The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-28

Capt. Charles P. Gage, of Mobile, is dead.
All the prisoners In the jail at Livingston. Ala,
escaped one recent stormy night.
The Had il advocating the building OF rail-
road from Trenton to Homer. La.
DR.. Richard Lee Fearn, Of Mobile, died on Sun
1 cotton factory is to be erected shortly in Dali
= Archbishop odin proposes to visit St. Thomas
Church, at Pointe-s Ia Hache, to administer the
rite Of confirmation, on the 4th Of June.
Memphis is moving to break up the telegraph
monopoly BY extending the Atlantic and Pacific
line to that city. II commences at Pittsburg.
The reports concerning the crops In Alabama
are not very aattering, nor very discoaraging
either.
Mr.. Thos. Betterton, residing near Durant Miss,
was drowned in the Big Black river few days
ago.
The deputy sheriff at Meridian has seized for
debt and tied up at that place . whole train OF
cars belonging to the Selma and Meridian road.
The people Of Summit, Miss. have struck OF
within o mile of that town. Several oil wells
have been discovered, and also well of mineral
water.
The Empire Parish says the rice crop this year
will be the largest ever raised in the parish Of
Plaquemines. Rough rice Is getting scarce, and
commands from 81 to IS so per barrel.
The Comet says two white convicts escaped
from the Louisiana Penitentiary, on Saturday
night. They were despersdoes in character, and
one of them was named King.
Fanny, former slave Of Col. ]. @. Giichrist.
died recently in Hsynesvie, Ala, aged l03 years.
She was nurse Of Col. Cts father, as well as his
own, was protested and pious Christian, and an
exemplary servant.
At Quinn's Mills, near Memphis, nine cows
were recentyIbitten by rabd dog. Seven of
them were Immediately killed by their owners.
Another went mad and was with difficulty killed.
Memphis is looking among its markets for the
remaining one.
The Monroe IntellIgencer, Of the goth, says the
Ouachisa river Is rising rapidly at that place. and
is within few feet Of the highest water mark.
Our neighbors on Black river are suffering from
an overflow ; and many of the farms have only
small strips OF land oHt Of the water.
The Dallas Herald is informed that there will
be no less than four gins erected in that county
during the present season, In time for the growing
crop. One of these, and perhaps two, viii be
put up in town-the principal one by the Dallas
Manufacturing Company. or, as 1t Is better known,
SCOTS Mil J" in the suburbs Of our town, where
there IL power enough for almost any quantity of
machinery. II is also informed that there will be
an unusually large amount of cotton raised ia the
county this year, which will keep all the gins and
presses at work. ~
On Saturday week. says the Monroe IntelIi-
gencer, We were visited by three hailstorms, one
Of which carried destruction in its path. As far
as heard from the country, it was rather partial,
and did injury to only few farmers. Messrs. Lay
ton 0'Neel, Lszare, Pargoud's lower place and
Morrison were among the most unfortunate. On
the plantations Of the first named parties the corn
was completely stripped Of its blades. and the
cotton much injured. The gardens suffered
much, and the fruit trees in many places almost
entirely stripped Of fruit.
ply was discovered on Friday last, partially con-
sumed, among the ruins Of building in which he
was keeping store, near Redwood. in this parish.
The building had been fred, after having been
robbed OF its contents-about three hundred dol
lars worth Of goods some Of which we're found
BY parties who went out In unavailing pursuit Of
the perpetrators Of these criminal outrages The
body OF the unfortunate murdered man was found
pierced by a ball.
The Opelousas Courier says Last year Mr..
A. ID. Meuillon, Of eros Cheyreui, sent MS an
onion measuring l03 inches in circumference and
the other day Mr.. John Roy, one Of his neigh
bors, brought us an onion which he himself
raised, and which measures IL inches In circum-
ference. Several Of those Who have seen this
fine onion say that they have larger ones at home,
but they must allow rs to doubt that until con-
vincing proof is furnished. Meanwhile, must we
call that section Big Deer Prairie prairie eros
Cbevreuil) or Big Onion Prairie %"
Some persons who were hunting In the woods
in q county, above this, made ia shocking dis
covery. There lay dead negro and there lay q
dead hog. The strangest part Of II is, the hog
buried in the flesh, holding on like grim death TO
dead Niger" This desperate bite which, IN.
doubtedly, killed the negro, is supposed TO have
been given in last struggle on the part of the
hog TO revenge personal injury which resulted
10 the hogs death--the hog was half skinned.
We tell the tale as il was told to rs. The reader
may speculate as he pleases and as much as he
pleases.-l Meridian Mercury, May 2lst.
There was a shocking murder committed near
the forks of the road, the west side Of Redicks
ferry, Leesburg, Davis county, Mississippi. Jack
Owen killed @. W. Patton. Patton had sued
Owen last fall for the rent Of some land and
obtained judgment against him. Shortly after,
Owen was put in jail for whipping his wife,. He
succeeded in breaking ont, and has since been
lying in the woods. Several times he sent Patton
word that he was going to kill him aud last Sun.
day, when Patton and his half brother were re-
tui ming fromichurch, Owen was waiting for him on
the side of the road at the above mentioned
place. Patton rode up and told him good even
ing. Owen used some very insulting words, and
said he did not speak to such as him, and said
further, that he had come to settle for the land
rent Thereupon he drew his pistol and fred at
Patton and missed him. Patton drew his pistol,
and would have killed him, but the cap bursted
without firing, his mule wheeled and Owen fred
again, the ball taking effect In the back of Pat.
tons head, killing him instantly. Owen then
frad afh hal hrofh hut