The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1861-02-13
louisiana Items.

| Captain ii. Nj. Pierce'S company, which
| has been stationed here since the trans
fer of the garrison to the State autho-
rites, has been ordered to Fort Jackson,
Captain Farrar's company is in place
of Captain P.'s.
The river at Baton Rouge, so we learn
from the Gazette, is rising at a rate
never heard of Before.
The Plaquemine Magnolia also notices
the rapid rising of the river at that
point, and suggests that those whose
levees need repairing had better repair
them as soon as possible, for if the
river continues rising at the rate it has,
it will soon be upto high water mark.
The Gazette complains of the mail
facilities extended to the citizens of
| Shreveport, and Odds:
| For the bene6Eof this portion of the
southwest, Shreveport should be made
distributing office, and the southern
mail should be sent to this point from
! Vieksburg.
Judging FROM late outgiyings at
Washington, onr contemporary will be-
fortunate enough if he gets any mail
matter at all by-and-by.
The town council of Franklin has
appropriated 5000 for the relief of its
fire department..
Our Franklin cotemperaries caution
the public against one Charles Walton
who lately stole some eighty dollars,
gold watch and chain, valued at about
two hundred dollars, together with an
overcoat, and then left, forgetting to
settle his board bill.
Our exchanges record heavy rains in
nearly every. part of the states during
thepast fortnight. N
The police jury of Clinton has appro@S
pFiated 5000 for the benefit of two
plunteer companies in West Feliciana.
velAnteer company, composed
hieH Che more elderly gents of
denee, is now forming,
pa Fogiess'
as sems.
III Gsnuention. The
Cons Eton as3j o7l tl,e 18th inst,
sp Tho cd 81 d, affter ppsinting
sthe following sSntlen.eh ~ dalegates
10 tha -
I Wisfall, zee,
q -
Govt ouston s allsl AZ ito
the C;onv enti0 In which lla s q
can assure you, gentlemesa. that
Whatever viii conduce to the welt fare
of on people, will have myswar4nest |
and most feryent wishes. And whenI
the voice of the people of Texas has
been declared through the ballot-box. |
no citizen will be more ready to yield /
obedience to its will, or to risk his I
all in its defence than myself. Their |
fate is my fate, their fortune is my
fortune, their destiny my destiny, be it
prosperity or gloom; as of old l am
with my country.
The Palestine Nurder.-The negro
Martin, who was arrested for the murder
of VIM. d. Westcott, of New Orleans,
was taken out of the Palestine jail on
the night of the 28th, and hung by
parties unknown.
13oo Men PoiSoned.-A few days
since, Thomas Roland and Richard
Woods, at the office of Col. Kirby, on
the Brazos, mistook a bottle of lauda-
mum for bitters, and drank from six
to ten ounces of it, which caused their
death the following night, although
their physicians did everything in their
power to save them.
Death Of Merican Bandit.-The
San Antonio Ledger, of Tuesday last,
says:
Through the last Chihuahua mail
intelligence has been received of the
capture and death of Caien, the chief of
the Tacubaya party, in that State. 1t
was he who treated the American citi-
2ens residing in Chihuahua with so
much injustice. He was captured in