New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-12
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popular by gong to the field Of war. Letters from
Rio in the Providence Journal state that every
preparation is making to render his return one Of
the most brilliant events irtte brief history of this
Epeopie. immense arches are spanning the streets,
bearing inscriptions and transparencifs Of the most
Hattefing character, lmmortGlies are seen every
/ where, and words OF praise and welcome will burn
from thousands of gas Jets on the night Of his re-
turn. 1t was reported some time since that an
eaboTateiy wrought sword, costing, with its
diamond settings, over sSa0,000, was to be pre-
sented to him. a new a7ld undeSned turn has
been given to this feature of the welcome by the
action OF a certain Countess residing shere in Rio,
! who contributes largely herself, ana calls upon
| very lady IN Rio to send a diamond with which to
eInbellish the sword nauestioa. There Is scarcely
| any fabulous sum nameable that the cost of this
| sword may not reach under these circumstances"
The distinguished Southern author, Wn. Gilmore
simms, of tue South Garolinian, proposes to COL
| feet and publish volume which shall comprise
az the poems Of merit, put forth in the several
States " the Confedaracy during the progress of
the Of secession and relating to or suggested
t.by its events and incidents. He requests that
copies Of all such be sent him by their several wr
ters, at tse earliest possible period. He could
wish that each piece should be accompanied by the
name Of the periodicalor paper in wEiehit origin
/ ally appeared. The date should be given when
this is practicable.
Atthe recent American thanksgiving dinner in
| Paris, Hon. John Jay, of New York, offered as a
regular tsast: g His Majesty, the Emperor of the
French" As no response had been made to the
toast of the President it was intended that none
should be MADE TO ttllS Dut tllat 1t should
ceived with cheers The assembly was about Civ
ing them, when an excited American Ieaped from
his seat, and jumping into the middle of the aisle,
cried out: :. No American can drink that toast
while single French soldier remains in Mexico.'
The guests generally however, seemed to consider
that under all the circumstances any demonstra-
ton Of ill-feeling vas ont of place, and drank
and checred his Majesty, although neither deeply
nor heartily.
Mormonism looms up as the next hobby before
the country. Old army officers who have served
Oh the plains, and who have been brought in con-
tact with the people of Salt Lake City, are besieg
ing the President with suggestions and plans for
the employment Of our military force against the
Latter Day Saints, in default of opportunity for
their employment against Maxmilian and Napo-
I leon.
| Brunswick, Ca, where he will engage in the lun1-
Der business. 1t is his purpose to erect two large
mills on tie Brunswick Railroad and will carry on
an extensive business in connection with other
gentlemen. r.
FATAL OCcuRRENoE-SereY-0lP Persons Di.olr1,ed
!; The Columbia Poo.nix, of Dec. 80, says: awe
have been informed by passenger, who arrived
in this city yesterday, of fatal occurrence the
Pee Dee river, where the Wilmington and Man
chester railroad bridge formerly stood. On Wed
nesday it appears that in crossing the river the
passengers became excited at the reported sink
ing Of the fiat, ard a number of persons, princi
pafiy women and children, jumped overheard
! Eight are known to have been drowned and seve
raj more are sUpposedato have lost their lives
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passenger at the risk of his life. What originated
the report it is impossible to say the flat arrive
= Oh the other SIDE in perfect safety"
t MURDER AT DoCToRrowN.-We learn that OF
Sunday night last, an old citizen Of Doctortown
h Henry Granttam, was fatally shot by one of Com
pany X, l03d u S. G. T., stationed at Doctortown
The bali entered the heart and the victim died i'm
: mediately. -Four of the colored soldiers impli
Gated in this bloody deed. After the old man wa:
killed, his wife came out on the porch to give hel
n assistance in getting her husband in the house
. The soldiers Immediately made attack on her
f it is reported, brutay cutting and bayoneting her
# The right side of her face, head neck, etc., wer
5 fearfully mutated. The sufferer lies in critica
condition The offenders are all under arrest ant
. are to be tried by military commission. Bloc,
l. was found on the clothes OF the prisoners Gran
thaIa's children were all absent from home.
Grantham and his family were much respectes
in Wayne county. Mr.. Grantlan's eldest daughte
was also in the fray, and received quite in
: iures, a severe wound in the head, finger nearly
taken off and other injuries After Mrs. Granthan
became insensible, she was dragged through the
n hall of the house and thrown under bed in The
/ ante-room, whence regaining her senses, she
: made her escape from the house into field neal
by Mrs. McColum also escaped from the houst
k and gave tho alarm. Some of their neighbors
hearing the cries for assistance, rendered. it prompt
/ ly. Mir. Grantham 5 residence is about nine mile
below DoctoEtown, on the river.
n Isavannah Herald.
Il A TERnIpLE MURDER IN BROAD DAYLIGnT--Tn
t. VICTIM RoSBED.-One of the most horrible acts o
/, murder and robbery took place yesterday WhicI
n has been perpetTated in this community for man.
months. Mr.. Darwin Stewart, sen of Mr.. L. Pinci
-, ney Stewart who was formerly a well known cit
i, izen and lawyer here, was shot by negro
~ dressed in the uniform of soldier, yestcrda.
~ morning about ten O'Clock, three miles trnn
a town Ell the fernando road. Mr.. Stewart, whcs
u surgeon informed us late last evening that h
n would not live threagh the night, tes the follsw
'S ing facts of this cola boodcd Transactions. He ha
u started 10 his mothers plantation, which is il
" Mississippi some fourteen miles from Melsphis
u by the lIernand&. road, having been left by TIL
IL IL train of tie Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
as as and when he had gotten the distance mentioned
u he fell pierced through the right lung by muske
- bali from person who till then was concealed
i, He was then approached by the negro as we hav
IL IL told and roughly-with oaths-asked to give Il
III his money. His helpless condition prevented hi
from doing nything but submit to be plundere
!, OF all the money he had about him and fine go
I" watch, once worn by and having engraved in it ii
-, name Of his dead father, e. p Stewart. The n
y gro then made off, and up to a late hour had n
u been apprchendel, though We understand the p
lice are on the pursuit. Mr.. Stewart lay in til
g terrible and suffering state until between and
49, O'Clock in the afternoon, on the spot where !
NJ first fell, when he found by an lrishman WI
his recognized him-hayng onceiived with the famil
lc- He was then brought into the city and placed
the residence of his aunt, Mrs. Turley, on Wellin
ton street. Drs. Rodgers and Hodges were call, !
in attendance, but nothing could be done for Il
IN unfortunate man. How much longer are our pc
ur pie to be the witnesses and victims of such lawle
mt brutality? We trust there will be no cessation
l..
nc and subjected to the punishment which SO foul
re- crime deserves-[M Memphis Appeal.
hy A magnificent cotton swindle, by which Jud
A Walker, formerly reading clerk Of the Natiol
om House OF Representatives, Judge Hughes, of Tt
"a nessee, and certain parties in New York we
'oe swinaled out of twenty thousand dollars, has j.
u leaked out. The swindle concocted by
ING ex-Colonel named James Z. B. Allen, of Pan
Illinois, another young man of that place being
confederate, and was cOnsumnlated in st. Lo
no last week. Aliens confederate professed to o
io fifteen hundred bales of cotton on Red Riy
SIS which he sold to Walker receiving $50 900; to
inc the balance when tue cotton was delivered on
rye river bank It Is also alleged that there was
- to murder Walker, and thus possess themselves
the hundred and eighty thousand dollars which
10 was known to have. The plot was coniidcd t
w gambler of Paris, named Whtsett, who blowed
sfe, Allen and his confederate are still at large
ses Tie Emperor Of China, not content with pail
yise as large as some towns, inside Of Pekin ITSELF
ose with another vast palace and domain at a 1
miles distance, has a park surrounded with Y
which extends forty miles, close to the CITY,
t.. On Wednesday last, some men working o.
Jag scalludng five stories high, in Bliho, got int
ops dispute, and took this elevated position for
. of eral skirmish. A policeman finally settled the
itia iicuty without loss of life.
and The Memphis Argus gives the following sta
tor tics with regard to horse stealing in that vicin
,o, We learn from the chief of police that th