New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-10-13

The ouachita Register Of the 4th has the
following items:
The recent and almost unparalleled rain
throughout this section of country has raised
all the small rivers and bayous, ard flooded the
swamp to an extent far beyond the memory Of
the Oldest inhabitant at this season of the year.
There is now, however, prospect OF the water
receding sufficiently in a few days to enable
travellers to pass through the swamp without
much difficulty.
The ouacita River is now navigable for large
class boats
HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR LExINGToN-JNdR
KILLED by his Ouerseer and WJe.-We were
informed yesterday evening by passengers on
the cars from Lexington Of tragedy that oc-
CURED in the county of Fayette, on Saturday
night, which almost transcends belief, it is Of
so horrible nature. Mr.. Frazer, o farmer of
the county, had been absent with stock at New
York for several months, and on Saturday tele-
graphed his family that he would reach home
that evening His neighbor and partner, Mr.
Castleman, awaited his arrival at the depot,
and conveyed him to his residence. Leaving
the house, Mr.. @. was startled about an hour
afterwards by thereport of gun. He imme-
diately went to Frazer's, and there discovered
him dead, the house darkened, Mrs. +. above
stairs, Grigg, the oyerseer, below, and a
daughter, aged IL, with the mother. They
accounted for the death of the man by the acct
dental discharge of q shotgun, which he had in
his hand preparing to shoot rat. Suspicious
were aroused and the overseer and Mrs. Frazer
both arrested The body of the deceased was
terribly bruised-a hole shot in his head, an
other through his body, his throat very nearly
cut, and three ribs broken, effects not reasona-
bly, caused by accident. There appears to be
no doubt in the minds of those advised of the
facts, as to the criminality Of Mrs. Frazer and
Grigg. Previous to this time the neighbors
had suspected improper intimacies between the
two, and it is supposed that it was for the pur-i
pose of getting Frazer out of the way 80 as to
render marriage feasible, that the awful deed
WAS accomplished.
There are various circumstances connected
with the affair which 60 to criminate the sus-
pected parties. During Monday and yesterday
they were undergoing preliminary trial. Lou
isville Courier, 4th.
FATAL AuuiDENT.-We understand that man
named VIM. Weaver, residing near Washington,
Miss, accidentally shot himself yesterday af-
ternoon, while on hunting excursion. The
particulars, as we heard them, are somewhat as
follows: He was endeavoring to climb o hill,
for the purpose of obtaining shot atasquirrel
He first threw his gun about halfway up the
hill, and grasped the muzzle for the purpose of
drawing it to him; vine caught the hammer,
bringing it almost to half:cock, and coming
down with force enough to explode the cap.
| The charge entered his breast, decorating him
| dreadfully. He survived but a few minutes.
[Natchez Courier, 9th.
| SCANDAL,-Some months ago, in place about
| five hundred miles from this city, lived man,
| (or thing'in the shape of man. with very
affectionate, fond and loving wife. The wife,
judging by appearances, had been born, reared
and educated lady She thought she discov-
cred q little too much familiarity between her
husband and a servant girl, and she conse-
| quently dismissed the girl from her employ
The day following the dismissal, her husband
disappeared, and with him nearly all the lady's
clothing and jewelry, worth several hundred
dollars. Time rolled around, and she finally
ascertained that her husband was in this city.
The lady came here, when 10 and behold upon
| calling at her husbands boarding bouse, the
| first person she met was her former servant
girl, attired in the stolen silks and satins, and
also had the lady's jewelry on her person. Ths
servant girl pretended not to recognize her. The
lady made no noise nor disturbance, but merely
informed the landlady of the facts, then called
upon her late husband, SO as to let him know
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| and then bid him and his eoncubine fare
we'll. This man is connected with railroad
office in this city. Est. Louis Herald
| -
LIFE AFTER FREEzNa-It is said that tn,
scientific men of France are at present specula
ting on recent instance of q young mai
brought to life after being frozen eleven month";
on the Alps The blood of living man wa
infused into the veins of the frozen youth, ant
he moved and spoke The experiment was after
wards tried on q hare, frozen for the purpose
with complete success.
4 1t has been the practice at the hospice of St
Bernard, for the monks to keep the frozel
bodies of unknown travellers for months, tina
they might be recognized, and in Norway, &C.
cording to the recent work on that country
published in England by Prof James D. Forbes
the people, in some of the valleys, during tn,
long, weary winters, keep the bodies of deceased
persons in a frozen state till spring, when they
are borne to the church for the last time bu
this is the first instance on record of resus
citation after death was for some time ap
parent.
In some parts of this country it is quite com
mon to transfer fish from the waters Of one 10
cality to those of another, when they are frozel
J so hard that they may be broken like sticl
by bending. In this State the Otsego bass ha
been packed in straw and conveyed to consid
cradle distance, and after being placed in COLI
water, gradually thawed to life again, Nearl,
) all the fresh fish brought to our markets, ane
forwarded hence into the interior, are packed il
} ice. In this manner the Eastern people shi
fish,, meats, fruit ETC., to the East and Yves
Indies, in their ice cargoes.
!, Some years ago, an entire mammoth wa
found on the northern coast of Russia, in an ex
cellent state of preservation, to the very hid
and hair, and after its discovery and displace
ment animals partook heartily of its flesh. TIL
tusks were brought to St. Petersburg, wher
they are still to be seen.
A BEAUTIFUL THouGHT.-ss As in the light c
cultivated reason you look abroad, and see
, wealth of beauty, a profusion of goodness i
the work of Him who has strown flowers in tn
wilderness, and painted the bird. and enamele
the insect, in the simplicity and universalit
of His laws, you can read this lesson. An un
educated man dreams not of the common sun
light, which now in its splendor floods the fir
manent and the landscape; he cannot compre
bend how much of the loneliness Of the worl
results from the composite character OF ligh