New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-27


had Illegally refused to register him (Bech.l The
officer suffered himself to be arrested, but
promptly gave bond for his appearance at court
to answer the charge and proceeded with the
registration.
THE TERR1BIE-MR. FIELD.
PICroN, N. S., Sept. 29.-The Terrible arrived
here at O'Clock this evening on the midway. AS
soon as coaled, she win proceed to the Strait OF
Northumberland. Mr.. Field came passenger on
the Terrible from Aspy Bay.
CHOLERA REPORT.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2S.-Seyen deaths from q, emo.
lera occurred yesterday, and two to-day. There
| are number of cases not reported.
RIVER AND WEATHER AT r1rTsBuRa.
| P1TrsBuRG, Sept. 2S.-The river is falling
slowly. with Is feet by the pier mark.
FROM cH1cAao-AN EXCITING RACE-FHE TRoT Be
| TWEEN BUTLER AND CooLEY--A TRAaIoAL TER
\ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, DRIVER OF BUTLER,
| KILLED-sUsPIoIoNs OF FOUL PLAY AND AR
1 RESTS OF IMPLICATED PARTIEs-pEATH OF JOHN
| L. SCRIPTS. .~
| CHICAGO, Sept. 23-The trot which took place
| yesterday afternoon between the famous horses
Gen. Butler and Cooley had fearful and traglcal
termination. The trot was for purse Olive thou
| sand dollars. The side bets and pools were I'M
mense, and the excitement very great. The race
| was announced for three o'clock, but the horses
| did not start until four. The track was quite
heavy, owing to the continuous wet weather; The
first two heats were won by Cooley in 2:3S3 and
2:973. The third and fourth heats by Butler in
2:32 and 2:333 Considerable dissatisfaction was
expressed at the decision of the judges on the
/ fourth heat the friends of Cooley claiming that it
was dead heat. The excitement became at one
time almost insubordinate but finally subsidized
when the horses again started. AT this time,
owing to the delays, it was almost completely
| dark, so dark that it was impossible to follow
them with the vision around the track.
/ At length q shout was raised and Cooley
came in under the wire, close behind him came
Butler, without 8 driver, and went careering
around the tESok. The crowd gathered around the
| establishment
cause. Again Butler came around and dashed
away without pause. A third time he came
swinging around the circle when blanket was
| thrown over him and he passed into the stable
| quite unframed. But whereswas the driver The
fact was announced from the judges stand that
McKeeyer was left dead on the back track, and
a scene Of wild excitement ensued. Strange ,t to
say it did not appear to be caused by the ntelli-
gence of the drivers death, but by the dIsappoint
Ement at the unsatisfactory result OF the contest
| A decision was vociferously demanded OF the
| Judges They repeated the assertion that Mckee
| yer was killed, and announced that the decision
| would be postponed, which only ELECTED louder
/ calls on the part Of the crowd for an immediate
decision. The loss Of q man was apparently moth
ing compared with the loss of bet. 'We have
put up our money y they cried, "and we want to
4 have it ~ Finally, all bets were declared off, and
| the crowd began to separate.
| Search was immediately made, and the mani
mate body of Mckeeyer was found near the half
mile post His skull was found to be badly frac-
tured, and his case pronounced hopeless. He is
| still alive, but can scarcely survive but few
! hours. He is entirely insensibe. The cause of
| the accident is shrouded in mystery.
| Riley, the driver of Cooley who was behind,
1 says that McKeeVer run into the fence, and the
| wheel of the sulky few up and hit McKeever on
| the head. The fact that McKeevers hurt is on
the opposite side of the wheel which is said to
have hit him, throws doubt on this assertion The
fact that piece Of board or scanting of conside.
rable length was found near the body with blood
and hair on the end of it, points strongly to the
supposition that there has been foul play, and
that some persons in the interest of the opposing
horse had taken this course to secure themselves
against possible defeat. There is much excite
ment in this city upon the subject, and several
arrests have been made of parties supposed to be
implicated. McKeever, the injured man. is part
owner and manager of Gen. Butler.
It is q remarkable and even mysterious coinci-
dence that the two principal owners of the two
best horses in the United States, Dexter and But
ler, should meet with tragcal end in this city
within twenty days Of each other-Trassell the
owner of Dexter, at the hands Of his mistress, and
McKeeyer at the hands of some person as yet I'M
known.
John L. scripps, ESQ, for many years one Of
the editors and proprietors of the Chicago Tri- |
bune, died at Minneapolis on Friday last, aged 48
years.
tween Cooley and Butler, the first two heats were
won by the former, and the next two by Butler.
The excitement before the fifth heat was intense,
and considerable ill feeling displayed by the
drivers of both horses. Jockeying delayed the
start for the last heat until after dark from which
Butler came in without his driver, who was found
near the half mile pole with his skull broken
There are suspicious Of foul play, and Cooley's
driver is under arrest. The driver of Butler.
named McKeever, is still alive this forenoon, but
his recovery is doubtful. ~
FROM ACKNOWLEDGMENT CONGRESSIONAL NoMI-
NATIoN--RAyAGEs OF CHoLERA-PANIo AND sUs-
| PENSION OF BUsREss-EXoDUs OF THE PoPULA-
TIoN--WEATHER AND RIVER.
Especial Dispatcht to the Missouri DemocrRtl
Tenn. ,22,-HOl. -,
Bruce was nominated to-day as candidate of the
johnson party to fill the vacancy in the legisla-
ture ocoasioned by the resignation of Samuel j.
Carter. Ex-Gov Wells Brown was manager of
the meeting. Judge Bruce accepted the nomina-
ton in brief speech. The judges opponent
nominated yesterday, is D. Dfckey, an old and
highly respected citizen, but of radical politics.
Cholera, that every body hoped had taken its
| flight, has broken out with fresh violence, and
panic prevails throughout the city, and business is
almost entirely suspended, The trains out to-day
carry large numbers of passengers. Deaths in the
city to-day number sixty-three. There are few
arrivals at the hotels, and the exodus tomorrow
will almost depopulate the city. The epidemic is
confined to no particular class; high and low
suffer alike, many cases to-day being in the most
prominent families.
The river is rising rapidly; the weather is clear
and cold, and lumber in RATS arriving.
THE SOUTHERN LoyAIIsTs AT CINCINNATI.
| CINCINNATI, Sept 25.-The delegation of South.
nloyalists arriVedhere yesterday afternoon, and
/
| ket space. where the delegation was welcomed by
/ Mr. A. r. Perry, chairman of the meeting.
| Speeches were made by Col. Branscomb, of Mis-
souri,, Gen. Thomas, of Gov. Brownlow's staff, Mr..
Fowler, of Tennessee, and Mr. Griffin, Of Georgia.
/ A louisville dispatch to the Enquirer says Mr..
Farris, mail agent of the steamer Gen, Buell., ar
rived there yesterday and was delivered over to
the United States court on charge ofmurder.
I ORDNANCE ExPERIMEETs-LIsF OF SHOTS.
4 FORTRESS MONROE, September 21--By Mall
After innumerable delays the ordnance expert
ments commenced this morning by the board of
engineer officers appointed to investigate the
value of iron for permanent Notifications. The
guns which were used were well tested previously,
and consisted of fifteenth-inch smooth bore
Rodman gun and twelve-inch rided piece of the
same patent. At half-past eleven the first shot
was fired from the ffteen.inch gun at wooden
target placed at the right Of the stone one SO as
to obtain proper elevation, and a few moments
later the firing commenced.
The following is a correct list of the shots, and
their effect upon the target, as made from per-
4 sonal observance:
The first shot was fred by ffteen-inch Rod
man gun at an elevation Of forty-minutes, charged
with forty-slx pounds Of powders weight of ball
round shot, 49, pounds, It's effect was an linden.
tation in the upper plates, about fifteen inches in
diameter and three inches deep. At the rear of
the target two granite blocks were broken and
forced outward, and the seams opened in their
immediate vicinity. The pressure on the gun was
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