New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-08

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| tjoxfafnurfoxs FROM LAST ISLAND. Tho Wis
Iitorv Il Last Island, rs we learn from the
plso nsnaine Sentinel If the Sd inst, have con-
tributsd 1851 for the relief Of the sufferers here
| By The epidemic.
From tho Sentinel Of the Sd We select the fol-
flowing:
RESISTING AN OFFICER "A few nights since,
: little after dark 4 warrant was placed in the
hands Of Deputy Sheriff Sullivan, to arrest one
David P Kerns, late Engineer on board the Pit
ser Miller, who was found ON the Levee, waiting
to get off for New Orleans On being told that
he was prisoner, he immediately assaulted the
officer, knocking him down and beating him very
severely-in fact endangering his life. Mr.. s.
called twice for assistance to arrest the man
on the second time, Mr. E. Degelos heard the
cry and sprang to his assistance, when Kerns
| Immediately ran on board of the Jones, then
| about leaving, and made good his escape, al
though he was followed on board, and the Cap
| tain warned that he was taking off fugitive
| from justice.
Kerns is very large athletic man, otherwise
he would not have been successful in his attack
He had made his boast, it is said, that officer
should arrest him-of which Mr. S. was ignor-
ant, otherwise he would have armed himself
and in the faithful discharge of his duty-aud
he is never faltering where his duty calls upon
him to act-he would have taken his prisoner
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at any cost.
ATTEMPTED MURpER-The Opelousas Wing of
the Sd inst. says:
| J. Bogans, of the town of Alexandria, La ,
| fired two pistols at Prince Moriarter, of this
| place, without the slightest excuse or provoca-
| ton. The affair occurred at the Bell Cheney
| Springs, in this parish, on the night of Friday
the 26th ult The particulars are as follows :
Bogans had. by his own proposition, been en-
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had lost about 500. The latter declined play
ing any longer, whereupon the former abused
| him, in language of the most vituperatiye char
acter. Moriarter walked behind the bar, where
it was his duty to be. Bogans drew his pistol,
advanced to the counter, and presented it at the
breast of Moriarter at a distance of not exceed
ing three feet, and fired. The ball passed
| through the wall of the house without doing
Moriarter any hurt. The latter threw several
glass tumblers at Bogans after the firing of the
pistol, only one of which took effect Bogans
ran out on the back gallery, and Immediately
returned with another pistol, which he dis
charged at Moriarter, who was still standing
behind the counter. Moriarter fortunately
escaped again unhurt. Bogans took to his heels
and ran off, leaving behind his horse and hat
Moriarter had not as much as q pocket-knife
about him-was in his shirt sleeves, and Bogans
saw that he had no means of self defence Had
he succeeded in accomplishing his diabolical
purpose, it would have been one of the most
. co,cardiy and bldckest-hearted murders ever
witnessed. 80
4 The St. Landry Wing of the Sd inst. has the
following: isr s
ANOTHER MURDER. On Sunday, the 2lst ult,
a man by the name of Nicholson killed another
by the name of Nichols, at the mouth of Bayou
Rouge, in the Parish of Avoyelles.
i The deed was committed with a knife, while
hnf xuar pda tho ipAu of
We know nothing Of the particulars.
Nicholson was arrested by the bystanders,
and is now lodged in Jail to await his trial at
the next session of the District Court in Avoy-
Giles
| FATAL ACCIDENT. The Southwestern (Shreve-
port of the 31st ult. gives the following ac-
count:
Coroper Rowan yesterday held an inquest
upon the body of Mr. James Murphy, who came
to his death in the following singular manner /:
While digging well upon the premises of
Messrs. L. T. Taylor & Co., about one mile from
Il town, and being at the bottom of the well pre-
pairing to blast rock, he requested to be drawn
up. When the bucket in which he had placed
himself had been drawn up about twenty feet
be fell from it, and in the fall, struck his head
| against the rock at the bottom of the well,
| causing instant death. Verdict of Coroner's
Jury, death by accident,
The Caddo Gazette of the 9th ult says:
/ The farmers in thisregion are sadly distressed
l by the long continued drouth which is causing
the cotton to shed its blooms and forms at an
alarming rate The corn is, Of course, beyond
the eject of the hot weather. and has been a
good crop The cotton crop will be considerably
later than usual, which must necessarily throw
back the business season, by month or more
The LIQUOR QUEsTIoN.-The vote was taken
at Greenwood, La, on the question of Sc Lii
cense," or No License, on the 10Th ult, and
resulted in favor of no license, by majority of
one vote