New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-31
Louisiana rntelitsenes

4 The Concordia Intelligeneer Of FRIDAY last b.s
the following; $50 - : t''as iass 90 mas
vern good people Of our quiet little village were
of asn an astonisfied at the discovery of tie body
house war yar n9ng an 70 the limb Of tree the Court
70 De the 6ody Of Wick, late Of Ts,sas arisi
tha h, naa peea lofchy taken from our ail during
Tansng me sngas ana hung He had been arrested in
entering the sleeping rosm of Mrs T.,o, a M =.
dead hour of night and cleayinn aaa I hsa - w ~
her sleeping infant child ana dealipy ,sssa,a "
nlow upon the head of the mother besides incts
ing mortar wound upon a servant airi WITH q
hatchet, leaving there the awful evidenes ~ ,ba
most shncking tragedy that it has ever haen orr
paiufnt dufy TO record. He had some two weeEa
saee Tsnsa oeeh t transferred from the parish jail Of
ne met the awful doom which we have related.
An inquest was Immediately held upon the bodv.
with verdict that j" the deceased came to his
death by being hung by persons unknoWn n
them" His body was removed on Wednesday hv
ms relatives for interment. This melancholy affair
has cast gloom over the feelings of some of onr
people, who have known the unfortunate deceased
for many years.
we trust they may not take too much to heart
the untimely end of such an exemplary citizen.
and reflect that his execusioners probably thought
they were doing the best they could for his safe
'keeping.n
The Baton Rouge Sugar Planter of Saturday
says:
This week has been enc of contraries, One dav
warm enough to indulge freely in ice water and
the next cold enough to freeze heavy coaI AZ y
Our planters generally, have so far advanced with
their grinding as to ensure the saving OF their fI
crops dry, freezing spell in the early parts az
the season would have made material difference
in the yield, and at much less expense. a.
The Opelousas Courier of Saturday has the fol-
lowing paragraphs:
On Sat rday last, ARRAY took place at the cof-
,teehouse OF John Garand, in Vile Plate. between
q young man, the son of Mr.. Hypolite Fontenot.
ana john Garand, in the course of which Garaud
stabbed Fontenct, who died Of his wounds on Tnes.
day last, This death is the result of whisky.
We hold from good authority that Garand acted
In seh,detence, in his own house.
= Mr. w A.Allender, agent of the Texas Hedge
company, man of qaiet and industrious habits.
residing IN our community since the month al
March last, was retiring to his room at the Eagle
Hotel on last Wednesday evening. When in The
act OF taxing oil his coat his revolver fell on the
moor and went off, the ball entering his body near
the navel, and penetrating in an upper direction
somewhere near the stomach, causing vary seri-
Gus if not mortal wound.
On Thursday evening last the unfortunate man
was dong better, and it is hoped he will be saved.
SHeoTNG.-We have received a letter from d.
Redmond, of the 1lapides Rangers, (of the Scott
Gayalry), and learn from him that Capt J. R.
W NilllaIns was shot by private Peter Smith. The
wound IS slight one, and the Captain is fast re-
covering. Private Martin, on seeing his Captain
shot, !Hveed musket at Smith, pulled the trigger
ana Killed him on the spot [Rapides Democrat.