New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-11
f.dolsIAHA ITHAs:-The Baton Rouge Comet


Isays: ~. .,a.s,....
ia hanS ~ .t.:. d n1urierers, routed aorne
Wear or more s.e, aeo. seem be again rsorganized
and are at work stealing u property Of citi-
liens there, who are entitled to ano snonid re-
ceive aid from town, and elsewhere, where men
can be found, to seour out that re ieh, ano
bring the villains to Justice. Our citize.es hsve
NOT forgotten the many acts Of violence AM
bloodshed which have taken place in that region.
and the vengeance Of an outraged community
may soon be looked for-s,immary, and without
the legal forms Of delay.
The same paper has the following accounts Of
two suicides in that town:
| On Tuesday last, Sorein Haftman, convict
| in the Penitentisry hung himself in his esll-
He was supposed to be laboring under an sb-
berration Of mind, for several days prsvious.
Heitman was from the parish Of st. Martini
sentenced under conviction Of manslaughter, on
the Both Of June, 1855, for twenty years. 1t is
supposed that the small piece Of rope used BY
the suicide, was obtained from the factory, and
| that the prisoner had, On going into his cell ut
night, secreted it under his clothes
On Thursday night Sergeant Hannsnan, Of
the Ordnance Department, at the Barracks, was
found In the basement story of the captains
residence, hanging by the neck--dead The
rooDa in which he was found, being very low in
the ceiling, he had obtained bucket, upon
which he stood to fasten the rope to besn IN
the upper door, and then kicked the bucket spm
| under him No other cause ID alleged for the
act than some trifing family difficulties. -
The Pointe coupss Echo, Of Saturday lssss
says:
The yield Of the cane, in the early part Of the
grinding season. vas very small, owing no douuts
IA 4ha tnnlo - ~ he kLx-
improved somewhat, not sufficient, however, to-
indemnify the losses already sustained The
quality Of sugar being made in the parish Il
very fine, but We feel safe in saying that the
crop will fall short fully ons-halk
The Natchitoches Chronicle says:
The rise in the river, which has opened nayi-
cation and enabled boats to travel from Alexan-
dria to Grand Ecore, has impaired new life and
animation to our trade. Our merchants are
all receiving large supplies Of goods, and our
streets wear an air Of business to which they
have long been strangers. s's3 fS.ts4- s't
By q vote Of 125 against 81 the people Of
Shreveport have decided in favor Of granting
license for retailing spirituous liquors in thst
town.
IMPORTANT FROM AsTrGuA.-Capt Little, ok
the American brig Loango, writes from Anti
S0o uuN0k Adtc VI tAV VI INoyc848ft L9 EU6
New York Herald, stating that the British an-
thorities Of that place had boarded his vesssa
and forcibly taken thersfrom the negro cook,
under pretence that he was held as slave and
should have his freedom. 5t a8sissa N
The letter says:
Although the cook protested over and over
again that he was free man, he was by foroe
removed on shore, and, with $3.50 in double
esgles and some Hman gold, is now taken care
Of by his friends. SIS 4,t sE5s4s s4 3 4s
The matter is now in the hands of Mr.. Hig-
inbotham, our commercial agent, who intends to
see me through in my demand for satisfaction
to the flag Of which was at that time the
guardian.
will say, also, that every merchant, and
| others not connected with the government, de-
| clare the act to have been most fagrant out
| rage to the American flag
| The crew were also offered the glorious pro-
lection Of the British soil; but they told the
officers they knew when they were well off.
The St. Johns Times has the following in re-
gard to the outrage: &
| 1t having been ascertained yesterday that
| there was on board Of the brigantine Loango,
from Philadelphis, fugitive slave by the name
| Of John Ross, who was anxious to set his foot
upon British soil, tohere the inestimable boon
| Of freedom ,oould be instantly realized. but
i who by some means was debarred from doing
SO, although he offered five dollars for his con-
veyance ashore, the superintendent Of police,
Mr.. Shoerdiche, was made acquainted with the
circumstances, who, with his usual promptitude,
as we are told, associsted himself with Mr..
Price, the Colonial Treasurer, and having OBJ
tanned the sanction and authority of his excel
lency the Governor, at once removed the man
from the vessel and placed him among freemen.
We understand that the narrative of his escape
from slavery is graphic and interesting. It may
hereafter find place in our columns.
The man is now at the police Office pending an
investigation into the circumstances, which We
regret our inability to report in our present
issue. sDt
A dispatch of the Sd inst. from Springfield,
Mass, says: 81 rs