The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-09-29

| The ADVANCE IN SUGAR.-Th,
rise in sugar since January, accord
ing to the New York Post, has beer
so per cent, and this owing not &c
much to the diminished supply. which
only applies to New orleans descrip
tons, Cubas being plentiful, but tc
the great increase ofdemand through
out the country for consumption and
stock. The unfavourable harvest Of
1854 led to great contraction in the
grocery business, as we'll as in the dry
goods; and dealers work down their
stock to the lowest point possible, COL
lectious Of debts being bad. credit was
diminished. The Post adds:
As the money market improved
from the opening Of the year, and COL
Letting Of debts was successfully made
credit improved, and the absence of
stocks throughout the country led to
a more enlarged demand and when
it became nantes that the harvest,
would prove Of the most bountiful
character, and collections improving
the reduced indebtedness favouring
this-credit further improved, and
dealers throughout the country began
to buy very literally. This has gone
on until it has arrived at the present
active state of the market. Specula-
tors came in atthe latrer period. Messrs
Stuart, Robert 4 Williams, and others
bought in Cuba all the sugar they,
could get, and the trade being in the
hands Of only two or three large CAPT
talists the trade was niggardly supplied
in proportion to the demand and prices
have become now exorbitant. Grocery
papers has therefore become abundant
on the market, and is freely discount
ed, as it is a favourable class of pa
pers.
A Foul MuRpER.-From the 10.
cal column Of the Daily Delta, of the
9th inst, We take the following &C.
count of murder perpetrated that
day, on the steamer w. N. Sherman /:
A murder of the foulest kind was
this morning perpetrated on board the
steamer w. N. Sherman, by two deck
hands named James Broderick and
James Casey. upon the person of q
young man named Adolphe Dulhagan,
also q deck hand. He was stabbed
twice in the abdomen by Broderick.
and while being conveyed to the hos
pital expired il the cab. His body
was then conveyed to the Second Dis.
trict police station, where the Coroner
is now engaged in holding an inquest.
The two accused murderers were
arrested on the spot-the knife with
which the bloody deed was commit
ted being found in the possession of
Broderick, still covered with blood
It is said that quarrel arose between
Casey and the deceased, while the
three were seated at the breakfast ia
bic on the lower deck of the boat
Casey, after some words with Dulha-
gan arose from the table and made to-
wards him with the intention of strik-
irg him. Dulhagan said, "Casey,
you are not able to fight with me-"
wbereupon Broderick jumped up, and
saying he was able, rushed upon the
deceased with a sharp pointed sheath
knife in his hand, aud with the quick
ness Of thought, before he could be
prevented, plunged it twice into the !
breast and abdomen of the victim.-|
The internal hemorrage caused his |
death. Casey and Broderick are both |
natives of Ireland, middle-aged men,
and hard looking customers. The
murdered man is about 10 years of
age. long, fair hair, and light COM
plexion. He was a native Of Cinciu-
natl, Ohio, where his father resides,
and, we understand, is very wealthy,
being proprietor Of an extensive livery
stable.
The son had run away from home
'ome Years since for some cause un.
Known, and had finally found himself
'educed to the necessity of seeking