New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-16
Louisiana Interior.
The Pointe Coupee Echo, of the 10th ms

The Ponte Coupee Echo, of the 10th inst,
says;
From the account of weather, unfavorable to
the crops, that We have seen in papers of differ
ent parts of the State, we think that we have
lately been favored in this particular. AL
though the sky has threatened rain almost
every day, for the last ten days, very little has
fallen; not enough to lay the dust The cane
in this parish looks as fine as possible, and
promises to yield as we'll as last year The cot
ton crop is fair, considering the unfavorable
circumstances which it has undergone, and
which we have duly chronicled The health
of the parish continues to be very satisfactory
The yellow fever is prevailing in the town of
Washington, in the parish of st. Mary.
We take the following from the st. Landry
Wing of the 10th inst:
We are compelled to suspend the publication
of the ST. Landry Wing. Owing to the yellow
fever which has Just broke out at Washington,
in our immediate neighborhood, all our jour-
neymen have left town. We hope to be excused
for the non appearance of the paper until we
can get hands to continue the publication.
The Board of Police of the town of Opelousas
have passed resolutions establishing a strict
quarantine on all persons or things coming from
Washington or any other infected region.
The Supreme Court of the State commenced
its sessions at Opelousas on the 9th inst pres
ent, the Hon Thomas Slidell, Chief Justice.
and Judges Ogden and Buchanan; absent,
Judge Campbell.
The Opelousas Courier of the 10th inst. con-
tains the following
DIABoLICAL MURDER OF WHITE MAN BY HIS
SLAvE--It becomes our duty, as public Journal
lists, to record a most outrageous murder of
white man by his slave, in his own house. The
following are the particulars
On Monday last, slave belonging to Mr.. Oil
vier Lafieur, one of the oldest and most respect
able residents of Grand Prairie, in this parish,
procured out of his masters house double bar
relied shot gun, loaded with bullets Meeting
his master somewhere on the premises, near the
house, he discharged the contents of one barrel
into his masters shoulder Mr. Laleur, who
was not armed, ran to the house and locked the
door. The negro pursued him, and broke open
the door with an AK, and, ON entering the house,
attempted to discharge the second barrel at his
| master, which resulted merely in the explosion
of the cap. Mr.. Lafeur then fled to the corn
| crib, where he was pursued by the slave, who
| threw his master down and beat his head with
the barrel of the gun, until life was extin-
guished. The cries of Mr.. Lafleur attracted
| several persons to the spot, among whom was
his nephew but it was too late to save him
| The slave was pursued to his cabin, where he
was surrounded by several guns, ready to make
the most desperate resistance to his capture
He received shot from the pursuing party, il
i the shoulder, and was making a move to defend
himself, when he received second shot in the
head, and fell He was captured and brought
to the Jail of this town, where his wounds were
dressed. 1t is supposed that he will live long
enough to be made public example of, and suf
fer the awful retribution that is in store for him
"Le Tigilanf' of the 10th, published al
Donaldsonville, has the following:
| QUARANTINE SCENES. hear of some very
amusing scenes occurring in Franklin, occa.
stoned by the quarantine law lately established
by the corporation and police jury. A gentle
man who arrived here lately, describes the
posse or squad, who are authorized to carry Out
| the law, in most ludicrous manner. In the
| first place, they had cannon, made Of the
pivot of a sugar mill, had her charged to the
muzzle with slugs, ETC., and let her off at thu
| bayou, which created a tremendous excitement
among the small fry in the bayou and on shore
| Then the forces were marshaled with guns and
pistols to go through the necessary exercise O.
shooting at the mail boat as she passed, pro
| vided she had not clear bill of health. AL
the old fogies Of the place shouldered arms, ant
| among them an old Dutchman, whose gun wa
so long that he had to take the street to turn
corner. The druggists have furnished each on
of the protectors of the health Of the plac
with camphor bag to be placed on his nose
and the Temperance Society has giyen a cart
blanche to all its members who join the valian
band. Since then, the members were neve
known to be in such spirits. They have erecte
an imaginary mail boat on the opposite side
the Teche, and the one who makes shot near
est the centre is entitled to an extra campho
bag, to be placed where he may think proper
Each member of the band is supplied with
penny whistle, so that he be prepared to Civ
the alarm on the approach of danger, TIL
doctors of the town have not the least fear, bu
have given their opinion of the matter in Latin
which has quieted the minds of most of the oil
grannies of the place Purgative medicines o
all kinds are considered ga drug'-no sale.