts, which was submitted To ii,
l meeting and adopted.
! MI. McFee, OF Kentucky, was then introduced b,
Mr.. Soule, and made felic;tous and forcibi
speech, at the close of which the meeting ad
| journed.
ATAoeiops MURDER BY A MADMAN. - We hay
| received .he following account Of most foul muir
| aer' "hlcn can only be explained by supposinf
tne wIe1cned murderer to have been insane The
MIND revoits az the idea Of such deeds being com
mitted IN cold blood BY man enjoying his facul
| ties
me Undersigned, passengers on board the
s s,eahaeI p. ". nodge ON her present trim from
Shreveport to New Orleans. deem hat = .tata
ment OF iacts OF an atrocious murder which occar.
RED on board of her on Red river. abont twenfv.
nye nni,es Deiow Grand Ecore on the 18th OF Nav.
officers: ~ VIZ po"i9 ahu ter
man calling himself B. L. Sheath. came ON
5oa[d ~ shreveport, and registered himself a. q
deck passenger for New Orleans. On me next
capt r. Hl'e Mar ef;ay9g Shreveport he to
1oat) ana expressed a desire to be allowed to
change ms passage from deck to the cabin which
was acceded 70 and a stateroom was assigned him
u, w W cierk.s Having small amount Of money IN
ms possession, he deposited ii with the cIerE.
Between and 3 o'clock on tie foliowinn morn.
ing, whie almost all the passengers were asleen
lseverai gentlemen were still sitting mn eonyers.
t tesn ele eames suddenly stepped behind Of
around the head, drew bowie knife from behind
MIN, ana attempted to cut his throat, He was rre
vented from making a fatal wound by JernIoen
catcnng the blade of the knife in one hand and
ar,, wn me other He, however, received
n HAT
Inc passengers who were asleep were reused bv
.ne noise and excitement in the cabin and the
Doal running INTO the bank. Just at that time a
s s;s named Charles NJ Fort coming out of
ms siate,room into the cabin, was fatally stabbed
6y Sieatn, and expired in few moments he re-
sided IN springfield, Robertson county, Tenn. An
other passenger, named R. j. LYLE, Of Nashville.
Tenn, 1ens reused BY the noise, opened his state.
stabbed BY Sheath. Lyle only said 81 am stabbed D
and expired without gr0an, the bowie knife hav
ing penetrated through the heart. d - 4 +
~ TINS Juncture the Captain, who had been
into the cabin, he succeeded in getting lie knife
from stealth, and then secured him. The murderer
mad upon his person at the time of his arrest
several other knives and a revolver.
me murderer 10 deformed creature, small in
stature, broken backed and about Is years of age.
He SAID ne was a native Of Weston, Lewis county
virginia, and that he had been teaching school at
place called Knoxville, in Cherokee county, Texas.
ne Ieasoas gwen py MN for committing the deed
h;s H. iey we're .ne parties who were seeking
acknowledged he deed mi doea a ~. me
particularly about it. -.
we 1eel obligated to publicly express our admi-
acted in preventing violence ben@ daps saat ILL.,
murderer, after he was secured by the crowd. who
were Ioo much excited for reflection, and properly
II In Az Va ~ papnv Juslice ana lhe hands
Martin and the other officers Of the boat for tpir
prompt and determined action in securing Sheath.
hsa preventing more violence being done to us.
r. Smith II r. Texa neaIes, dexas IL w Williams Ia g.
Texas William enigen Texas N aaSmas " Glenn
1asson ob y F Il vInnaa Texas b. Wall H.
On board steamer B, l. Hodge. Nay 10, 1860
ANOTHER Curing ArFAIR.-Jobn MCINTYRE was |
arrested yesterday afternoon in Mr., Sulliyan,s |
iouse, in Girod street, charged with cutting and
dangerously wounding a man named Augustus |
Afizer. ihe latter was removed to the Charity |
where ne lies IN very critical condition.
STABBING.-W Vernon was arraigned before /
recorder Summers, last Saturday, on the charge Of
tabbing James Thomas, in Perdido street the pre-. I
'ious evening. He was remanded to await the re.
ult. Thomas is lying in dangerous condition in
be Charity Hospital.
Tr.r K,,,pp 49,
ioht m bo.rd 10 .taar,,,aot -
man nan,ed W., 60, ~. 'i-ieA
William Iea Tho ,vo,na.a 49,. 49,, wv ~ one
,bar;tv Hoon;to, IT, ,,as. ~ " 'ne
-, - !. e. sssaps'
- "lsh,-uMeer i.any maze an ailidavit
So ,.eaa,e aaioae' anu naa nun arralgned
-. -, -. u..eis .as' aa''iiaa5, charging
50 "ien Aa''ns pea.en ms "iie III most out
i murine bar u .evsre,v nj sha : .nsie
az bad Malone - h,.,,,. = y, ~.
,stort u vs.. Va '''' -'u
Tas brought last Saturday before Recorder Sum-
lers, who gave orders for his admission into the
insane Asylum.
Joseph Doyle, who became insane whilst in the
ity Work-house, was also ordered to be sent to
ie Asylum.
The L1auoR LAw,-Two ahidayits were made
gainst Pierre Sarrante. grocer a. No. 9o5 povdras
rect. one charging him with selling louor to q
ave. and the other with allowing slayes 10 70.
lain in his establishment longer than the law nre.
,ribes He was arraipned before Recorder SIM.
ers last Saturday and gave bonds to appear IL
9th cases, respectively on the 30th and 3lst inst
Mrs. Higgins, whose cabaret is on New Levee
ear Girod street, also gave bond to answer the
large Of having allowed slave to remain in her
Establishment over five minutes.
Lorens Marasciulo, coffeehouse keeper at the