New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-05
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Louisa ma Intelligence.

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The Lafourche Union Of the 28th ult, saws:
weather overcoas and wone se nau qase cJia
were again bronrIt mi so - sai
rather mere camfnrtaha than nn,d ~ a.sas
mated at tbis fine "A year '''1'' "ou'u w antaof
f tn arov.,Ias 60 at.... no
lug asoyehes oIRa On " = .ne zotil says:
We have had touch OF northern weather the
past four or i've days. The t" clerk" showed us a
very good intention Of iresting, but concluded, we
suppose, upon second better thought, to reserve
the dose until time when it would be more APP
propriate. The crops promise well. The stubbie
cane gives put po9r announcement 70 our plan
tsfs, WHILST tLe Hiaht, On lne other hands promises
exceedingly wen.
The same paper gives the following account of
the murder Of a planter in that parisb Inv hin NO.
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groes, Who were arleo anu summary executed:
Considerable excitement has prevailed in our
parish during the pasf lew days IN consequence Of
the sudden and mysterious disappearance OF Chris
TOPPER Edelen, whose plantation is on Bayou du
Lac, some twelve miles distant from Marksville.
y He was last seen az one OF ms acquaintances on
sunday morning, 10th INST, on horseback, en- route
FOR home. The negroes at his residence stated that
MS horse had returned home about twelve O'Clock
d. q that day alone, with the saddle on, without
the brldie. search was made on the strength OF
this information BY his friends who examined the
routes u every dIracton PIT NO. the slightest in
ioT En- could De gained OF the deceased.
a, Inese facts having become generally known by
the neighbors and friends Of Mr.. Edelen, com
panles were ORGANIZED. me country apont tho
roughly searched, ana the bayou dragged, but all
70 no purpose. ouict search was continued up to
MONDAY ngnt ,asI, when one OF the negroes made
q 1ne Iact q ms belng one Of the four
Servants 9l mi. Epeien VINO MAD murdered their
naster. iaereupoA inc oIner three confessed their
gait mah,ing knoWn ~ lne iacts IN me premises
Ine sehaenaen ln aIIehdance lmmediateiy dis
pascnea hmessage ~ HENDERSON Iayior Esq, re-
IT.san N. .rr 10 s,n1 presence ana adVlce
~ ~ apfval ea oJart was organized and
sion Of the gn;Itv narties nun 'ne COMES
They stated that upon the arrival of Mr., Edelen
at his house, his horse was taken by his servant
Bailey, to the stable Mr. u. soon followed him and
In an unguarded moment Bailey caught deceased
by one arm, and presenting a six barreiled pistol
loaded with small shot, at his head fired twice full
in the face. A struggle ensued, and the deceased
being powerful man, threw the negro, who called
the other negroes to aid him. The girl Patience
hearing the calls, went to a cabin where Jim was
asleep, and toid MN 70 hurry to assist Bailey On
III, Nv r Irnan srr;r.I ;tl ~. ~ mn ~ ning
ha - anraad a;zad II ond az msapn' Daa.sy
throa ,,,,o ,ha bsa h;e1 LAY. s
aIread, raca;Iad ,rovaJ fsta NV III sns 1l
cayerad The body lytb boards in th ssobia ,rasa
4 e,oaiad ,rt ;tt A. da., mieIe
~ e ta
tno, .Ia hndn ~ the haun,, ehat a
Yards distant. and towed It. fastened bv a rome IA
the skif to the mouth of the bayou where it
empties into Lake Pearl, and there sunk it.
On Thursday night following they visited the place
where the body had been sunk, and finding it
floating, they took it lower down the bay and
again sunk it under some brush in the lake.