New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-15
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\ cisy WIS thrown into great stata of excitement
yesterday BY an attempt on the part Of some Mex
cans TO rescue comrade who was undergoing
~ melt Inc citizens some months
since, IN tine ABSENCE OF proper IegaI authorities
for the punishment and restraint Ct crime ,1,e II,
convention and framed code Of laws 1esinad ~
penalties for collation., and elected provisional
Judge and sheriff To enforce them These f,v5caaI
ings were found necessary, in piew Of the Iayiesa
ness generally prevailing. and tie institution N
this court has had very salutary eject in Riding
tine town Of many notorious thieves, and generally
restraining crime. The officers though holding no
commissions, and in every way :. provisional are
duly sworn into Office and proceedings at trials
are conducted with TIE regularity and Justice Of
criminal courts; but there 10 Jail there whip
ping is substituted for confinement.
Tine prisoner, in the case alluded to, Tas q team
ster belonging to train Of fifteen Or twenty wag-
ems, from sonora, encamped near town. II was
clearly proved tilat he had stolen 800 from the
party making the complaint. He would not con
fee9 the theft and all attempts to induce h to tell
where the money was concealed were Intellectual.
Upon conviction by the jury he was sentenced to
receive twenty Eve lashes an the bare back. While
the sheriff YVES administering to die prisoner his
sentence, comvade, doubaeas5a parsaceus eragsi-
MS, ran to the camp and told the men they we're
sent fer, and to 20 into towB with their arms He
probably told several On the way that they must
attempt the rescue Of the prisoner, for when the
citizens saw them coming there was a general
ssafapeae for arms, and as thsy went sut 70 meet
tae advancing Megieans OF a rate of speed that
only excited Americans can rn several Of the lat
ter, inc1ding their leader beat a Iasty retreat.
They were chased and fred Rpon but eacaned
rye f,, VINO had lad aside their guns at the first
alarm we've taken prisoners and immediately tried
Fro1nthe e7idcnce produced at the trial II arueaY-
ed that they were in ignorance ofShe who,s affair."
and supposed that they had been sent for by the
traiamaster, who was in town az the lime. II was
also found that their guns sCee hog 7oded and thew
were accordingly discharged. After receiving his
punishment, the prisoner confessed the THEFT, id
connection With others, and the Authorities now
after his accosnpices, who have fed from Sonora.
Intense excitement peryaded TIE entire coInmu-
nifty for time, at this summary attempt upon the
part OF foreigners TO interfere with the admnistra
ton of justice, and if the man wke- caused all this
trouble had been caught, his back would have suf-
tered the consequences.
1t may not be generally known 10 pour readers
that the Supposed largest piece Of meteoric IRON
known Of is now in Tucson. IL was found together
with smaller piece, years since IN this VI
cinity. II Is estimated to weigh between sixteen
hundred and two thousand pounds. The smaller
piece has been used for years as an anv in black
smith shop. Both are described by Bartlett in his
Personal Narrative = who visited Tucson in 1852
while running the boundary line between Mexico
and the United States. At that time Tucson was
the most northerly town in Mexico 9na was mill
tary preside for the defense Of the frontier but
the acquisition of the Gadsden purchase in 1ssAs
placed under the jurisdiction Of the United States
since which time the citizens, debarTed BY Govern
ment from either military or civil protection have
been left to shiftfor themselves.
The larger piece Of meteoric iron above aIluded
to, will shortly be shipped to the Smithsonian IN
stitute, where the curious and scientific can have
the pleasure of inspecting it.
The news from Sonora Still continues to manifest
the most unreliability. 1t is reported that Cen.
Gandara has returned to Sonora, and is marching
at the head of 1860 Yaaui Indians to join Gabolon
do and his sons in their attempt to regoutionize
the Government. If this be true, the Conserva-
tives may be successful, but the report lacks con-
frmation.