The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-28
M1sDEs. LA, Mar SO, 1856.


pointed delegates to attend state conventio
at Baton Rouge on the 3rd Monday in June, f
y the purpose of nominating presidential elet
S tors, dc; and I notice that the party in YOU
@ parish have done The same thing; while not
word IS said Of the district convention to com
off at Minden on the LIST Monday in June
!. Why and how is this? Am mistaken, or al
+ you all mistaken? l was thinking that the dis
y trfct conventions, TO take place in the sexers
. electoral districts on the lst Monday in June
, were recommended for the special and espresso
, purpose of nominating electoral candidates
: while the object of the proposed convention t
: be holden IN Baton Rouge on the Sd Monda
e in June was not specially named. say tina
this has been my impression, and as editor Q
an American paper / have been acting in ac
cordance with the same IF am wrong, ma
ny others are equally as sadly "phooed," ane
: you are all wrong, I ask that you stand cor
| rected.' Our convention will take place a
Mlnden on the 1St Monday ofJune as directed
from headquarters, and we will to fiji up ou
electoral ticket with men who will face the mu
sic and carry the day; and if each parish in the
+ district is not represented, it will not be be-
cause are have not given proper notice Vi the
time. place and object of the convention.
1 Your obi serF't, W. JASPER BLACKBURN,
... -. Ed. 'Minden Herald"
Mr. Blackburn is correct in his position. The
resolutions. adopted BY the American members
ofthe legislature, and on the LIST ult approved
by the state council, recommend that district
conventions be held throughout the State on the
first Monday of June, 'sto select, each, one cleo
toral candidate and one alternate pledged to the
support of" Fillmore and Donelson Minden
was named as the place Of meeting for delegates
from the parishes of Natchitoches, Sabine, Vim,
DeSoto, Caddo, Bossier, Bienvlle, Claiborne,
Ouachita, Caldwell, Jackson, Union, Concor-
dia, Morehouse. Tensas, Franklin, CatahouIa,
Madison and Carroll. In arranging the pro-
ceedings of the meeting held at this place on
the 10Th inst, We accidentally omitted one of
the resolutions and the names of the delegates
appointed to represent this parish in the Min
den convention.
The following gentlemen were appointed del
egates to the Minden conventions: NJ. Watson,
W. H. Hackett, P. H. Rosson, ]. G. Porter,
Sam Ford and T. W. Jones'.
MURDER.-We are indebted to r. r. Buck.
ner, esq, for the following extract from letter
written uy Mr.. n. Jones, and dated Jonesvile,
Texas, May e2, 1856: ...
GAS Napoleon Jones and T. c. Bently were
'eturnng from a fishing excursion in company
with some other friends, and Just after parting
With the latter, they in a buggy, laughing and
aiking. were passed by Lodwick P. Afford
With double barrel gun on his shoulder. AS
lie passed by, looked back to see if the party
the buggy had any arms; finding they had
lone, he went on about ! 5 PAGES, whirIed his
lorse and fired one barrel of the gun at the
'reast of L. c. Bent|y, which took effect in his
lSht breast, passing through the BODY, and B.
led Immediately. The other barrel was quick
fired Jones, but missed him, passing near
is thigh, tearing large hole in bis coat tail,
nd passing through the back part of the buggy ,
liter the firing took place, without speaking
ord, Bently got deliberately out of the bug ,
y, walked few steps and said Mr. Jones, |
m killed. am dead man, Mr.. Jones'" The :
alter finding all hope of defence gone, cried J
ut 80, Lord, O, Lord I am a dead man, I ;
m dead man." which satisfied Afford that ,
9th were dead. He rode off short distance :
load his gun, and while loading jones made =
IS escape IN the woods. The assailant returned ;,
18th his guu, finding Bently in the agony of J.
cath; but not finding Jones, hunted through :,
he woods, but did not find him, Jones hayino -
ade his escape to neighboring house. about y
20 miles off The perpetrator is now in the ;,
Istody of the sheriff and the case will undergo
vestigation.''
A fatal duel, between two merchants of New I
r'eans, took place at Pass Christian, on the e
LIST inst. Mr.. Michael Cuddy, (of the COM >,
isslon house of Brown, Cuddy d Co.. and the O
mixing house of Brown, johnson d. Co., chal- il
nged Robert " Estlin, cotton factor. They ri
ught with pistols, at ten PAGES, and at the n
cond fire Mr.. Cuddy fell MORALLY wounded, F.
rvivlng but few minutes; the ball having in
ssed through his body and striking his left II
md on the opposite side. Mr.. Estlin was al o.
slightly wounded. The difficulty originated .,
out the amount Of damages on few bales ~ NJ
cotton. =,
We learn from the Marshall Republican that H. H.
lionel A. B. Gray, with small but efficient :
rty of assistants and necessary instruments,
It that place on Wednesday last, for the pur- nj
Sc of establishing the geographical position y, M
the Texas Western railroad, at the crossing - -
the rivers Sabine, Neches, Trinity, Brazos, o.
=, in connexion with the location already pt
'de, on Or near the parallel of $50 north lat tn
de, for the great southern line of railway :"
rough the State Of Texas to the Pacific. He n
poets to finish the work by the LIST July. WI
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Hardly seven years have elapsed since Pitts a
re-, Penn, was first visited by locomotive it
Il train Of q rs=-uhen tho arriual re % ID