New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-06
Nem Orleans 1ailp Crescent.
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY BY THE MAILS.
Mississippi INTELLIGENCE.
The Natcbez Courier Of Friday last says:

The Satcbez Courier Of Friday last says:
From private letter from Jackson, we under.
stand that there is decided probability that the
bill relative to free negroes which passed the
House in December last, will not pass the Senate,
at least without material notifications. Some dig
elimination will, it is believed be made in favor of
negroes who have already been licensed by the
Police Courts, and are Of good character.
When the members Of the Legislature get through
dissolving the Union, and making Buncombe
speeches for home consumption and general effect,
we shall begin to hear, about the last week Of the
session. Of State business being attended to and
State affairs thought Of.
The Natchez Free Trader Of Thursday has the
following:
A brief rain squail from the northward on Tues
day evening was succeeded by strong boreal
winds, which ushered in the first day sf February
clear, but oh, how bitterly cold. The ground and
all stagnant water were frozen: and it was a mat
ter Of gladness yesterday morning that so few of
our trees were in either bud or blossom
During the heat Of the debate on the levee ques-
ton, in the House, warm words were passed be-
which it was apprehcnded would lead to serious
results. The announcement of Mr. Lake in the
House that these misunderstanding had been sat.
isfactoriy and honorably adjusted, was received
with decided marks of qualification.
From the Oxford Mercury of Thursday last we
extract the following:
The weather turned suddenly and very cold ON
Tuesday. Rain fell early in tile morning. sleet ii
the afternoon and snow at night. Yesterday morn
me the thermometer indicated extreme cold. and
tile ground was frozen as hard as rock The
skies were clear, however, and the sun shone ont
beautifully during the day. As usual the cold
snap caught many of our citizens without wood
A shooting ARRAY occurred in this county on the
18th ultimo, in which Dr. VIM. M. PAYNE was se-
verely wounded. On that day Bfr. W. a. Nelson.
planter living fourteen miles in the northeast was
selling out his household and plantation affairs at
auction. a large concourse Of people were gath
cred together from different parts of the county.
put principally from the immediate neighborhood
DE- Payne reached there from his home about 10
O'Clock and shortly Afterwards so our informant
says, MIR. j. F. Smith, Jr., who is a son az a well
known gentleman of that neighborhood approach
ed the Doctor and commenced an angry conyersa-
ton. II il said that the Doctor in consequence Of
smith being Intoxicated tried to avoid difficulty
with MN, and perhaps turned step ont of the
way. As ne was turning Smith fred repeater at
Inn. The ball took effect in and completely
khocked ont, the left eye. A portion of the eve
was SAID TO have fallen upon the Bonded arm Of a
bystander Whether the bullet entered the head
or whether it glanced on the bone the physicians
have not determined.
so soon as the shot was fired the Doctor fell to
the ground, and conveyed into the house
where every attention was paid him by physicians
and the family Of Mr.. Nelson. He is now in a fair
way to recover but will of course. lose his left
eye. Smith, instantly after firing ran to noble
horse standing by, cut the hitch-rein with his
pen-knife sprang into the saddle and bounded off
like deer He was pursued a short distance by
an ofhcer, who soon gave up the chase He has
not yet been arrested.