New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-07
LOUISIANA coRREspoNDENCE.

Special TO the New Orleans Gresceut=l
FRANKLIN, Dec 2, 1858.
Messrs. Editors-Since my last letter there has
been nothing Of stirring Importance in our village
parish.
Some considerable excitement has prevailed in
0pelousas for week or two past. You will have,
ere this reaches you, noticed in the Opelousas Pa,
triot synopsis OF the case of the Estate vs.. Fux
and Bertrand for the killing of P c. Lebleu, in the
parish OF Calcaseu, in September last. Lebleu was
quite young man, but had, although in the spring
time OF life, been what is generally termed fast
young man." He held IN te3T0rsm almost the en-
tire population Of Calcasieu, and for sometime pre-
vious to his lend his conduct had been such as to
intimidate the entire bar and many of the judges
He however, like all others of his cast received his
Just reward, and those who were arraigned before
tribunal OF their country for killing him, have been
honorahly acquitted. The Hon. Pierre Soue and
District Attorney Phiny Hardy were for the plain
tilts, and Adophus Olivier. of st. Mary, (the young
Demosthenes of our parsh,) Alctbiades Leblanc, of
| st. Martin, gentleman Of fine legal attainmentsO
Thos. H. Lewis of Opeousas, (whose legal lore no
man will dspnte,) aud Judge Dupre, OF the same
place, twho ranks deservedly high and who has
powerful influence before a jury,) were employed BY
the defendants.
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Major Aubry,' a steamer which has been in the u
S. mail service between New Iberia aud Berwick
bay, has recently returned with new steamer-the
IT D. Hine"-to take the Aubrys place. The Hine
was built at New Albany Ind and is l31 5G-95 tuns
burthen. She has l25 feet keel has "a state rooms,
two berths in each has suitable accommodations for
As cabin passengers, two high pressure boilers, %
feet long and AZ inches in diameter of cylindrical
farm with 4 O,y1 ipob II, ~
sructed of iron of SIG of an inch in thickness.
Each boiler has been subjected to a hydrostatic pres
sure of 200 pounds to the square inch one safety
vale, with 1890 square inches area two high-pres
sure engines, with cylinders l6 inches in diameter
each five feet stroke forcing pump worked by a
doctoEengine. Her water guage and steam guage
are both properly secured. She uses the alleged
metal, with Evans safety guards which fuses at $50
pounds pressure.
The Hine in all her arrangements is a No. craft T
for the waters Of the Teche She has the speed and
power, and is well Differed Capt. John has been
quite polite in the employment Of a first clerk (Mr
Anthy) who is very polite and courteous The two
most important officers on steamboat we consider,
is the captain and the chief clerk 50 far as inter.
course with the travelling public is concerned. Where
they are ubane and pleasant in their department. and
look well to the comfort Of passengers they are sure
to merit and will always receive the praise due them
but gruhuess, and spirit OF haughtness have never
and never will gain for such officers the good opinion
Of the public to when they look for patronage.
have been thus particular in my description of the
Hne, because no expense and pains have been SHARED
by her enterprising proprietors Messrs. NJ. Walker
and j. j. Atkinson, (her commander) to secure to
our citizens boat in every respect worthy Of their
patronage and the nubIir rrpner1ir. and Lnrl5 ,o,