Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-05-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
LOUISIANA.
The Broken Lsvees--Thc Adventures OF q
Northern Planter Under Southern Rule
How Murder and Arson are Punlshsa.

The Broken Lsvees--The Adventures OF a
Northern Planter Under Southern Rule
How Murder and Arson are Punishsa.
From private letter from Louisiana, we make the
following extracts Of general intessst Withholding
names and places for obvious reasons;
-, La, April It'll, 1857.
For more than three weeks, almost the
entire plantation has been under water Water looks
well In Its proper place but when you see II standing
on powed ground where cotton and corn ought to DO
green and thriving 1t is discouraglng to tho farmer
How much longer 1t will continue we do not know,
but yet hope for its subsistence before 1t s entirely
too late to make crop. Some families have been very
much distressed by the overflow, and are living In
two in the upper part Of their dwellings, The
negroes have generally been compelled to leave their
low huts in search Of dry spot People travel In
boats. and Mr.. - is now navigating to and from
tho river with carrying fifteen hundred pounds,
over fields where month ago he was blowing. The
expected fruit crops ofappes pc ches pears ounces
strawberries &C., will all probably be killed out.
The ofthe distress Is the breaking OF the evee
along the river, but this part OF the country ia all out
of repair. Life Is unsafe well as property Last
year there were eleven Northern people here; two
were compelled to leave on account Of their health
one dying before he reached home; one died hero ;
and another left, discouraged.
Captain - from Iowa, u smart ambitious fol-
low, less than twenty years old, the only man In the
party that made anything, was murdered on the plan
tation Of rebel with whom he had an interest. The
poor fellow was an officer in colored regiment Az
ter his discharge he hired his company and brought
them to this county and they were employed by DIFF
ferent planters. He made his home In town with one
Of his friends, and Saturday evening colored man
brought note asking him to come over to the plan
aton, to attend to some business lie started on in
company with the man, but never reached the plan
ters residence. The next day his horse was found,
and several hours elspsng without any word Of his
rider search made. The son Of the planter said
he had not been there but in the field where the
horse was found, they discovered tracks, The auth
critics were notified but they took very little notice.
Finally two OF the neighbors offered reward OF q
hundred dollars for the recovery OF the body and 1t
was at length found in some shallow water not far
from the spot where the tracks were His watch
was gone bis pockets rihed. and all his papers torn
| up and scattered about. His remains were sent to
Iowa, and after the burial his father came down with
lawyer to lsok after the business and investigate the
murder but he left without realizing his expenses
totally Disguised and afraid to prosecute search for
the criminal who had murdered the darling son OF his
old age.
A few srrests-al negroes-were made, few
southern gentlemen held nm inquest, and there the
affair rested, the investigation perfect sham, and
the evident effort being to lead suspicion from the
guilty parties. There is little doubt that they were
interested pecunarly In the death OF the unfortunate
man. though the persons who actually committed the
deed may have been bribed negroes. The poor fel.
low WAS shot through the body and stabbed in the
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