New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-04

The vicksburg Wing of Tuesday last has the fol-

The vicksburg Whig Of Tuesday last has the fol-
lowing:
On Saturday night about twelve o'clock, Benjamin
Warnock, planter Of this county shot MT. arers,
German blacksmith, in the face with pistol. They
were drinking, and the deed was done without the
least provocation. Waters had helped Warnoek on
his horse to go home, when he pulled out pistol and
shot him in the face the ball ranging down, knocking
out two of his upper teeth and acturing the lower
jaw bone. ..I 5.- .ar.s.,.=s. trs 5s-g.. s,.
Shooting has become SO common in our community
that it is high time stop should be put to it by the
prompt execution ofthe law, and hope the officers
will not stop until they catch the cuprt We learn
that Waters is dangerously wounded, but hopes are
entertained of his ultimate recovery.
man by the name OF James B. Fellowes, jumped
from the window of the third story of the city hos
pital on Saturday morning last. (some time before
day. causing his death in about fifteen minutes.
From papers in his possession he seems to have
been school-teacher in or near Mobile. Alabama,
and also connected with some lard transactions lie
came to the hospital the evening previous in state
of debility and complained of having had fever for
some time past .-.. ..z.1s..
In the Mississippi City Democrat of Wednesday
last we find the following: g sss
| Solomon Gates, lad about sixteen years of age,
when in the woods about one mile from his home at
Brickley was struck by large rattlesnake and after
hard struggle succeeded in getting near enough TO
call the attention of his aunt, who ran to his relief
| and found him unable to travel. She gave him
| quantity of whisky, and tea made OF poplar DARK,
mixed with camphor. This mixture succeeded IN
destroying the effects Of the poison he is still surylF
| ing and likely to recover g So EU
| A. W. Jones, charged with the shooting of J. L.
Gordon while being re-conducted to the Bastrop jail
saws the Lake Providence Herald, after the habeas
corpus trial on the 18th ult, at Floyd, rushed from
the guard and made good his escape. Two of the
guard fired upon him. as he fed on his horse, and it
is supposed that one or both shots took effect from
the bullet holes discovered in his hat which was
picked up after he had been tracked for some miles
The Natchez Courier of Wednesday last says
Never in any previous year has the corn crop been
so uXuriant. From every section the accounts come
in of tremendous yield. Hereabouts the rivalry has
been great as to who could exhibit the finest ear
Ears of fourteen inches in length, and with from eight
hundred to thousand kernels on, have been repeat
edy exhibited. We believe the brag ear thus far has
been from the Vidaia side measuring over thirteen
inches with about 1880 kernels on we think, how
ever that our Vidalia friends will have to give up
Mr.. Robert Read, of this city, showed to US yester
day an with twenty y-four rows upon IT, and Whlch
when perfect had over twelve hundred kernels also
another ear, with twenty rows and eleven hundred
and forty kernels also several other ears OF twenty
rows, and considerably over thousand kernels on
each ear. One OF the ears measured nine inches
round. -l. . -.-. M"."#-s-
In the Vicksburg Times of Wednesday last, we find
the following account of an unusual meteor:
Our city was visited about 10 o'clock on Sunday
night last with beautiful and remarkable natural
phenomena, in the form of meteor. 1t commenced
over the center of our city, and darting southWard
some five or six hundred yards. Unlike any meteor we
ever saw it set forth bright svery light tnged with
blue, rushing through the air with slight Kissing
sound, and after the meteor itself became extn-
gushed, it left the light in its track, where it
continued for some ten minutes twisting and VINO.
ing into small cloud, when the whole slowly foated
off to the west. Taking it all in all it was one OF the
most remarkable scenes we ever witnessed. g
| CROPS ON THE OrAcH1TA.-The Ouachita Register
of the 9th ult. says: ..g
The corn crop throughout this section, both on the
river and in the hills is represented to be unusually
fine Cotton seems to be spreading itself everywhere
and if no untoward accident befalls the top crop, al
least an average yield may be expected. The picking
is remarkably late, planters have not even yet SC
, much as made beginning.
A DENTIST THRAsHED.-The Henderson (ky) Re
. porter says:
One day last week Mr.. Boyd of Hopknsville
administered severe Gaming to Dr. Badger dentist
The wife of Mr.. Boyd, beautiful woman called at
the office to get some teeth extracted Badger, for
v getful of the proprieties of life, kissed her. She
4 informed her husband, and he served the amorous
Doctor exactly right