The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-10-20
Louisiana Items.

Desperate and Fatal Duel.-A des
perate and fatal duel vas fought in ST
Landry parish, near Opeousas, on the 6tl
inst, between Messrs Alphonse Bienvenne
deputy sheriff, and Girard Fournet, which
ended in the almost immediate death b
Mr.. Foulnet. From the Courier Of thai
town we take the following PARTICULARS:
The particulars of the fight are enougl
to make US shudder, whenswe recoiieci
that two gentlemen consented to 90 upon
the field of honor, with such conditions as
made it necessary for one or both of them
there to lose their lives. However, in the
present INSTANCE, leakh alone could end the
rencounter. of The combatants
went upon the Rrmed with two re-
voIveIs and q knife e ;Atbey were sta
toned twenty PAGES Nth instruc-
tons, at the word, to fre advance at
will, the fight 70 end VIII tlle death of
one, or both the parties. AT the second
fire, Mr.. Fourffet, having been struck,
staggered and fell, but not without retain.
ing both strength and courage enough to
fire twice more upon his adversary, Bur
without effect. We know not the cause
of the difficulty. They we both brave
and true men, and behaved galanty 10
the last.
Damage TO the Cane by the late. Storm.
a correspondent OF the Planters BAN
ner writes:
The ca ne on the railroad between B rn-
shear and Bayou Lafourche was badly
blown down. The largest was almost as
flat as though it had been windrowe I'd.
Many trees, even sapplings, We're blown
down i'll the swamps through which the
train passed, and there was every indiea-
ton that the blow was much more severe
there than on the Techc. At the la
tourche Crossing ] was informed that ii d:
circle OF ten miles OF that place, oversy1s3-
thirds of the purgeries were blown ds5sl9t i.
Most of the planters will put up teEipoE
rary purgeries and cover them with pieux3
to answer the present sugar making. If.
warm weather should follow for any
length Of time much Of the blown down
cane will take root and sprout.
From The appearance of the cane, the
extreme violence of the storm appeared
to extend to within about twenty miles of
AIgers. For that distance from Algiers,
the cane stood up very well-even sthe
taIIest was but little Frustrated, and did
not notice any sugar-houses or other
buildings injured. Where the storm had
had ragged with the most violence. the
leaves OF the cane were completely whip
ped into strings as though they had been
combed.
Damage to Cotton. Of the damage to
cotton in the parish of Concordia, the In
telligencer says:
As was anticipated, the violent storm of
wind and rain, which occurred on Tues
day OF last week, has proved very disas-
trous to the cotton IN this vicinity. There |
is general complaint throughout our
parish, all having suffered to greater or |
ess extent. We have heard several
planters estimate their loss, one setting it |
1t httY bales, while others estimate at
ioubie, treble and some at quadrupe that
number. 1t is confidently believed t,v
many, that the effects of the late storm |
lpon cotton, were more disastrous than
he high waters of '5S and 80.
Catahoula PariSh.-In this parish the
torn was quite destructive, especially to
he cotton fields. The Harrissonburo
says -
w Z iedTn from various parts OF the pa
lsh that the storm, accompanied with rain
Which occurred at this place last week.
roved equally severe at other points, and
4 some places attended with disastrous
onsequeEces to the cotton crop. The
eds presenting in some INSTANCES
ingied mass OF the weed and fallen tim
er to such an extent that but little of the
nowy staple can be gathered therefrom,
nd that in a damaged condition. Corn
as been blown fiat and the continued
'nS since will cause a serious loss to the
roP. The roads in many places are
ockaded, and in fine the Inconvenience
nd damages sustained are not at all of
nall moment. Save the loss of manv
eaulliui shade trees, the injuries shared
our town can he easily repaired. The
II ct fences, though great, is being fast
GIFTED and save Some ugly washes by !
u deIugc, our streets were rather beDe-
ed than otherwise.
The Independent also las the follow :
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