The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-09
FROM THE sOUTH.

The storm of last Sunday night and
Monday morning was pretty general in
the South. We trace it from New
Orleans to Savannah, and as high up
as Macon, Ga, and Jackson, Miss. It
was very severe on the lower Mississip-
pi. The sugar houses on the following
plantations were blown down during
the storm: a Ferry's in st. James
parish Whitehead's, in ST. Charles
Chas Davenport's, do; and Chauvin
j. Levois's, do. Also fences, trees,
sheds, etc.
A riot occurred at q church in
Shreveport, La, recently, in which two
negroes were killed. The riot was
caused by negroes disturbing the con-
gregation. A letter from Shreveport
giving an account of the affair, says
On Sunday last, and whilst the Rev. Jerry
Tucker was preaching, It was observed by
some young men in the congregation that
two young negro men were somewhat riotous
in their conduct in the yard in front of She
church. Three of these young men con-
cluded to 90 out and see if they could not
put stop to conduct so unbecoming, espe-
cially at church during divine service on a
Sunday. Accordingly Messrs. Graves,
Hollingsworth and Tucker, the latter a son
of Major Geo. Tucker, left the church and
commenced reprimanding the negroes for
their conduct. The negroes, instead of
needing the reproof, drew their pistols, each
having a new six-shooting, and commenced
firing, discharging six shots before they
! ceased in every instance, however, missing
their aim One of the young gentlemen
had an old single barreled pistol, which he
discharged, but without effect.
The firing drove together large crowd
of negroes, who used the most threatenip (
language towards the whites. IL was,
/ therefore, thought to be time to prepare for
the worst. Many Of the whites procured
guns in the village and repaired to the
scene of trouble. The two negro men that
had the pistols retired short distance to
reload, and were actually engaged in re-
| loading at The time that some of the eiti
zeDs fired upon and killed them. Another
negro was wounded by the accidental shot
of one Of the negroes, but it is thought that
the wound viii not prove motal.
Some of the negroes were very threaten
euing in their conduct on Sunday and
Monday, but the excitement has in a meas
ure subsidized, and no further immediate
danger is apprehended.
The two negroes killed were in the en-
ploy of Mr.. James Foster, of that vicinity,
and one of them had been to Shreveport
shout a week before, when, it is presumed,
he had procured the pistols. The conduct
of the negroes proves most conclusively
that the whole affair was premeditated.
| The pistols were new, having probably
never been used before. Their taking their
pistols to church, and displaying them in
| the yard, at the same time using protane
and threatening language, the attack upon
| the young men as soon as they attempted q
reproof for conduct so unbecoming at
church, all 60 to prove that they intended
miseh lef
As further evidence, one of the negro
men killed remarked, in the presence of q
negro woman, that he intended to 90 to
| Keachi on Sunday, and shave meat before
| he left"-the woman understanding him to
| mean by this expression that he Intended
| killing some one.
CRors The Wheat and Corn crops in
Monroe, Epson, Pike and Spaulding
counties are generally promising,
| Wheat has been somewhat injured by
the late heavy rains. Cotton generally
sorry, not more than third of crop
| expected. Freedmen are working toll
erably well-Atlmta Era, It'll.
TAIBoTToN, GA, June 4, 1866-We
have again been visited with heavy
rains, and decidedly more destruction
than any we have had this season. Our
/ bottom lands are all under water, and
many hundreds of acres a total loss,
The rain etill continues. The cotton
crop in Talbot is a failure Wheat
generally damaged.
AFFAIR OF HONOR The Selma (Ala
Times says it is rumored in that city
| that Mr. NJ ? Kennon, of Marion, in
that State, and - Lumkin, ESQ of
Georgia, exchanged shots Monday
morning at West Point, Mississippi.
After two shots, without any. serious
damage, the difficulty was adjusted.
| REPORTED DEATH or GEN. SLAUGHTER.-A
| gentleman Just from Mexico brings US the
| painful in Information Of the death of our late
| friend and companion, Gen. J. B. Slaugh
| ter, who for some time commanded in Mo-
bile when the Confederate flag still hoa'ed
/ rs one of the many heart-rending incidents
| of the late war, and we can safely add that
no man was more worthy of the admiration
| and love OF his fellow citizens than General
| Slaugh ter.-AoJiie Times.