The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-05
3rississippi Etems.

nastimes in the rural districts OF curl
neighbor, occasionally. We get incl
account below from the Prairie News
Okalona. Gum pond is decidedly g
lively place-too liyelys may pe, LOT
comfort but that is matter OF taste
entirely:
a Bzoodg Roeo.-We learn thatXh
bloody atfray took place at Gum Poneg))
seventeen miles above here, on the Inc
of the railroad. The particulas
far as we can learn, are as foHaa
T,ast Friday evening Col. Thomas
Tams and Jack Roberts had aquel
and the latter presented a pistol tdfaae
head of the former and fired, but Wash. !
Danbridee caught or pushed away Rob-
erts' hand Just as the pistol went OH
and the ball grazed Williams cheeky
Immediately John Charles cracked
awov at cambridge, and lodged in his
breast the contents of q SHOTGUN
Charles fled, but was pursued, arrested
and BROUGHT back. This ended the bu-
siness for Friday evening, but it was
! evident the quiet was not to be OF long
dnration, for Roberts, who had shot at
Williams, vowed to kill him before he
|
! rested.
| Well. the next morning when the
Justice Court was about to commence
it's session for the trial of Charles, Will
I;oms esnied - Roberts, a BROTHER OF
Jack Roberts, and under the momentary
| excitement mistook him for the person
who had shot at him, raised a double
borrelled gun and let fly the loads.
Roberts who shot dead. Williams gave
himself up, but soon learning that ne
had killed a man, managed to make MS
escane. AS he was leaving, however,
and making as few tracks to the mile
and as many to the minute as he couia,
n man named Reese let slip dog OF
war in the shape of a wide-mouthesS
sbot-oun. but none of the balls took
effect, as far as known. When our ~
formant left, cambridge was still living
but was expected to die.
Crops-Of the corn and cotton crops
in Calhoun county, the Oxford Mercury
says:
We learn from citizen of Calhoun
that no more than half a crop of eithe
corn or cotton will be raised there thu
season. The drouth has been terrible
upon them, which blasted the prospects
for corn, while recently the cotton ha
been attacked with rust with more viru
lence than was ever known before.
The Crops IN ChickaSaso-Since on
y last issue several of our largest planter
: have told us they will not make hal
, crops this year, and the belief is nov
! general that the cotton crop OF thu
D county will fall off one-halt. Cor
: enough to keep things alive will D
, made, and that's ALL Houston Petrol
C0nyictS-A detachment of five con
4 yicts for the penitcntiary, from Nicks
r burg, took up their residence at tina
: institution on Tuesday evening last
The whole number of convicts now
= the Mississippi Penitcntiary is lE
Some genius will doubtless be anXiou
. enough to swell the numberto even2OC
o jackson News, Both.
e The Wing says the work dog Kill
ii inc in Vicksburg is still progressing
o and the number is diminished rapidly.
. Capt. Pyle, of the Nicksburg ferry
= boat. lost some two hundred and twenty
= five dollars belonging to the boat, o
5 Friday morning. The thief was nal
+ bed. and all the money except two do
lars recovered.
e The total tax ON the property Of Jact
Z son amounts to S9,I75 So.
The Brandon Republican of the BOT
h has the following items :
= The railroad barbecue at Fannin, @
h Thursday last, was splendid attal
= M = -,r, ,L,ut S0O or 700 neon