New Orleans daily crescent., 1858-12-21
Louisiana Intelligence,

Ine YilEagar, Of AVoyelles, brings out Hon. W. F.
GFitiln, and The Drapeau, Of Assumption, Hon W. W.
fogh toT the Goyernorship We have also heard the
names OF Lieutenant-G Governor Nouton, Hons B. B.
SHINES, = Z. Marks, F. Il. Hatch, T. o. Moore, B,
w. Fearce and others, whom We cannot at present
recoilect, mentioned in connection with sbe same
oflce, subject 70 Democratic nomination.
| The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter has met with a
sugar planter WhoeoPlans OF having made TOO Lqrge
d crop, BY 200 hogsheads
| On the 18th the dead body Of free man Of eolor
named Morgan was found near GreensburR. He had
died from gunshot wound, and it was supposed he
had been murdered by runaway slave
The Morehouse Advocate Of the I1th SAYS:
Our water ponds have been frozen over since our
last issue, and the weather clear cold and windy since
the heavy rains Our parish is remarkably HEALTHY
We mad tremendous torrents of rain since our last
issue, and a the streams are greatly swollen and have
been gradually rising ever SINCE which induces the he
let that the Bartholomew will be in good boat
ing condition. These rains have doubtless been gen
eral, and we are anticipating large rise from above
The Bartholomew rose about two feet in tWentv-four
hours Shippers are anXiously awaiting steamer to
Point Pleasant, where there large quantities of
cotton in store.
From the Catahoula Independent of the 18th we
extract the following paragraphs
All the upper Onachita country is reportei az del
uged with rain. Our largest class boats have all
gone to Camden and navigation to that point il now
considered permanent. The Tensas. BAYOU Macon
Little and Buf rivers full and the planters are
rushing their crops to market.
we learn that last week affray occurred in Col
uInbia, in which Henry kelum and Mr. Eason were
the principal parties. The particulars are mt an
thentlc save that after pretty severe combat the
paftles separated, and Mr. Eason Tetreatng through
fear OF having fatally wounded his antagonist Or that
he was being pursued by him. ran into the river and
was drowned. His body had not been recovered at
| last accounts.
We understand also, that on the next day after this
Eracas, the same helum qnsrreled and fought with
a third person interested in which he Keli1n was
severely used with knife.
Near Two months ago a peddler named Posenor
who had bis domicil in this parish disappeared IN
der circumstances which rendered it highly probable
| that he had been murdered. A man named Davis
then living in the Parish of Catahoula. had berorne
indebted to Posenor in great amount aud having
started to remove permanently to parts unknown
without paying his debt to Posen0r the latter fol-
lowed him and overtaking Davis in the western part
OF this parish, on the Natchoches road settlement
was effected and Posenor left to return home MOI
many days afterwards his horse was found shot near
the road mile or two back from the place where he
had overtaken Davis.
Diligent search was made to a considerable extent
around but no trace whatever of the body of the man
could be found. Recently however we learn his re-
mans nave been found in small creek bottom at the
distance Of mile or more from where the horse Law
making probable that the murderer after killing the
man. at first concluded to appropriate his horse and
afterwards fearing to be seen with the horse decided
on killing MIN also. Facts known which now
throw strong suspicion on Davis and perhaps an ac-
compiice or two, as the perpetrators Of this dark
crime. POsenOr was known to have several hundred
dollars IN cash with him at the time he was killed.
Inc deceased native of that part of Poland held
by ltnssa and before bis emigration to this country
lived near the city of Warsaw He was esteemed ~
those who knew him as an honest, inotfensiye man