The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-26
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s. or Tilt AmeflcaH parry III tIe 10 - ~
Louisiana, held ~ Tuesday. the 18th OF March
q 1856, general W. NJ. Kidd, senator from Jack'
i son parish. Was chosen president and Il "a
! Farrot, Of West Baton Rouge, as secretary.
The meeting being organised, the following
resolutions we're unanimously adopted
i 1st Resolved, By the members OF the
II American party ii the general assembly, tns
] we cordially endorse the nominations made bJ
i the late Philadelphia convention Of Willard Eli
!, more and Andrew J. Dunelson, and that We
pledge ourselves to use ali honorable exeTtlons
to secure their election to the reponsible posi-
ton for which they hare been chosen.
i I'd. Resolved. That we will join the Amer
lean party at Baton Rouge, in meeting 70 be
held on Saturday, the 18th inst, for the pur-
pose of ratifying the above nominations
s 3d. Resolved, That the friends Willard Eli.
more and Andrew j.. Donelson, in each OF the
six electoral districts in this State, be request
led to hold district conventions on the first Mon
day of June next, at the following places, to-Wlt
/ For the first electoral district, composed Of
the parishes of Plaauemines and ST. Bernard,
the third district, of the city Of New Orleans.
i and faubourg IRENE. in the city OF New Orleans.
! For the second electoral district. composed
of the second district ofthe city Of New Orleans,
with the exception Of faubourg IRENE, and the
first district Of the city Of New Orleans, in the
city of New Orleans.
1 For the third electoral district, composed Of
the fourth district Of the city Of New Orleans,
that part of the parish Of Orleans lying on the
right bank of the Mississippi. the parishes ofJef-
ferson, st. Charles. St. John the Baptist, st.
James, Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche and
Terrebonne, at the town Of Thibodanxyille.
+ For the fourth electoral district, composed of
| the parishes of ST. Tammany, Washington, Liy-
ineston, ST. Helena, East and West Feliciana,
Point CoupGe, East and West Baton Rouge,
and Iberville. at Baton Rouge.
| For the fifth electoral district, composed of
the parishes off Landry, Calcasieu, ST. Mar
| tin, st. Mary, Lafayette, Vermillion, Rapides
and Avoyelles, in the town Of Opelousas.
For the sixth electoral district. composed Of
I the parishes of Natchitoches. Sabine, Winn,
Desoto, Caddo, Bossier, Bienyille, Claiborne,
Ouachita. Caldwell. Jackson. Union. More
house, Concordia Tensas, Franklin, Catahou-
la, Madison and Carroll, at the town OF Minden,
in the parish of Claiborne
To select, each, one electoral candidate and
one alternate, pledged to the support Of the
above distinguished names, for the offices Of
president and vice president Of the q. States.
4th. Resolved, That we recommend to the
American party Of the State Of Louisiana the
holding of a state convention in the town Of
Baton Rouge on the third Monday in June, and
that every parish elect delegates to said conyen-
ton.
9th. Resolved, That this meeting recon-
mend to the American party Of Louisiana that
The state wigwam and all subordinates be dis
solved and that open American clubs be estab-
lished in their stead
9Th. Resolved, That a committee Of six be
appointed BY the chair to draft an address to the
people Of Louisiana. as coming from the mem
bers of the American party Of the general as
sembly, setting forth the unconstitutional, lie
gal and unjust acts Of the democratic party in
the present legislature, with respect to the con
tested seats ofmembers in both houses, and their
unprecedented tyrannical course in removing
the sheriff of the parish OF Orleans without as
signing any acts of maladministration or NAL
feasance in office.
The following gentlemen composed this com
mittee: Messrs. Walker, Burlington, Gardere.
Alexander, Mcdonald and Duperier, to which
the chairman, on motion, was added.
DIABoL1cAL MURDER One fthe most cold |
blooded and diabolcal murders ever perpetra-
ted in the country. and which affords another
black record in the annals Of crime, has Just
come to light in our parish. Some Eve or six
weeks ago, a difficulty occurred between John
Rodrigo and his wife. It seems. that the hus-
band Rodrigo had, whathe thought just grounds
for jealousy of bis wife's fidelity to her MARI
age vows, and he having threatened to bring
her toa sense duty, was arrested at his wife's
instance and bound over to keep the peace to- |
wards his faithless spouse. The paramour of /
the bad and lewd woman, Matthew Bresente, I
in order to rid himself of the obstacle which I
presented itself TO the eradication of his lust,
aided BY the wife, Joanna Rodrigo, conceived /
the idea OF numbering the husband. Bresente, I
about four weeks ago, went to the house Of |
Rodrigo, and assisted By the wife, while the
poor victim was asleep. bound his arms and
feet, and fixing rope around his neck, drag
ed him about mile and half from The house,
and when beyond the hearing Of all the per- /
sons residing in the neighborhood, strangled
and beat him to death with a stick. After the
guilty parties had succeeded in killing their I'M
fortunate victim, they covered the body with
logs, sticks and such things.
After lapse Of nearly month, Gabriel Re- I
sales, who had been forced by threats, to ae-
company the murderers and witness their terri
bic deeds, moved By computations Of consci-
ence, communicated the intelligence Of the hor-
rid act to the coroner of the parish, Whereupon
the man Bresente and his paramour Juana were
arrested. On accompanying the witness to the
spot which was designated by him, the body of 1
the murdered man was found. The murderers I
were examined before justice Payne and COM |
mitted to Jail. Since the commitment Bresente
has confessed his guilt. The affair deyelopes
another instance of the depravity Of crime and |
the depth ofinfamy to which human nature will I
sometimes sink. Natehitoches Chronicle. /
The Yicksburg Wing. learns that Chas. G.
Lownsbury, editor and proprietor of the Kosci-
usko Miss. Chronicle, was shot and killed in /
that place. A correspondent gives the cir
cumstances as follows LoWnsbury was shot /
while ascending the steps to the tavern to get
his supper, and without any previous warnings
whatever, by one Richard " Payne, seventy
three small shot taking effect in his right side,
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