New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-29

IouIsIANA
The 0pelousas Courier Of the 28d contains tn,
following:
PorsoNING.-An accident resulting from i'm
prudence or negligence has occurred on Thurs
day last near Flat Town.
Mrs. Lafieur, widow. aged about SO years
had sent a boy into the woods in quest of fetch
roots, very much used among our Creole popu
lation, in the-way of tsanne She had te,
made of it, and drank cup full. Her daugh
ter also tasted some of it, but finding it bitter
set the cup down again, and paid no further at
tention to it.
A few hours afterwards, Mrs. Lafieur wa.
dying amidst the most excruciating pains, which
poison creates, and her daughter was extremely
i'll when last heard Of
The fact was, that instead of the tetchi, ?
the boy had brought her the root of the yellow
jasmine, most deadly poison, and very similar
IN appearance to the roots of the '' tetchi."
We clip the following from the same paper
TERRIBLE ArFAm.-0n Saturday last. 10th
instant, the town of Washington was thrown
into commotion by the result Of frightful ac-
cident
Madame Dessauze, the wife of French en-
gineer of this parish, had suddenly disappeared,
and no reason could be assigned for her absence,
and searches for her were vain and fruitless.
On Saturday last, some one drawing water from
well was startled at the sight of human hair
in the bucket. A second trial was attended
with the discovery of a greater quantity of hair
He called for assistance, and by the aid of a
hook, the body of the lost Madame Dessauze
was drawn out in a state of putrefaction
1t has not yet been ascertained whether this
terrible affair has been the result of accident or
of design.
On the LIST instant, serious ARRAY, growing
out Of previous difficulties, occurred at Green
wood, in the parish of Caddo, in which Colonel
Joshua G. Jones was shot and severely wounded
BY DR.. Young, who discharged shot gun at
him. Col j. was armed with bowie knife
and pistol, and the provocation he gave the
Doctor was very great. We are glad to state
that he is recovering fast and considered to be
out Of danger.
DRY WEATHER--The Louisiana State paper,
published at Clinton, says:
'We have had six weeks spell of dry wea-
Their, and the planting of cotton seed has been
suspended in consequence Of the dryness of the
soil''
CADETS. - The following young gentlemen
were appointed by President Fillmore before
retiring from office, Cadets to West Point from
Alabama: George W. Holt, LIST District Geo.
A. Cunningham, I'd; Thomas j. Herbert, Sd /;
William Parker, 9th. They are required to
report at West Point on or before the Goth of
June next
MOBILE TRoTrfNG CLUB RAcEs.-The Mobile
Advertiser Of Wednesday says We had beau
tiful day yesterday for the commencement of the
Trotting Races The attendance, however, was
rather small The first was stake race for
$500, three mile heats, trotting to harness The
entries were Sam, .Marmion and Telegraph
At the start, before getting to the draw gate.
the tyre came off Of Telegraphs buggy, and he
In consequence, turned round and came back !;
he was, therefore, declared distanced The race
was then left to Sam and Marmion. 1t was
too. easy thing to give description of, Sam
winning in two straight heats. .Maymion, we
may state, was very lame.
The second race was pacing race to saddle,
mile heats. The entries were Butcher Boy,
BrO,cn Kitty and Tornado. The latter was
distanced the first heat . Butcher Boy won the
heat-in 2:47
The second heat was very pretty, Bropn
hitfy keeping close alongside of Butcher Boy
all the way, coming in neck and neck Butcher
Boy was declared winner of the heat and
race.
We clip the following items from the Pine Bluff
Republican of the 23d,
Quite a number Of young and enterprising
gentlemen from this place, are fitting up an ex-
petition to Oregon, under the supervision of j.
T. Jeffreys, Esq They design driving some five
or six hundred head of cattle to that lucrative
market. Success to the enterprise
We are sorry to learn that our esteemed
W. Flynn, Esq, had his entire
buildings, some seven miles from this place,
burned down on the night of the Goth inst. 1t
was the result of accident.
The weather during the week has been quite
shifting-some beautiful sunny days, others wet
and disagreeable.
The river is falling at this point, though a
rise is conjectured by the prevalence of warm
weather in the mountains.
FLORIDA
SUBSCRIPTION OF $250,0 AT PENSACOLA.
The citizens Of Pensacola, on Monday the 18th
inst, in public meeting, agreed to instruct the
Mayor and Council to subscribe $3.50, 900 to the
Florida and Alabama Railroad The large ma
jority of the citizens were present, and the vote
was unanimous. The subscription was made
next day by the municipal authorities, and the
Mayor was also instructed, we learn from the
Democrat, "to appoint delegates to meet the
citizens of Montgomery on the LIST of May next,
for the purpose of agreeing with them on the
ways and means to bring this undertaking to